SOAN 337: Globalization, Culture, and Everyday Life
MW 1:20-2:35, Alumni 108
Colgate University
 Spring 2005 Professor Thomas Hall
 NEW Office:  B3 Alumni, x7042, email:  tdhall@mail.colgate.edu
 OFFICE HOURS:  M 4-5, TU 2-3, W 11-12, & by appointment
Last Updated 4-10-05
Third Reaction Paper
Due in Class Wednesday April 27
**5 point bonus if turned in by Wednesday, April 20

Write a 4 to 6 page (1200-1800 word), typed, double-spaced, essay on  of the topics below. Be sure to consult the general instructions, How to Write Essays for Professor Hall.
Paper form: NO Cover pages or binders Name, course, paper, & topic in the upper LEFT-hand corner:

Your Name
SOAN 337
RP 1, TOPIC A or TOPIC B
Page 1

If you do not know how to set running headers, you may write it in by hand!

References:  For references to class texts you need only put author and page in parentheses [e.g., "blah, blah, blah...." (Sklair, p. 133)].  You do NOT need to include a bibliography for course materials.  For references to material OUTSIDE OF COURSE TEXTS use " blah, blah, blah,....." (Smith & Wesson 1938, p. 45) and a bibliography at the end (NOT on a separate page).

Remember:   Essays are FORMAL exercises, no slang, no contractions, correct spelling and grammar are required.  In your FIRST draft, work at getting your ideas on paper. In your SECOND draft, work on getting the argument in order. In your THIRD draft work on grammar, spelling etc. Keep the introduction, BRIEF, get right to the point.  Write it last!

*** NO Bibliography for course books ***
** Label Your Topic**

Topic A: Compare and contrast the explanations for globalization put forward by Sklair, Chase-Dunn & Hall, with of the following accounts in Part II of Lechner & Boli: Chapters 11, 12 and 13. What do all these share in terms of possible futures for globalization? How do they differ? What does each say about how people might resist globalization in the future? What do you think is most likely, AND WHY?

Topic B: Compare and contrast the explanations for globalization put forward by Sklair, Chase-Dunn & Hall, with that presented by Hobson, especially in Chapter 13. What does Hobson, with his focus on the contributions of the East add to these two? What do all these share in terms of possible futures for globalization? How do they differ? What does Hobson, with his focus on the contributions of the East, add to these two? Does Hobson's account suggest anything about the future course of globalization?

NOTE: an EXPLANATION answers the question WHY, that is, it is a theory. For globalization, this means that how globalization starts, how it progresses, and how it might end are part of the explanation. This is different from a description, which answers, "what happened?"  Knowing "what happened?" is necessary to know in order to construct and explanation, but is not sufficient.

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