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POLI 372A (3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND GLOBALIZATION<\/span>
\nSection 001\u00a0\u00a0 2nd Term\u00a0\u00a0 T\/TH\u00a0\u00a0 14:00-15:30<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Buchanan A, Room 203<\/p>\n

Instructor: Robert M. A. Crawford\u2028 Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00 to 2:00 pm\u2014IBLC 374
\nThursday 1:00 to 2:00 pm\u2014IBLC 374\u2028 Phone: 604-822-3009
\nEmail: robert.crawford@ubc.ca
\nCourse blog: POLI372A2020 All course related materials will be hosted here
\nCanvas: this course does NOT use a Canvas site
\nTA: Lilit Klein
\nEmail: lilit.klein@ubc.ca
\nOffice Hours: available via e-mail booking
\nLocation: TBD<\/p>\n

Course Description & Format<\/p>\n

This course examines the evolving relationship between Multinational Corporations (MNCs) and states in the modern era, evaluating the perceived benefits and costs of foreign direct investment in a number of selected countries, regions, and industries. Our primary objectives are to assess the impact of MNCs on the politics, economies, and societies of states, and to evaluate the effectiveness or desirability of various attempts to control, limit, and regulate MNC behaviour. Special attention is paid to countries, industries, and practices where the potential for exploitation and conflict is greatest.<\/p>\n

The course meets twice weekly (Tuesday\/Thursday) for 1:50 minutes and, because of its large size, is structured mainly around lectures. I do however like and welcome students interaction, and make an effort to include participation as much as possible. Students are asked to do the required weekly reading prior to class and encouraged to discuss lecture and reading content.<\/p>\n

Prerequisites<\/p>\n

Previous completion of an introductory course in international relations (e.g. POLI 260 or its equivalent) is not required but very strongly recommended. The course assumes familiarity with the basic concepts covered in that or similar course. This is NOT an Economics or Business course but will involve discussion of basic concepts germane to these fields.<\/p>\n

Course Readings<\/p>\n

The majority of required course reading is from a custom course reading package that will soon be available for purchase at the UBC Bookstore.<\/p>\n

Other required readings are available through free hyperlinks embedded in the week by week summaries below. Please note that some of these readings may require you to use your UBC CWL to gain institutional access to JSTOR, or a free account like @ academia.edu or similar.<\/p>\n

Further reading is always welcome but optional. Suggestions for further reading may be posted periodically on the course blog page. Feel free to ask me for suggestions for further reading at any time.<\/p>\n

Assessment and Assignments<\/p>\n

Midterm: You will write a midterm in class on Thursday, February 13 and be responsible for all material covered prior to the exam. The midterm format will be discussed in class and a sample exam will be distributed and\/or posted to my course blog. This assignment makes up a maximum 25% of your final grade.<\/p>\n

Research essay proposal: you will write a proposal of 2-3 pages (excluding bibliography) in which you make a case for a particular topic for your final paper. This must be based on one of a selected topic provided by myself or you may make a case for a topic and area of focus of your own. Please be sure to provide a provisional title, rationale, preliminary overview of your argument, and indicative reading list (e.g. a bibliography of all the sources you have located so far). The purpose of the assignment is to see how your ideas are developing, assess feasibility, and receive instructor feedback about what, if any, gaps need to be filled in terms of research and\/or conceptualization. You do not need to go through your sources one by one, or provide a detailed breakdown of the planned structure of the paper. Please note that this is not meant to be a draft or mini version of the paper, but an early indication of where you are heading. This assignment is due Thursday, February 27 in-class, hard copy only please. Unlike the final paper, the proposal does not need to be submitted to TurnItIn. The assignment makes up a maximum 5% of your final grade.<\/p>\n

Research Essay: You are required to write a research essay based on a set of topics to be made available early in the term. As noted above, you are also free to make a case for a topic and area of focus of your own in the proposal. The approximate length required is 3,500 to 4000 words (e.g. 14 to 15 typed pages). Please do not exceed 4000 words (for more guidance see Course Policy Statement below). This assignment makes up a maximum 35% of your final grade. The essay is due Tuesday, March 31. This is a late, end of term deadline and cannot be extended, so please take note of this get an early start.<\/p>\n

Final Exam: There will be a final examination during the regular examination period. You will be accountable for the readings assigned for each class and all lecture material. The exam will be cumulative but weighted post-midterm. The exam format will be discussed in class and a sample final exam will be distributed and\/or posted to my course blog. This assignment makes up a maximum 35% of your final grade.
\nAssessment at a Glance<\/p>\n

Midterm 25% (Thursday, February 13)
\nResearch Essay Proposal 5% (Thursday, February 27)
\nResearch Essay 35% (Tuesday, March 31)
\nFinal Exam 35% (TBA)<\/p>\n

Course Policy Statement<\/p>\n

Course materials & attendance: you are responsible for material covered in lectures, class discussions, and assigned readings. Regular attendance in class is expected. Please try to arrive on time and let me know beforehand if you need to leave early. If you miss classes (and you should not make a habit if doing so) PDFs of lecture slides will eventually be made available. But these are for study purposes and depend upon the actual lecture for context and full coherence. They are not intended to enable or encourage skipping class. And please refrain from sending this sort of email: \u201chey prof, I missed class. very sorry. could you send readings and assignments and tell me what I have to do?\u201d or \u201cdid I mis anything important?\u201d Just about everybody misses an occasional class, but please do not expect me or Lilit to offer personalized supplemental information.<\/p>\n

