6393 Syllabus, Capitalism and Globalization

							Syllabus
I--25 August Introduction Buzzanco blog, http://www.shafr.org/author/robertbuzzanco/ II--1 September Background: Ideas and Theories (Buzzanco) Common Readings: IMF, "Globalization: Threat or Opportunity,"http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200to.htm World System Theory, http://www.emory.edu/SOC/globalization/theories01.html World System Theory, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/wallerstein.html Immanuel Wallerstein, "New Revolts Against the System" Immanuel Wallerstein, "The World System after the Cold War" Dependency Theory: An Introduction, http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/depend.htm Giovanni Arrighi, "Globalization, State Sovereignty, and the 'Endless' Accumulation of Capital"

Andre Gunder Frank, http://rrojasdatabank.info/agfrank/research.html#DEVELOPMENT%20AND%20UNDERDEV Amartya Sen, "How to Judge Globalism," http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=how_to_judge_globalism Mark Weisbrot, "The Mirage of Progress," http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_mirage_of_progress Walt Rostow, The Stages of Economic Growth (ch. 2) Walt Rostow, "The Stages of Economic Growth (1959 article) Thomas Friedman on Globalization

Individual Readings: Paul Baran, Monopoly Capital Joseph Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Gabriel Kolko, Wealth and Power in America Nicolai Bukharin, Imperialism and World Economy, and Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism

Immanuel Wallerstein, The Capitalist World Economy Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World System William Appleman Williams, The Tragedy of American Diplomacy Andre Gunder Frank, Crisis in the Third World Andre Gunder Frank, Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America

III--8 September Background: Development of Capitalism and the Roots of Global Political Economy (Buzzanco) Common Reading: Marc Egnal and Joseph Ernst, "An Economic Interpretation of the Revolution" Edward Pessen, "How Different . . . Were the Antebellum North and South" William Appleman Williams, The Contours of American History, section 1 (The Age of Mercantilism) and section 2 (The Age of Laissez Nous Faire) Rosa Luxemburg and Imperialism Adam Smith and Mercantilism Karl Marx, "Trade or Opium" Mercantilism The Navigation Acts Alexander Hamilton, "Report on the Subject of Manufactures" Charles River Bridge Case Michael Merrill, "Putting 'Capitalism" in its Place . . ." Roundtable, "Transition to Capitalism"

Individual Readings: Alfred Crosby, Ecological Imperialism Travis Barrington Moore, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Pete Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery Sidney Mintz, Sweetness and Power Raevin Ellen Meiksins Wood, The Origin of Capitalism Jennifer Robert Brenner, Merchants and Revolution Michael Perelman, The Invention of Capitalism Allan Kulikoff, The Agrarian Origins of American Capitalism Charles Beard, An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution Jessica Charles Sellers, The Market Revolution Woody Holton, Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution Gavin Wright, The Political Economy of the Cotton South: Households, Markets and Wealth in Nineteenth Century America (Steve) John Ashworth, Slavery, Capitalism, and Politics in Antebellum America Eugene Genovese, The Political Economy of Slavery

William Appleman Williams, The Roots of the Modern American Empire Walter LaFeber, The New Empire David Pletcher, The Diplomacy of Trade and Investment Bill Robbins, Colony and Empire

IV--15 September Building the Empire, At Home and Abroad (Buzzanco) Common Reading: Thomas Ferguson, "From Normalcy to New Deal" William Appleman Williams, "The Imperialism of Idealism" in Tragedy of American Diplomacy Parrini, Hearden, and McCormick essays in Lloyd Gardner, editor, Redefining the Past: Essays . . . in Honor of William Appleman Williams. Kindleberger on Bretton Woods Individual Readings: Martin Sklar, The Corporate Reconstruction of American Capitalism Carl Parrini, Heir to Empire Gabriel Kolko, The Triumph of Conservatism James Weinstein, The Corporate Ideal in the Liberal State Scott Nearing, Dollar Diplomacy Charles Kindleberger, The World in Depression Charles Maier, Recasting Bourgeois Europe

Georg Schild, Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks Harold James, International Monetary Cooperation Since Bretton Woods Richard Gardner, Sterling-Dollar Diplomacy Fred Block, Origins of the International Economic Disorder C. Fred Bergsten, Dilemmas of the Dollar Thomas McCormick, America's Half-Century Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Decline of Great Powers

V--22 September End of the Century Imperialism James Carter, Inventing Vietnam Patrick Renshaw, "Was There a Keynesian Economy in the United States between 1933-1945" "Rockefeller Internationalism" Buzzanco, "The Vietnam War: Capitalism, Communism, and Containment" Paul Baran, The Political Economy of Growth William Appleman Williams, The Great Evasion Lynn Turgeon, Bastard Keynesianism Joanne Gowa, Closing the Gold Window

Francis Gavin, Gold, Dollars, and Power Jeffrey Helsing, Johnson's War/Johnson's Great Society Anthony Campagna, The Economic Consequences of the Vietnam War Allen Matusow, Nixon's Economy Andrew Rotter, The Path to Vietnam Robert Gilpin, The Political Economy of International Relations David Calleo, The Imperious Economy Thomas Zeiler, American Trade and Power in the 1960s Sherman Maisel, Managing the Dollar Walt Rostow, The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto

