Academic Catalog

IR578 GLOBALIZATION AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Course Code: 3140578
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: International Relations
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. ÖZLEM TÜR KÜÇÜKKAYA
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

The aim of this course is to analyse the interaction of the Middle East with the processes of globalization. The course will cover how the region is affected by the economic, political and cultural aspects of globalization as well as its own role to play in this process. By placing the region`s experience of globalization into a wider perspective and looking at globalization as a dialectical process in which the Middle East plays an active role as well as being affected by it, the course will complement the theoretical debates with case studies.