SOSC essay 5 pages

Assignment 5: Short essay

DUE DATE: winter semester in your tutorial on 8th or 9th February, 2016.

TOTAL MARKS AVAILABLE: 15

Instructions:

Using two of the course readings listed below, you should write an essay with one of the following titles:

(a)‘How and why one should reform the global economy’.

(b)‘Globalization and the end of the nation-state’.

The text of essay (not including title page or bibliography) should be no more than 6 pages in length (double-spaced, Times New Roman, font size 12).

Two of the following course readings should be selected for this assignment:

1)Mosley, L. (2007). ‘The political economy of globalization’, in D. Held and A. McGrew (eds.).Globalization Theory (Cambridge: Polity Press), pp. 106-125.

2)Stiglitz, J. (2006). Making Globalization Work (New York: Norton), pp. 74-81, pp. 103-117.

3)Chang, H.-J. (2003). ‘Kicking away the ladder: infant industry promotion in historical perspective’,Oxford Development Studies 31 (1), pp. 21-32.

4)Klein, N. (2007). ‘Democracy born in chains: South Africa’s constricted freedom’, in idem. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Toronto: Vintage), pp. 233-61.

The structure of the essay should be as follows:

i)Front page with essay title, your name, student number, tutorial number and TA’s name.

ii)Introduction (p. 1)

iii)A brief synopsis of the views expressed in the texts you have chosen (pp. 2-3)

iv)Discussion in which you express your agreement or disagreement with one or both of the texts, and in which you give your reasons for doing so.

v)Conclusion: a brief summary of your opinion on the topic, as given by your discussion (under iv)).

The style and grammar of your answers and not only their content will be taken into account in the grading process. Students are expected to uphold York’s standards regarding academic honesty.