Professor Claudia Buchmann
337 Sociology/Psychology Building
Phone: 660-5630 or 660-5614
Email: cbuch@soc.duke.edu

Spring 2000
Class: MWF 1:10-2:00
129 Soc-Psych Bldg.
Office Hrs: Fri 11:00-12:00 and by appt.

Nations, Regions and the Global Economy
Sociology 145.01

This course focuses on the changing global economy, its impact on distinctive regions, and the ways nations and regions are responding to rapid globalization and economic change. We will pay particular attention to recent trends in global production and global financial systems. Then we will compare various regions, examining their development strategies, responses to globalization and unique challenges, given their position in the global economy. Asia, Latin America, and Africa will be the primary regions of focus in this section of the course. Finally we will critically examine the social, political and environmental impacts of globalization and look at how the global economy impacts selected segments of the population.

Required Readings
There are four books and several required articles for this course. The books may be purchased at the Duke University Bookstore. Articles are listed as A1, A2, A3... in the syllabus. All books are on three-hour reserve at Perkins Library. Articles are on Electronic Reserve in the library (accessible from the library web page).

Books:
Philip McMichael. 1996. Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.

Ezra Vogel. 1991. The Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Maier, Karl. 1997. Into the House of the Ancestors: Inside the New Africa. New York: Wiley and Sons.

Fukuyama, Francis. 1996. Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity. New York: Free Press.

Articles:

A1: Gereffi, Gary. 1995. Global Production Systems and Third World Development. Pp. 100-142 in Global Change, Regional Response: The New International Context of Development, edited by Barbara Stallings. New York: Cambridge University Press.
A2: Korzeniewicz, Miquel. 1994. "Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry." Pp. 247-265 in Commodity Chains and Global Capitalism, edited by Gary Gereffi and Miguel Korzeniewicz.
A3: Figueroa, Hector. 1996. "In the Name of Fashion." NACLA Report on the Americas 39:34-40.
A4: Bales, Kevin. 1999. "The New Slavery." Pp. 1-33 in Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy. Berkeley: University of California Press.
A5: Buchmann, Claudia. 1996. "The Debt Crisis, Structural Adjustment and Women's Education: Implications for Status and Social Development." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 37:5-30.
A6: Zakaria, Fareed. 1994. "Culture is Destiny: A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew." Foreign Affairs 73:109-126.
A7: Gereffi, Gary. 1994. "Rethinking Development Theory: Insights from East Asia and Latin America. Pp.26-56 in Comparative National Development, edited by A. Douglas Kincaid and Alejandro Portes. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
A8: Castells, Manuel and Roberto Laserna. 1994. "The New Dependency: Technological Change and Socioeconomic Restructuring in Latin America." Pp.57-83 in Comparative National Development, edited by A. Douglas Kincaid and Alejandro Portes. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
A9: Freeman, Richard B. and David Lindauer. 1999. "Why Not Africa?" NBER Working Paper number 6942. Http://www.nber.org/papers/w6942
(Additional Readings to be announced)

Course Requirements

Your course grade will be based on class participation (which includes two short "current issues" papers), a research paper, a midterm and a final exam.

In evaluating your class participation, I will consider both your participation in class generally and your contributions to the "current issues" discussion. Four times during the semester we will devote a class to a discussion of current issues related to the topics covered in that section of the course. You will be in one of two groups. Each group will be responsible for contributing material to two discussion sessions during the semester. This will involve turning in a 1-2 page "current issues" paper which links topics covered in class to a related issue, current event, personal experience, etc. (see course schedule for due dates). You are encouraged to turn in the materials to which your comments pertain (i.e., newspaper or magazine article, web page, etc.) with your comments. These papers will serve as topics for class discussion.

Mid-term Exam: A take-home midterm will be distributed on Wednesday, Feb 23 and will be due at the beginning of class the following Monday, Feb. 28. While you may use your class notes and readings during the exam, your answers on the exam are to be entirely your own.

