Courses:

Globalization, Migration, and International Relations >> Content Detail



Study Materials



Readings

Amazon logo When you click the Amazon logo to the left of any citation and purchase the book (or other media) from Amazon.com, MIT OpenCourseWare will receive up to 10% of this purchase and any other purchases you make during that visit. This will not increase the cost of your purchase. Links provided are to the US Amazon site, but you can also support OCW through Amazon sites in other regions. Learn more.

This section features the required texts for the course and the readings by session.



Required Texts


Amazon logo Brawley, Mark R. The Politics of Globalization. Peterborough, Ontario: The Broadview Press, 2002. ISBN: 9781551112800.

Amazon logo Clark, Ian. Globalization and International Relations Theory. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780198782094.

Amazon logo Weiner, Myron, and Sharon Stanton Russell, eds. Demography and National Security. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2002. ISBN: 9781571812629.



Readings by Weekly Session



WEEK #TOPICSREADINGS
Part I: Foundations and Fundamentals
1Introduction - Intersections and InterconnectionsRequired Readings

Amazon logo Choucri, Nazli. "Introduction: Theoretical, Empirical, and Policy Perspectives." In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, pp. 1-40. ISBN: 9780262032001.

Amazon logo Clark, Ian. Globalization and International Relations Theory. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999, introduction and chapter 1. ISBN: 9780198782094.

Amazon logo Litfin, Karen T. "The Greening of Sovereignty: An Introduction." In The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics. Edited by Karen T. Litfin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 1-27. ISBN:9780262621236.

Amazon logo Starr, Chauncey. "Sustaining the Human Environment: The Next Two Hundred Years." In Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment. Edited by Jesse H. Ausubel and H. Dale Langford. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997, pp. 185-198. ISBN: 9780309051330.

Related Readings


Amazon logo Skolnikoff, Eugene B. "Science and Technology: The Sources of Change." In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, pp. 255-280. ISBN: 9780262032001.
2Globalization Dimensions and DomainsHighlights on Globalization - Dimensions and Domains (PDF)

Required Readings

Amazon logo Brawley, Mark R. The Politics of Globalization. Peterborough, Ontario: The Broadview Press, 2002, chapter 1. ISBN: 9781551112800.

Amazon logo Clark, Ian. Globalization and International Relations Theory. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999, chapters 2 and 3. ISBN: 9780198782094.

Amazon logo Hirst, Paul, and Grahame Thompson. Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2001, chapter 3. ISBN: 9780745621647.

Amazon logo Sassen, Saskia. Globalization and its Discontents: Essays on the New Mobility of People and Money. New York, NY: The New Press, 1998, introduction, pp. XIX-XXXVI. ISBN: 9781565843950.

Cerny, Philip G. "Globalization and the Changing Logic of Collective Action." International Organization 49, no. 4 (1995): 595-625.

Related Readings

Vitousek, Peter M., Harold A. Mooney, Jane Lubchenco, and Jerry M. Melillo. "Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems." Science 277, no. 5325 (July 25, 1997): 494-499.

Amazon logo Hirst, Paul, and Grahame Thompson. Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2001, chapter 2. ISBN: 9780745621647.

Collapse (PDF)

Graphs

Amazon logo Hirst, Paul, and Grahame Thompson. "Figure 2.1 Global Voluntary Migrations, 1815-1914." Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780745612447. Originally in Amazon logo Segal, Aaron. An Atlas of International Migration. London, UK: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993, p. 17. ISBN: 9781873836309.

Amazon logo ———. "Figure 2.2 Global Voluntary Migrations, 1945-1980." Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780745612447. Originally in Amazon logo Segal, Aaron. An Atlas of International Migration. London, UK: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993, p. 21. ISBN: 9781873836309.

Amazon logo ———. "Figure 2.3 Legal immigration to the United States 1820-1986 (numbers and as a percentage of population)." Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780745612447. Originally in Amazon logo Nam, Charles B., William J. Serow, and David Sly. International Handbook on Internal Migration. New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 1990, Fig. 19.1. ISBN: 9780313258589.
3Theoretical Contentions and Historical PatternsRequired Readings

Amazon logo Brawley, Mark R. The Politics of Globalization. Peterborough, Ontario: The Broadview Press, 2002, chapters 2 and 8. ISBN: 9781551112800.

Amazon logo Choucri, Nazli, and Robert C. North. "Growth, Development, and Environmental Sustainability: Profile and Paradox." In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, pp. 67-132. ISBN: 9780262032001.

