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GES1050

The global challenge

(ART)

Associate Professor Kevin O'Connor and Dr Priya Rangan

6 points + Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week + Second semester + Clayton, South Africa

Synopsis: Economic, social and political forces that contribute to global change and shape new international divisions of labour and patterns of migration and industrial reorganisation. The emergence of global institutions of governance. Political movements concerned with human rights, multiculturalism, social and environmental justice. The formation of a new world order. The subject provides a foundation for second and third-year subjects that explore change and development in cities, regions and the environment in greater depth.

Assessment: Project report (2000 words): 40% + Examination: (2 hours): 40% + Practical/tutorial work: 20%


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