Research Paper: You will write a 7-9 page research paper that explores more deeply one of the topics we cover in the course. Further guidelines for research papers will be forthcoming. Due dates for parts of this project are on the schedule. Once you have selected your topic, you will be divided into "writing groups" of a few people. A first draft of your paper will be due on March 29. At this time you will distribute copies of this draft to your writing group and hand in one copy of the draft. On Monday, April 10 thorough comments on each of the other group member's drafts are due (one copy to author, one to hand in). Technical comments (i.e., grammar, punctuation) may be written on the drafts themselves; but the substantive and stylistic comments must be typed in a separate document and number-coded in the draft. Your goal is to help the authors improve their papers through comments and suggestions. This draft process serves two purposes. As a writer, you have the opportunity to have numerous people read and respond to your writing, which can help you improve your written communication skills. As an "editor" you learn editing skills. Editing is much easier to do with other people's written work, so practicing in this way can help you learn how to edit and improve your own writing. Once you receive comments from your writing group you will have a chance to revise your papers before they are due on Friday, April 21. This paper will be worth 30 percent of your final course grade (I will consider your revisions based on comments to your first draft in establishing this grade). Ten percent of your course grade will be based on the quality of your comments on other students' drafts.

Final Exam: The final exam will be held on Thursday May 4, 2000 from 7-10 p.m. Alternative scheduling of the final exam will be considered for only the most extreme circumstances.

All these requirements comprise the final grade as follows:
	2 current issue papers/class participation Midterm Research Paper Comments on drafts Final Exam	10% 25% 30% 10% 25%

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE

Date	Topic and Readings		Assignments Due
W Jan 12	Introduction to Course
F Jan 14	What is Development?	McMichael, Intro.
	Development and Globalization, 1945-present
M Jan 17	NO CLASS -- Martin Luther King Day
W Jan 19	Theories of Development	McMichael, ch. 1
F Jan 21
M Jan 24	Film: Battle of the Titans	McMichael, ch. 2
W Jan 26	The New Int'l Division of Labor
F Jan 28		McMichael, ch. 3
	Production Goes Global
M Jan 31	Global Commodity Chains	A1: Gereffi
W Feb 2	Film: Winners and Losers	A2: Korzeniewicz
F Feb 4		A3: Figueroa A4: Bales	Group 1: Discussion Comments Due
M Feb 7		McMichael, ch. 4
W Feb 9	Current Issues Discussion #1
F Feb 11	Research Resources--Class Meets at Perkins Library Global Financial Networks
M Feb 14	The World Bank and IMF	McMichael, ch. 5
W Feb 16	Debt and Structural Adjustment	A5: Buchmann
F Feb 18	Regional Responses	McMichael, ch 6	Paper Topic Due
M Feb 21	The East Asian Dragons	Vogel, ch 1-3
W Feb 23		Vogel, ch 4-5	Take Home Midterm Distributed at the end of Class
F Feb 25	No Class
M Feb 28	The People's Century: Asia		Midterm Due at Beginning of Class
W Mar 1	Is Culture Destiny?	A6: Zakaria
F Mar 3	Latin America	A7: Gereffi	Group 2: Discussion Comments Due
M Mar 6		A8: Castells & Laserna
W Mar 8	Current Issues Discussion #2
F Mar 10
Spring Break-No Class Mar 13, 15, 17
M Mar 20	The New Africa	Maier, preface and 1-43
W Mar 22		Maier, 75-104
F Mar 24		Maier, 129-189	Group 1: Discussion Comments Due
M Mar 27	Human Capital in Africa	A9: Freeman and LindauerMaier 105-128
W Mar 29	Film: A Clash of Cultures		First Draft of Paper Due
F Mar 31	Current Issues Discussion #3	Maier, postscript
	Global Players in the New Millenium
M Apr 3	Trust: The critical element for global success?	Fukuyama, ch 1-6
W Apr 5	Low Trust Societies	Fukuyama, ch 7-10
F Apr 7	High Trust Societies	Fukuyama, ch 13-14,16, 18, 20
M Apr 10	The United States	Fukuyama, ch 23-26	Comments on Drafts Due
W Apr 12		Fukuyama, ch 27-31	Group 2: Discussion Comments Due
F Apr 14	TBA Global Impact
M Apr 17		McMichael, ch. 7
W Apr 19
F Apr 21	Current Issues Discussion #4		Final Paper Due
M Apr 24		McMichael, ch. 8
W Apr 26	Review and Wrap up
	Final Exam: Thursday May 4, 2000 7-10 p.m.