AP/SOSC 2345 6.00 Corporations that Changed the World: Business and the Global Economy

AP/SOSC 2345 6.00

Corporations that Changed the World: Business and the Global Economy

This course examines the role played by selected corporations in generating major economic, political and cultural changes in the global economy. Whether as agents of ‘creative destruction’, colonialism, or globalization, corporations are critically examined for the transformative impact they had on social relations and our relationship with nature. Alternatives to dominant corporate forms are also examined. Pre-requisites: AP/SOSC 1340 6.00 or 9.00