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Midterm Review Guidelines
Midterm Format
3 definitions (10% each) – about 3 sentences; what is it and what is its significance?
2 short questions (10% each) – 3-4 sentences; answer the question, explain significance
1 essay (50%) – suggested format: an introduction stating your argument, three paragraphs each addressing a particular aspect of your argument supported by examples from readings and lectures, conclusion (i.e. what did you prove).
Contents
Possible Definitions and Short Questions
Globalization definition (notes)
Globalization optimists and pessimists (Friedman; notes)
Fukuyama’s “End of History”
Huntington’s “The Clash of Civilizations”
“Fault lines” in Huntington’s argument
“Civilization” in Huntington’s argument
Barber’s “Jihad vs. McWorld”
Colonialism (notes, readings)
“White Man’s Burden”/ “Civilizing mission” (notes)
“Rescuing women” and postcolonialism (Abu-Lughod’s article)
Australia’s “Stolen Generations” (from the film “Rabbit-Proof Fence” excerpt we saw in class)
World System Theory (notes)
Orientalism
Nation (definition/s – notes)
Definition of race (notes, AAA article)
Socio-historical construction of race (notes, AAA article)
Remittances
When are remittances especially effective?
Migration: Push and Pull Factors (notes)
Features of contemporary migration (notes)
Global Care Chains
Symbols of the European Union (Shore, notes)
Why do we say that the EU is supranational? (class notes)
Possible Essay Topics
Globalization: What is it? Is it new and how is it different from previous global linkages? What are some of examples of globalization that we considered in this course? Positive and negative views of globalization? [notes, Friedman, Barber, migration articles, and/or Shore’s article on EU]
Globalization/World History: Compare the views on globalization and world history of three of the following scholars: Friedman, Huntington,
Midterm Format
3 definitions (10% each) – about 3 sentences; what is it and what is its significance?
2 short questions (10% each) – 3-4 sentences; answer the question, explain significance
1 essay (50%) – suggested format: an introduction stating your argument, three paragraphs each addressing a particular aspect of your argument supported by examples from readings and lectures, conclusion (i.e. what did you prove).
Contents
Possible Definitions and Short Questions
Globalization definition (notes)
Globalization optimists and pessimists (Friedman; notes)
Fukuyama’s “End of History”
Huntington’s “The Clash of Civilizations”
“Fault lines” in Huntington’s argument
“Civilization” in Huntington’s argument
Barber’s “Jihad vs. McWorld”
Colonialism (notes, readings)
“White Man’s Burden”/ “Civilizing mission” (notes)
“Rescuing women” and postcolonialism (Abu-Lughod’s article)
Australia’s “Stolen Generations” (from the film “Rabbit-Proof Fence” excerpt we saw in class)
World System Theory (notes)
Orientalism
Nation (definition/s – notes)
Definition of race (notes, AAA article)
Socio-historical construction of race (notes, AAA article)
Remittances
When are remittances especially effective?
Migration: Push and Pull Factors (notes)
Features of contemporary migration (notes)
Global Care Chains
Symbols of the European Union (Shore, notes)
Why do we say that the EU is supranational? (class notes)
Possible Essay Topics
Globalization: What is it? Is it new and how is it different from previous global linkages? What are some of examples of globalization that we considered in this course? Positive and negative views of globalization? [notes, Friedman, Barber, migration articles, and/or Shore’s article on EU]
Globalization/World History: Compare the views on globalization and world history of three of the following scholars: Friedman, Huntington,