FINAL EXAM:

DIRECTIONS: DO NOT DISCUSS THE EXAM OR YOUR ANSWERS WITH ANYONE ELSE IN THE CLASS. DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ANYWHERE ON THE EXAM, BUT BE SURE TO WRITE YOUR STUDENT ID NUMBER SOMEWHERE ON YOUR ANSWER.

Your answer is due in Pick 407 by 10:00 AM on Tuesday, June 10nd.


UNDERGRADUATE FINAL:

Answer one of the following questions. Please be sure to cite your sources and provide a bibliography.

1. “Even if globalization increases economic inequality, the overwhelming majority of the world’s population still benefits from the reduction of barriers to economic exchange. Globalization has reduced poverty, improved human rights conditions, and reduced the likelihood of international violence.”

Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? Be sure to support your argument.

2. Relying on one of the theories discussed in class, (e.g., realism, world society, global civil society, Marxism) what will global governance look like fifty years from now? Then critique your argument by using another one of the theories.


GRADUATE FINAL:

Answer one of the following questions. Please be sure to cite your sources and provide a bibliography.

1. “Globalization does not alter the explanatory power of the realist paradigm. The current reduction of barriers to economic exchange is purely a function of American Hegemony. This era of globalization will end as U.S. power wanes.”

Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?

2. How does globalization facilitates the power and influence of non-state actors (NGO’s, IGO’s, MNC’s) at the expense of national governments? Draw liberally from the class lectures and readings to make your case.