Evaluations please include comments on readings Most liked and most disliked Globalization: Barber, Wolf, Stiglitz Recap

1. Evaluations (please include comments on readings! Most liked and most disliked) Globalization: Barber, Wolf, Stiglitz Recap: what do we know? Final & final papers Q & A Sources

2. Evaluations Choose a representative 10-15 minutes: fill the form Representative picks forms, puts them in envelope & keeps them Meeting with me after grades turned in Results & grades posted on the web

3. Globalization rankings KOF�s Index of Globalization <http://www.kof.ch/globalization/> A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Globalization Index <http://www.atkearney.com/main.taf?p=5,4,1,127>

4. Globalization Jihad vs. McWorld: �Jihad's centrifugal whirlwind against McWorld's centripetal black hole� Jihad: extreme nationalism & religious fundamentalism McWorld: globalization

5. Jihad and McWorld �Neither [Jihad, nor McWorld] needs democracy; neither promotes democracy� ? �Jihad� � antagonistic to democracy almost by definition ? McWorld: corporate control of political process Solution: confederalism (a union of semi-autonomous communities)

6. Wolf vs. Stiglitz Wolf: globalization as an unmixed blessing Stiglitz: cautious support for globalization Wolf: ? opening up is always better than autarky ? developing nations: access to capital, technology, know-how ? developed nations: their workers have higher productivity (compare w Friedman)

7. Stiglitz: ? globalization can be beneficial ? however, it brings most benefits when countries manage globalization on their own ? two comparisons: - East Asia vs. other countries - East Asia before vs. after the implementation of int�l economic institutions policies

8. What do we know? Economic development is good for democracy: ? keeps democracies democratic (Przeworski, exogenous account) ? makes non-democracies democratic (endogenous account) Countries need a strong (functional) state

9. Institutional Design Parliamentarism vs. presidentialism: ? parliamentary regimes are better for democracy democratic (Linz, Lijphart, mainstream) ? strength of the legislature is what matters (Fish) Federalism: not just one type, but a variety of federal systems Electoral systems: ? PR better than majoritarian systems (Lijphart, Powell) ? context matters (New Zealand vs. Papua New Guinea)

10. Religion, ethnicity, and democracy Islam & democracy? ? Islam is inimical to democracy (Huntington) ? Islam inimical to gender equality (Norris & Inglehart; Fish) ? Islam is not inimical to democracy (Stepan) Ethnic fragmentation ? typically seen as bad for democracy ? challenges to this view (e.g., Fish)