Amazon logo Clark, Ian. Globalization and International Relations Theory. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999, chapters 4 and 5. ISBN: 9780198782094.

Amazon logo Hirst, Paul, and Grahame Thompson. Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2001, chapter 4. ISBN: 9780745621647.

Related Readings

Pollins, Brian M., and Randall L. Schweller. "Linking the Levels: The Long Wave and Shifts in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1790-1993." American Journal of Political Science 40, no. 2 (1999): 431-464.

Amazon logo Jervis, Robert. "Realism in the Study of World Politics." In Exploration and Contestation in the Study of World Politics. Edited by Peter J. Katzenstein, Robert O. Keohane, and Stephen D. Krasner. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999, pp. 331-351. ISBN: 9780262611442.
4Growth, Development, Environment and ComplexityRequired Readings

Choucri, Nazli, ed. Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Population and Conflict. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1984, chapters 1 and 8. ISBN: 0815623151.

Amazon logo Kates, Robert W. "Population, Technology, and the Human Environment: A Thread Through Time." In Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment. Edited by Jesse H. Ausubel and H. Dale Langford. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997, pp. 33-35. ISBN: 9780309051330.

Amazon logo Kuehls, Thom. "Between Sovereignty and Environment: An Exploration of the Discourse of Government." In The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics. Edited by Karen T. Litfin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 31-53. ISBN: 9780262621236.

Amazon logo Wapner, Paul. "Reorienting State Sovereignty: Rights and Responsibilities in the Environmental Age." In The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics. Edited by Karen T. Litfin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 275-297. ISBN: 9780262621236.

Related Readings

Amazon logo Grübler, Arnulf. "Time for a Change: On the Patterns of Diffusion of Innovation." In Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment. Edited by Jesse H. Ausubel and H. Dale Langford. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997, pp. 14-32. ISBN: 9780309051330.
5Knowledge, Technology, and International TransactionsRequired Readings

Amazon logo Allenby, Braden R. "The Information Revolution and Sustainability: Mutually Reinforcing Dimensions of the Human Future." In Information Systems and the Environment. Edited by Deanna J. Richards, Braden R. Allenby, and W. Dale Compton. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001, pp. 15-43. ISBN: 9780309062435.

Amazon logo Choucri, Nazli. "Knowledge Networking for Global Sustainability: New Modes of Cyberpartnering." In Information Systems and the Environment. Edited by Deanna J. Richards, Braden R. Allenby, and W. Dale Compton. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001, pp. 195-210. ISBN: 9780309062435.

Amazon logo Litfin, Karen T. "Satellites and Sovereign Knowledge: Remote Sensing of the Global Environment." In The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics. Edited by Karen T. Litfin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 193-221. ISBN: 9780262621236.

Amazon logo Rothenberg, Jerome. "Economic Perspectives on Time Comparisons: An Evaluation of Time Discounting." In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, pp. 307-332. ISBN: 9780262032001.

Related Readings


Amazon logo Rejeski, David. "Metrics, Systems, and Technological Choices." In The Industrial Green Game: Implications for Environmental Design and Management. Edited by Deanna J. Richards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997, pp. 48-72. ISBN: 9780309052948.

Amazon logo Wernick, Iddo K., Robert Herman, Shekhar Govind, and Jesse H. Ausubel. "Materialization and Dematerialization: Measures and Trends." In Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment. Edited by Jesse H. Ausubel and H. Dale Langford. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997, pp. 135-156. ISBN: 9780309051330.
Part II: Crossing Borders - Migration Matters
6Theories of Migration and Population MovementsRequired Readings

Massey, Douglas S., Joaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino, and J. Edward Taylor. "Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal." Population and Development Review 19, no. 3 (September, 1993): 431-466.

Amazon logo Teitelbaum, Michael S. "International Migration: Predicting the Unknowable." In Demography and National Security. Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2001, pp. 21-37. ISBN: 9781571813398.

Choucri, Nazli. "Migration and Security: Some Key Linkages." Journal of International Affairs 56, no. 1 (Fall 2002): 98-122.

Therborn, Goeran. "Migration and Western Europe: The Old World Turning New." Science 237, no. 4819 (September 4, 1987): 1183-1187.

Amazon logo Weiner, Myron. "Security, Stability and International Migration." In International Migration and Security. Edited by Myron Weiner. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, pp. 1-35. ISBN: 9780813387741.

Related Readings


Kratochwil, Friedrich. "Of Systems, Boundaries, and Territoriality." World Politics 39, no. 1 (1986): 27-52.

