Global Studies Conference

Theme 1: Economy and Trade

• Global markets in an era of neoliberalism
• Free trade and fair trade
• Transnational corporations
• Megabusinesses, mircobusinesses and globalization
• Patterns of global investment
• Logics of accumulation
• Engines of growth in the developing world
• The international division of labor
• Trade flows and current account balances
• Global financial flows and institutions
• Inequality – patterns and trends

Theme 2: Politics, Power, and Institutions

• Imperialism and neo-colonialism
• ‘Soft power’ and the structures of hegemony
• Neoliberal politics and policies
• Global regulation and deregulation
• Social movements
• Flashpoints of social conflict
• Welfare in a global context
• International structures and institutions of governance
• Global NGOs
• Nations and sovereignty in the ‘New Globalization’

Theme 3: Society and Culture

• Inequality
• Poverty
• Development and underdevelopment
• Globalism as ideology
• Nationalism and post-nationalism
• Cultural imperialism and post-colonialism
• Migrations
• Diaspora
• Cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism
• Cultural Hybridization

Theme 4: Resources and Environment

• Resource access
• Environments in a global context
• Agriculture and food supply
• Sustainability
• Urbanism
• Climate Change
• Growth and its limits