Globalization and Human Rights

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from SOCI 3001, 3011, 3301, 3311; or permission of the Department This course examines selected topics of contemporary globalization in relation to transnational processes and forms. It analyzes transnational forms and practices of migration, migrant organization, community, identity, and belonging in relation to contemporary globalization. Particular attention will be paid to human rights in relation to security, migration, settlement, race, gender, age, legal status, and other bases of social inequality. The course considers implications of interrelated global flows of people, culture, goods, and capital for social relations, social structure, and social change. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)