AIS 095B: Introduction to Global Studies
FALL 2008
Some Interesting Links
Below are some interesting links related to this course. You may find some of these useful as entry points into researching your summit positions.
Homepage of our course text book Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism
Useful sites on globalization and globalization-related issues
Selected Development Organizations and Critics
United Nations Development Programme
Interamerican Development Bank
Food and Agriculture Organization
People-Centered Development Forum
Global Development and Environment Institute
Free Trade and Consumer Culture
Unraveling the 1998 Global Financial Crisis
Public Citizen Report on NAFTA
Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism: Home page for an excellent textbook on the cultural aspects of globalization. It has excellent links to current events and organizations.
Global Issues - Over 3000 links to external articles, web sites reports and analysis. Issues include: poverty, Kosovo, East Timor, mainstream media and conflicts in Africa, human rights, women's rights, racism, the arms trade, children and the military, military expansion and more.
www.subvertise.org - Hundreds of images and cartoons covering a spectrum of issues including transport, war, climate-change, racism, genetics, corporations, sexuality, education, and globalisation, all carrying the same message - that people and the planet should be put before corporate profits. Many graphics are available for download, to be reprinted in newspapers, magazines and websites
Cultural Alternatives to Development
Intercultural Institute of Montreal
Common Dreams - a progressive news source.
Indigenous Rights and Movements
Accion Zapatista A good place to start searches on the Zapatistas and solidarity networks.