112年第1學期-2842 Global Political and Social Change: Contemporary Issues 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Attendance and participation	30
Assignments/practices	40	Midterm (20%) and 2 selective assignments (20%)
Final group performance	30

教育目標

Syllabus (latest version, PDF): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ujeTWZ1Te-h-bHnGvXN-KVkiR-W9kpMr/view This course provides students with the opportunity to discuss social and political issues of the contemporary world in English. The goal of this course is to understand and explain political and social changes of the current world. Participants will not only learn basic concepts and arguments for their research, their own analysis and case study, but also enhance their ability of dealing with global public issues through the design-thinking method and other activities in class. Before the midterm, we will depict some major political and social changes that occurred between 1989 and the Covid-19 era by illustrating political and social trends in the post-pandemic era, by reflecting contemporary challenges of democracy, global social movements, migration and identity politics. After the midterm, we will discuss some ongoing socio-economic problems that different regions and societies try to solve, including housing crisis, energy and food sovereignty, knowledge, future work and leisure. We encourage participants to make possible policy suggestions or innovative cooperation strategies.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：3-0
上課時間：一/6,7,8[C221]
修課班級：永續學程1-4
修課年級：1年級以上
選課備註：與社會系1946、不分系英語學士班2873課程併班上課。

參考書目

Here are references (not required) for students who are interested in selected topics of our course:

Beck, Ulrich, 1999, World Risk Society. Cambridge: Polity.

Botsman, Rachel, 2018, Who Can You Trust? How Technology Brought Us Together - and Why It Could Drive Us Apart. London: Penguin Business.

Darling, Danny, 2020, The end of the Great Acceleration--and Why It's Good for the Planet, the Economy and Our Lives. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Harari, Yuval Noah, 2019, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. New York: Penguin Random House.

Krastev, Ivan, 2020, Is It Tomorrow Yet? Paradoxes of the Pandemic. London: Allen Lane.

Marshall, Tim, 2018, Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls. London: Elliot & Thompson Ltd.

Rattans, Ali, 2011, Multiculturalism. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Urry, John & Larsen, Jonas, 2012: The Tourist Gaze 3.0. London: Sage Publications Ltd.