Oct. 15 - Philosophies of Governance
"What is Good Governance" - UNESCAP
Oct. 22 - Global Governance Overview
Anderson, Benedict. Imagined communities : reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism. London : Verso, 1983. Chapter 4.
"Introduction to Comparative Politics and Government"
Oct. 29 - Citizenship / Belonging/ and Immigration
Camacho, Julia Maria Schiavone. "Crossing Boundaries, Claiming a Homeland: The Mexican Chinese Transpacific Journey to Becoming Mexican, 1930s–1960s." Pacific Historical Review. Nov 2009, 78.4, p.545-577.
Alexander, Michelle. The New JIm Crow. New York : New Press, 2012. pp. 185 - 200.
Nov. 5 - Transnational Activism
Lane, Sofia et.al. "Polyphonic Ethos in Team Research: Lessons from the World Social Forum, Tunis 2013." “In Search of...": New Methodological Approaches to Youth Research. Airi-Alina Allaste, Katrin Tiidenberpp (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. 116-135.
Websites to Browse:
https://www.fsm2016.org/en/oh-the-road-to-wsf-2016-self-directed-committees-as-one-of-the-keys-to-preparing-for-the-2016-wsf/ (Page no longer available Jan 21, 2016)
http://coco-net.org/the-largest-global-gathering-of-civil-society-in-montreal-in-2016/
https://www.morningstar.com/news/canada-news-wire/CNW_20151002C4811/notice-to-the-media-press-conference-sunday-october-4-2015-the-largest-global-gathering-of-civil-society-in-montreal-in-2016.html (Page no longer available Jan. 20, 2016)
Nov. 12 - Anarchy on the Oceans
Urbina, Ian. "Protecting the Untamed Seas" New York Times. 31 July 2015. Web.
And at least two of the following (recommended to read all):
Urbina, Ian. "Outlaw Ocean." New York Times. 25 July 2015. Web.
Nov. 19 - Reform and Change
Kaboub, Fadhel. "The Making of the Tunisian Revolution." Middle East Development Journal, 5.1 (2013).
Kaboub, Fadhel. "The End of Neoliberalism? An Institutional Analysis of the Arab Uprisings." Journal of Economic Issues. 47.2 (2013). 533-544.
Dec. 3 - Bitcoin and Open Source
Reading (Most of these articles are relatively short:
Stallman, Richard. "Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software" GNU Operating System. Free Software Foundation. N.d. Web.
Cappello. Lawrence. "Can Government Function Without Privacy?" The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. 1 Nov. 2015. Web.
Brooking, E. T. "Anonymous Vs. The Islamic State." Foreign Policy. The Foreign Policy Group. 13 Nov. 2015. Web.
McMillan, Robert. "German Federal Law Now on Github" Wired. Conde Nast. 9 Aug. 2012. Web.
Mills, Chris. "The (Unknown) Inventor of Bitcoin Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Economics" Gizmodo. 8 Nov. 2015. Web.
Cosgrove, John E. "A look at Elon Musk's Hyperloop competition" opensource.com. 24 Jul 2015. Web.
Meyer, Robinson. "Should Everyone Get to See Body-Camera Video" The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. 17 Aug. 2015. Web.