112年第1學期-2873 Global Political and Social Change: Contemporary Issues 課程資訊

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Attendance and participation 30
Assignments/practices 40 Midterm (20%) and 2 selective assignments (20%)
Final group performance 30

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授課教師

張敦為

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.

課程資訊

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.

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