CALS 432 - Latinas/os and Globalization

Unit(s): 4

This class will explore the effect that late-stage capitalist globalization has upon Latino workers. How do changes in the world economic system, including the advent of global free trade regions (NAFTA, FTZs) affect the composition and opportunities open to Latino populations in the United States? Examines the development of transnational economic and cultural networks as a result of globalization. Satisfies the Ethnic Studies requirement in GE Area D5 (Contemporary International Perspectives).

Grading: OPT