| UNIT | INTERACTION |
| Intercultural Awareness | Person-to-person |
| Globalization and Egypt | Globalization and its impact on a country |
| Beijing Jeep | Organization-to-organization |
| Iraq War | Nation-to-nation |
| Global Health: Pandemics | Human-Environment & multilateral cooperation? |
United Nations & International Law, 1945
51 equal and sovereign states in 1945
193 member states + 2 observer states
Humans and natural world
Global Environment and Health
Pandemic diseases
AIDS, bird flu, H1N1 flu, Ebola, zika, COVID-19!
Human political and economic relations
Global migration
Nuclear proliferation
International Trade
Human rights
Requires
International cooperation & global governance
Interdisciplinary problem solving
Global Ecosystem
Environmental Biology
Global Public Health
Biology/Medicine
Economics
Global Negotiations and Cooperation
Political Science
Sustained economic growth
Economic growth outpaces population growth
“The Demise of the Nation-State?”
According to Steger, how do hyperglobalizers and globalization skeptics differ in terms of their view of the future of the nation-state system?
Why does Steger give global migration as an example of stresses being put on the nation-state system?
What does Steger mean in writing that we live in a “transitional era in which the modern nation-state system will increasingly be challenged by global problems that require the strengthening of global governance structures?” (Globalization a Very Short Introduction, p. 74). Do you agree?
According to Youde, how has globalization threatened global health, but also provided “opportunities for joint transnational action to address health problems” (Globalization and Health, p.2)? Give specific examples.
What is a “public good”? (p. 14).
Why is global health a “weakest link public good” that is difficult to put “into practice”? (p. 15) Think about vaccinations of students on campus and other examples.
United Nations & International Law, 1945
How much control do nations have over borders, economy, and culture?
Migration
“Transitional era in which the modern nation-state system will increasingly be challenged by global problems that require the strengthening of global governance structures”? (Steger, Globalization, p. 74)
Regional agencies
European Union
*International Non-governmental organizations (INGO)
Médicins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders
*International organizations (IO)
United Nations
*Public goods
Weakest link(s)
Ranchers blindly pursuing self-interest
Free riders pursuing personal interests
Elinor Ostrom 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics, "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"
*Public health weakest link(s)
Universities with students who are vaccine skeptics
Developing countries without adequate health systems and resources to purchase vaccines