What is the World Trade Organization (WTO) and how does it function?
What is the relationship between economic trade theory and WTO policies? How do decisions made at the WTO impact the lives of people in developed and developing countries? We will examine these questions by drawing upon writings (by scholars, activists, labor unionists) and film documentaries. After developing a general idea of the structure and impact of the WTO, we will specifically explore why the 2003 Cancun meetings were considered a significant victory for developing countries and whether an alternative strategy to neoliberal globalization is beginning to emerge. Sample Courses at Hampshire African Development Border Matters: Mexico & the U.S. Comparitive Orientalisms: Afro/Arab/Asian Connections The Cuban Revolution: Visions, Reality, Crisis & Collapse Culture, Religion & Environmentalism Ethnography of South Asia Empires & Citizenship: Postcoloniality & Puerto Rican Communities Global Ethnography Globalization & Africa Interrogating Fear: Bioterror, the Environment & the Constr
