Re: Literature and World-Systems Analysis

Why use fiction when you can use reality?  There is no best way to teach IPE 
or world systems than taking a bunch of students to Kuala Lumpur.

>===== Original Message From Khaldoun Samman <ibnsubhi@yahoo.com> =====
>Greetings,
>
>I have a question that some of you may have
>considered.  Fiction has been used in a large number
>of courses in social sciences quite effectively. There
>are many books to use to discuss "the sociological
>imagination," race, gender, identity, and social
>class.  Has anyone used fiction to discuss
>world-systems analysis or inequality on a global
>scale?
>
>Khaldoun
>
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Damian Popolo
PhD candidate
Newcastle University
Department of Politics
Room 301