Amazon logo Sassen, Saskia. Globalization and its Discontents: Essays on the New Mobility of People and Money. New York, NY: The New Press, 1998, chapters 4 and 8. ISBN: 9781565843950.
7International Migration and National SecurityRequired Readings

Amazon logo Clark, Ian. Globalization and International Relations Theory. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999, chapter 6. ISBN: 9780198782094.

Amazon logo Banister, Judith. "Impacts of Migration to China's Border Regions." In Demography and National Security. Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2001, pp. 256-304. ISBN: 9781571813398.

Amazon logo Goldstone, Jack A. "Demography, Environment, and Security: An Overview." In Demography and National Security. Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2001, pp. 38-61. ISBN: 9781571813398.

Amazon logo Krebs, Ronald R., and Jack S. Levy. "Demographic Change and the Sources of International Conflict." In Demography and National Security. Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2001, pp. 62-105. ISBN: 9781571813398.

Amazon logo Brawley, Mark R. The Politics of Globalization. Peterborough, Ontario: The Broadview Press, 2002, chapter 7. ISBN: 9781551112800.

Related Readings

Amazon logo Martin, Terry. "Stalinist Forced Relocation Policies: Patterns, Causes, Consequences." In Demography and National Security. Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2001, pp. 305-339. ISBN: 9781571813398.

Amazon logo Choucri, Nazli. "Population and the Global Environment." In Energy and the Environment in the 21st Century. Edited by Jefferson W. Tester, David O. Wood, Nancy A. Ferrari, and J. M. Beér. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991, pp. 91-102. ISBN: 9780262200783.
8The State and Its InstitutionsRequired Readings

Amazon logo Brawley, Mark R. The Politics of Globalization. Peterborough, Ontario: The Broadview Press, 2002, chapters 4, 5, and 6. ISBN: 9781551112800.

Amazon logo Clark, Ian. Globalization and International Relations Theory. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999, chapters 7 and 8. ISBN: 9780198782094.

Amazon logo Aleinikoff, T. Alexander, and Douglas Klusmeyer. "Plural Nationality: Facing the Future in a Migratory World." In Demography and National Security. Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2001, pp. 154-176. ISBN: 9781571813398.

Amazon logo Brubaker, Rogers. "Political Dimensions of Migration From and Among Soviet Successor States." In International Migration and Security. Edited by Myron Weiner. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, pp. 39-64. ISBN: 9780813387741.

Amazon logo Jacobsen, Karen with Steven Wilkinson. "Refugee movements as Security Threats in Sub-Saharan Africa." In International Migration and Security. Edited by Myron Weiner. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, pp. 201-228. ISBN: 9780813387741.

Amazon logo Durch, William J. "Keepers of the Gates: National Militaries in an Age of International Population Movement." In Demography and National Security. Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2001, pp. 109-153. ISBN: 9781571813398.

Related Readings


Amazon logo Rogers, Rosemarie. "Western European Responses to Migration." In International Migration and Security. Edited by Myron Weiner. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, pp. 107-146. ISBN: 9780813387741.

Amazon logo Martin, Susan. "Migration and Foreign Policy: Emerging Bilateral and Regional Approaches in the Americas." In Demography and National Security. Edited by Myron Weiner and Sharon Stanton Russell. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2001, pp. 177-196. ISBN: 9781571813398.
Part III: Shaping International Relations
9Insights from International Relations TheoriesRequired Readings

Alker, Hayward R., Jr., and Thomas J. Biersteker. "The Dialectics of World Order: Notes for a Future Archeologist of International Savoir Faire." International Studies Quarterly 28 (1984): 121-42.

Gourevitch, Peter. "The Second Image Reversed: the International Sources of Domestic Politics." International Organization 32, no. 4 (1978): 881-912.

Amazon logo Haas, Peter M. with Jan Sundgren. "Evolving International Environmental Law: Changing Practices of National Sovereignty." In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, pp. 401-429. ISBN: 9780262032001.

Putnam, Robert D. "Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: the Logic of Two-Level Games." International Organization 42, no. 3 (1988): 427-460.

Amazon logo Ruggie, John Gerard. "What Makes the World Hang Together? Neo-utilitarianism and the Social Constructivist Challenge." In Exploration and Contestation in the Study of World Politics. Edited by Peter J. Katzenstein, Robert O. Keohane, and Stephen D. Krasner. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999, pp. 215-245. ISBN: 9780262611442.

