Nationalism Weapon Posession Collective Consciousness Global Studies Questions

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QUESTION 1

According to the third item in Reading 4.1, what did President Trump’s critics say when he called himself a “nationalist”?

QUESTION 2

Discuss the type of damages that occur other than the numbers who died in wars, according to Reading 2.1.

QUESTION 3

Discuss reasons why countries possess weapons other than to defend themselves.

QUESTION 4

According to the editorial in Reading 4.1 what is the problem with some advocates of nationalism in the US?

QUESTION 5

Explain how the phrase, “New York City gets fed,” pertains to globalization, according to Reading 1.1.

QUESTION 6

Explain the term “collective consciousness,”according to Reading 4.1. Provide an example of collective consciousness in the US.

QUESTION 7

Describe the setting in which French President Macron denounced nationalism, according to an article in Reading 4.1.

QUESTION 8

Discuss what the author of Reading 3.1 meant by “colonialism also created ideological subordination.”

QUESTION 9

What generally occurred in the fourth phase of decolonization, according to Fabian Klose in Reading 3.2?

QUESTION 10

Describe what happened to the world and the US economies between World War I and World War II, according to Reading 1.1.

QUESTION 11

Discuss why governments and ordinary people in developing countries are frequently suspicious of globalization.

QUESTION 12

For centuries, Europeans minimized Muslim achievements in science, math, architecture, and engineering. Explain the primary reason this situation occurred.

QUESTION 13

There is a long history of the use of child soldiers. Discuss how the use of child soldiers has changed in modern times.

ATTACHED READINGS:

Reading 1.1: Globalization

• Boudreaux, D. J. (2008). Globalization: Yesterday and today. Globalization. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Read Chapter 1: Globalization Yesterday and Today.
• Country Classifications from World Bank

Reading 1.2: Gobalization and Fair Trade Zones

• Blattman, Christopher, and Darson, Stefan. “Everything we knew about sweatshops was wrong.” New York Times. April 27, 2017.
• Schroeder, Laura. (June 18, 2017). “Worker rights and wrongs: Fair Trade Zones and Labor in the Americas.”Washington, D.C.: Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Reading 2.1: War

• “The diversity of wars.” Hinde, R. & Rotblat, J. (2003). War no more: Eliminating conflict in the nuclear age. London: Pluto Press. Pg. 9-13
• “Causes of war and the role of weapons.” Hinde, R. & Rotblat, J. (2003). War no more: Eliminating conflict in the nuclear age. London: Pluto Press. Pg. 45-51

Reading 2.2: Child Soldiers

• Rosen, David M. (2014). Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism. Rutgers University Press. Read pages 1-14.

Reading 3.1: Dominance of the West

• “Colonializing the East” and “Impacts of colonialism.” From Danielson, S.Overview of human geography.

Reading 3.2: Decolonization

• Klose, F. (2014). Decolonization and Revolution. Europe and the world.

Reading 3.3: The IMF

• Masters, J and Chatzy, A. (Nov. 1, 2018). “The IMF: The World’s Controversial Financial Firefighter.” Council for Foreign Relations.

Reading 4.1: Nationalism

• Grosby, S. (2005). Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, GBR: Oxford University Press, UK. Chapter 1.
• Grosby, S. (2005). Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, GBR: Oxford University Press, UK. Chapter 2.
• Baker, Peter. (Oct. 23, 2018). “’Use that word!’: Trump embraces the nationalist’ label.” New York Times.
• Nakamura, D, Kim, S, and McAuley, J. (Nov. 11, 2018). “Macron denounces nationalism as a ‘betrayal of patriotism’ in rebuke to Trump at WWI remembrance.”The Washington Post.
• Editorial Board. (Nov. 13, 2018). “The French president and the alt-right both get nationalism wrong: Trump’s nationalism is about American exceptionalism, not ‘blood and soil.’”The Washington Post.