Class Notes


september: what is transnational activism?
3 course introduction
10 what are transnational NGOs?
17 transnationalism and ir theory (//paragraph on topic/relevance)
24 campaigns and global governance
   
october: what are the effects of transnational activism?
1 human rights/domestic change (//one-page outline)
8 multinational corporations
15 violent non-state actors
22 humanitarian sector   (//2-3 page introduction)
29 issue emergence (//presentations and peer review)
   
november: how is transnational activism organized?
5 global health
12 development/rights based approaches
19 impact, accountability, and legitimacy (//ten pages)  
26 <<thanksgiving>>
   
december: student/final paper presentations
3 presentations
10 presentations/course evaluation
   
18 final paper due (100 Eggers Hall; mail room, @5pm).