Students:Globalization and Sustainable Development 2012/2013

What is Globalization?

To receive insight into the globalization process and its consequences, use the following resources. Concentrate on the topic of your interest (e.g. the environment) and try to develop your own research question that will guide your readings (e.g. is globalization in principle pro- or anti-environmental, and what are the driving forces of environmental degradation?):

• Educational materials from the Levin Institute. Basic information on most of the globalisation issues and a very up-to-date overview of news.
• Globalization website . Slightly outdated resource but provides very useful glossary, brief overview of globalisation debates, and insight into most important theories.

What is a case study?

Read more about case study development! And consider when case studies might be used - as a method of research...

"The case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, whereas other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing and theory building."

...or as a well-developed method in transdisciplinary dialogue where mutual learning is expected. In this course it will serve as a tool for cooperative work on a specific globalization theme.

Write it yourselves!

While case study research has its specifics, the writing process is similar to any other academic discourse.

Writing assistant

• Blank page is a template with relevant instructions - start your writing process here:
  • Do you still need to decide on your theme and focus? Start with the reading (for writing) or try prewriting.
  • Literature review is a good starting point when you already have some (research or preliminary) question.
• Writing manual is a good overview of writing techniques - pay attention to the ethical rules which need to be observed carefully!

Examples for your work

• 2008/2009 student themes
• Globalisation Risks and Opportunities handbook
• 2010/2011 student case studies
• Model of Case Study writing - New Zealand 2010: Mining in Schedule 4 Conflict
• And the case study developed collaboratively by students last year Ghana 2011: Gold Mining Resurgence

Assessment

Throughout the e-learning courses, students´ outcomes - texts - are assessed with regard to the following criteria:

• Rubric for assessment of the text
• Rubric for evaluation of the discussion

Other sources

• Introduction: Globalization on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Scheuerman, William, "Globalization", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2010/entries/globalization/
• Globalization in brief: Global Transformations web - Held, D., McGrew, A., Goldblatt, D., Perraton, J. (1999) What is Globalization? [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.polity.co.uk/global/whatisglobalization.asp. Basic outline of globalization principles and effects, although rather outdated
• Globalisation 2009/2010 Themes. In VCSEwiki. Retrieved from http://vcsewiki.czp.cuni.cz/wiki/Globalisation_2009/2010_Themes (educational materials by the Charles University - selected topics from past courses).

This page was created with support of the OP VK CZ.1.07/2.4.00/17.0130 Project - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development Network