Related Readings

Amazon logo Torpey, Jon. The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship, and the State. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999, chapter 1 and "Conclusion". ISBN: 9780521634939.
10Dynamics of International Political EconomyRequired Readings

Amazon logo Choucri, Nazli. "Multinational Corporations and the Global Environment." In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, pp. 205-253. ISBN: 9780262032001.

Amazon logo Allenby, Braden R. "Environmental Constraints and the Evolution of the Private Firm." In The Industrial Green Game: Implications for Environmental Design and Management. Edited by Deanna J. Richards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997, pp. 101-113. ISBN: 9780309052948.

Jackson, John J. "World Trade Rules and Environmental Policies: Congruence or Conflict?" Washington and Lee Law Review 49 (1992): 1227-1277.

Amazon logo Lofdahl, Corey L. Environmental Impacts of Globalization and Trade: A Systems Study. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002, chapters 1 and 2. ISBN: 9780262122450.

Amazon logo Williamson, Jeffrey A. "Globalization and Inequality, Past and Present." In International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth . 4th ed. Edited by Frieden, Jeffry A. and David A. Lake. New York, NY: Routledge, 1999, pp. 405-416. ISBN: 9780415222792.

Related Readings

Amazon logo Ostrom, Elinor. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990, chapter 4. ISBN: 9780521405997.
11Institutional Challenges - National and InternationalRequired Readings

Amazon logo Hardin, Garrett. "The Tragedy of the Commons." In Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings. Edited by Robert Dorfman and Nancy S. Dorfman. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993, pp. 5-19. ISBN: 9780393963106.

Keohane, Robert O. "International Institutions: Two Approaches." International Studies Quarterly 32 (1988): 379-96.

Amazon logo March, James G., and Johan P. Olsen. "The Institutional Dynamics of International Political Orders." In Exploration and Contestation in the Study of World Politics. Edited by Peter J. Katzenstein, Robert O. Keohane, and Stephen D. Krasner. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999, pp. 303-329. ISBN: 9780262611442.

Amazon logo Martin, Lisa L., and Beth A. Simmons. "Theories and Empirical Studies of International Institutions." In Exploration and Contestation in the Study of World Politics. Edited by Peter J. Katzenstein, Robert O. Keohane, and Stephen D. Krasner. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999, pp. 89-117. ISBN: 9780262611442.

Amazon logo Rothenberg, Jerome. "Economic Perspectives on Time comparisons: An Evaluation of Time Discounting." In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, pp. 355-397. ISBN: 9780262032001.

Shepsle, Kenneth A. "Studying Institutions: Some Lessons from the Rational Choice Approach." Journal of Theoretical Politics 1, no. 2 (1989): 131-147.

Related Readings


Amazon logo Ostrom, Elinor. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990, chapter 1. ISBN: 9780521405997.

———. "New Horizons in Institutional Analysis." American Political Science Review 89, no. 1 (1995): 174-178.
12Transcending the State - Globalization and Civil SocietyRequired Readings

Amazon logo Deudney, Daniel. "Global Village Sovereignty: Intergenerational Sovereign Publics, Federal-Republican Earth Constitutions, and Planetary Identities." In The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics. Edited by Karen T. Litfin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 299-325. ISBN: 9780262621236.

Amazon logo Brawley, Mark R. The Politics of Globalization. Peterborough, Ontario: The Broadview Press, 2002, chapter 9. ISBN: 9781551112800.

Amazon logo Young, Oran R. "Negotiating an International Climate Regime: The Institutional Bargaining for Environmental Governance." In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, pp. 431-452. ISBN: 9780262032001.

Amazon logo Lipschutz, Ronnie D. "The Nature of Sovereignty and the Sovereignty of Nature: Problematizing the Boundaries between Self, Society, State, and System." In The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics. Edited by Karen T. Litfin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998, pp. 109-138. ISBN: 9780262621236.

Amazon logo Clark, Ian. Globalization and International Relations Theory. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999, chapters 7 and 8. ISBN: 9780198782094.

Related Readings


Amazon logo Hirst, Paul, and Grahame Thompson. Globalization in Question: The International Economy and the Possibilities of Governance. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2001, chapter 9. ISBN: 9780745621647.

Amazon logo Victor, David G., Abram Chayes, and Eugene B. Skolnikoff. "Pragmatic Approaches to Regime Building for Complex International Problems." In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, pp. 453-474. ISBN: 9780262032001.

 








© 2010-2021 OpenCollege.com, All Rights Reserved.
Open College is a service mark of AmeriCareers LLC.