VI--29 September Empire (Buzzanco) Common Reading: Arno Mayer, "Beyond the Drumbeat: Iraq, Preventive War, 'Old Europe'" John Bellamy Foster, "The Rediscovery of Imperialism" Basic Statistics for U.S. Imperialism Gert Krell, "Capitalism and Armaments" John Gallagher and Ronald Robinson, "The Imperialism of Free Trade" William Appleman Williams, Empire as a Way of Life Noam Chomsky, Hegemony or Survival Chalmers Johnson, The Sorrows of Empire Niall Ferguson, Empire Andrew Bacevich, The American Empire Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Empire David Harvey, The New Empire Ellen Meiksins Wood, Empire of Capital Michael Mann, Incoherent Empire

VII--6 October Latin America--Tom O'Brien Required: Tom O'Brien, Making the Americas

Individual Reading:

John Hart, Empire and Revolution

Morris Morley, Imperial State and Revolution Morris Morley and James Petras, Latin America in the Time of Cholera Tom O'Brien, The Century of U.S. Capitalism in Latin America Tom O'Brien, The Revolutionary Mission Greg Grandin, Empire's Workshop

VIII--13 October Kairn Klieman Common Reading:

Mahmood Mamdani, Citizen and Subject (1996) One chapter from a current African history text that will help them understand how IMF Structural Adjustement Policies and NGO’s have been impacting Africa since 1970s….

Individual Readings: Sachs, Jeffrey. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (2006) Easterly, William. The White Man’s Burden Why the West’s Efforts to Save Africa Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good (2007) Collier, Paul. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can be Done About it (2008) Hancock, Graham. The Lords of Poverty: The Power, Prestige, and Corruption of the International Aid Business (1994)

IX--20 October Middle East Common Reading: Rashid Khalidi, Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East John Esposito, The Islamic Threat [skim] Individual Reading: Edward Said, Culture and Imperialism

Alan Richards and John Waterbury, The Political Economy of the Middle East Mary Ann Heiss, Empire and Nationhood Rashid Khalidi, Resurrecting Empire Nathan Citino, From Arab Nationalism to OPEC

X--27 October To be determined.

XI--3 November Militarism and Military-Industrial Complex (Buzzanco) Benjamin Fordham, "Domestic Politics, International Pressure, and Policy Change: The Case of NSC-68" William Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca, "The Military-Industrial Think Tank Complex . . ." Frida Berrigan and William Hartung, "US Arms Transfers and Security Assistance to Israel" Michelle Ciarrocca, "Too Much is Never Enough: Bush's Military Spending Spree"

H.C. Engelbrecht and F.C. Hanighen, Merchants of Death: A Study of the International Armament Industry Benjamin Fordham, Building the Cold War Consensus Michael Hogan, The Marshall Plan Frank Kofsky, Harry Truman and the War Scare of 1948 Chester Pach, Arming the Free World Irving Bernstein, Guns and Butter Seymour Melman, Pentagon Capitalism John Tirman, Spoils of War Lewis Sorley, Arms Transfers Under Nixon Michael Klare, American Arms Supermarket

XII--10 November

Bruce Cumings, "The Political Economy of Chinese Foreign Policy" Job Loss to China China Labor Watch report on Merton China Labor Watch report on Nike, Adidas, etc. William Greider, "Global Agenda" China and the Open Door, http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1094/is_n4_v28/ai_14604469

XIII--17 November

The "New" Globalism (Buzzanco) Mark Rupert, "Globalization and the Reconstruction of Common Sense . . ." William Tabb, "Mr. Bush and Neoliberalism" Job Loss Overseas Charles Schumer on Free Trade

William Greider, One World, Ready or Not William Greider, Secrets of the Temple Walter LaFeber, Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism Edward Luttwak, Turbo Capitalism (Eduardo) Thomas Frank, One Market Under God (Ben) David Harvey, Spaces of Hope Susan Strasser, Commodifying Everything Ellen Israel Rosen, The Globalization of the U.S. Apparel Industry Ankie Hoogvelt, Globalization and the Postcolonial World Ranjit Sau, Unequal Exchange, Imperialism and Underdevelopment Doug Henwood, After the New Economy Robert Pollin, Contours of Descent Barry Eichengreen, Globalizing Capital

XIV--24 November

Consequences of and Resistance to Capitalism and Globalization (Buzzanco) Common Reading: Oxfam Report, "Rigged Rules and Double Standards" Monthly Review, "Behind the War on Iraq," Individual Reading: Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents Noreena Hertz, The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy Amy Chua, World on Fire

Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith, The Case Against the Global Economy Kevin Danaher, Fifty Years is Enough Pat Buchanan, A Republic, Not an Empire Immanuel Wallerstein, The Decline of American Power James Green, Grass Roots Socialism Manning Marable, How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America Sherry Lee Linkon and John Russo, Steeltown U.S.A., and Staughton Lynd, The Fight Against Shutdowns Judith Stein, Running Steel, Running America Gregg Andrews, Shoulder to Shoulder, and Beth Sims, Workers of the World Undermined Frederico Romero, The United States and the European Trade Union Movement Susan George, A Fate Worse Than Debt Kevin Bales, Disposable People

XV--1 December Overviews: To be determined