Units: 5
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour
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Prerequisites: upper-division standing; PHIL 001 or PHIL 001H or POSC 005 or POSC 005H or POSC 005W
Description: Examines how the phenomenon of globalization has been theorized within the discipline of political philosophy. Covers how the effects of globalization have been addressed by leading political theorists. Focuses on concepts such as cosmopolitanism, nation-states and citizenship, cultural diversity, moral universalism, and international distributive justice.
Credit: Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 147 or POSC 147S.