Course Description

GS222 Contemporary Western Societies: Globalization and Cultures 0.5

This course examines the theories and practices that help situate the "first world" as a geographical, cultural, economic and political space. Particular emphasis will be paid to how globalization is connected to the shifts and complexities of cultures and identities in contemporary western societies. In so doing we investigate the idea of the nation state and recognize the heterogeneity of diasporic space.

Prerequisite: GS100; or GS101 and GS102, or permission of the co-ordinator.

Official electronic version updated at 10:33 a.m. March 31, 2005

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