Laptops & other devices: laptops have become a normal classroom resource but should only be as a note-taking device; you are asked to refrain from using them for any other purpose. Phones must be on silent or off during lecture. No texting, e-mailing, internet surfing, social media time etc., is permitted in class. Texting in class is particularly unacceptable, and very obvious and distracting.<\/p>\n

Email: I welcome and respond as quickly as possible to emails, but complicated issues are best dealt with face-to-face. Please feel free to email but do not ask myself or the TA questions that you know cannot be properly answered in a short response.<\/p>\n

Academic concessions: you are reminded that instructors cannot grant academic concession after assignment due dates. Medical, emotional, or personal problems that may arise during, and affect your performance in, the course should be discussed immediately with the Faculty of Arts Academic Advising Office (Buch. A201 604-822-4028). Students who miss examinations for non-medical reasons will not have an opportunity to rewrite. Medical exemptions will not be granted without proper documentation.<\/p>\n

This course welcomes and seeks to accommodate students with physical or learning disabilities or challenges (e.g. visual, hearing, or speech impairments, or chronic illnesses). If you require any assistance or adaptation of teaching or evaluation styles, please feel free to discuss your needs with me and the UBC Access and Diversity office. Documentation from Access and Diversity must be provided early in the course.<\/p>\n

Written submissions<\/p>\n

Essays must be word processed, stapled, contain page numbers, and cite sources fully in an academically appropriate manner. You must use one of the following academic formats: APA, MLA or Chicago Style. Requests for extensions must be approved by the instructor at least three weeks before the due date and only granted for extraordinary situations, with adequate documentation. Extensions will not be given for typical and predictable problems such as computer and printer crashes, conflicts with other course assignments or extracurricular activities, oversleeping, roommate or other interpersonal difficulties. If you are a UBC student athlete please let me know as early as possible if you need to travel in ways that could interfere with attendance and deadlines. Unless prior approval was granted on the grounds noted above, late course work will be penalized 2% per day, weekends included. Assignments that are submitted after the end of the exam period will not be graded.<\/p>\n

Academic honesty<\/p>\n

Please note that any form of academic misconduct will not be tolerated. Be sure to retain all work used in the preparation of your assignments, and be ready to submit this work if and when I request that you do so. Plagiarism is a serious form of academic misconduct. Demonstrated cases are treated severely and, at a minimum, result in a mark of zero, and can lead to severe punishment including expulsion from UBC. It is your responsibility to be aware of what constitutes plagiarism; the following link will make clear university policy and help you to avoid all forms of academic misconduct (http:\/\/www.calendar.ubc.ca\/vancouver\/?tree=3,54,111,959). To quote Morrissey: \u201cIf you must write prose and poems, the words you use should be your own; don\u2019t plagiarize or take \u2018on loan\u2019; there\u2019s always someone, somewhere, with a big nose who knows, and who trips you up a laughs when you fall\u2026.\u201d (The Smiths, \u201cCemetery Gates,\u201d The Queen is Dead, 1986). That \u201cbig nose\u201d is called TurnItIin.com, and nobody will be laughing if you trip up.<\/p>\n

TurnItIn.com<\/p>\n

The UBC Political Science Department requires that all undergraduate papers be submitted to TurnItIn, a service that compares submissions to thousands of published documents, essays-for-purchase, all other student papers submitted to the website, and so forth to detect levels of overlap in wording and generate \u201coriginality reports.\u201d The service can and will even detect your own essays if they have been submitted previously or concurrently to other courses, which is not allowed without the knowledge and approval of all relevant instructors. You can find out more about TurnItIn, and the university\u2019s policy on use of this service at: (more info).<\/p>\n

To submit your assignment, log onto the site TurnItIn. Click on the \u201ccreate a user profile\u201d link and select \u201cstudent\u201d on the pull-down menu. To enrol, you will be asked to enter your \u201cclass ID\u201d and \u201cclass enrolment password.\u201d The information you will need is:<\/p>\n

course ID: 23451942
\npassword (enrolment key): GlobalReach (note that the password is case sensitive)<\/p>\n

You will not receive credit for your essay unless it is submitted to TurnItIn. The due date of Thursday March 21 is the same for both TurnItIn and final copy that you submit (you will receive detailed instructions about how to submit your essay later). Please note that your paper will NOT be available to anyone to read as a public document\u2014you do not need to worry about other students finding your paper on the internet and copying it for their own use. Again, retain all rough work used in the preparation of your assignments, and be ready to submit this work if and when you are requested to do so.<\/p>\n

Learning Objectives<\/p>\n

Students who successfully complete the course will be able to:
\ndescribe and define multinational corporations (MNCs) and situate\/analyze their activities as a relatively new and distinct phenomena within the international political economy (IPE)
\nunderstand and analyze various motivations for foreign direct investment (FDI), and recognize FDI as the defining activity of MNCs
\nconstruct a working definition of IPE, its main theories, and the role of state\/market forces in creating the conditions and limits for MNC growth
\nexplain the historical origins for MNCs, and their distinctiveness from similar but distinct precursors (like mercantile trading firms)
\nunderstand the motivations and content of state policies around MNCs at both the general level of developed and developing country concerns, and country specific policies including Canada, the US, and Japan
\nunderstand the complexity and changing nature of global governance structures and the role of MNCs in shifting locations of governance
\ndemonstrate a grasp of the empirical forces behind globalization as an emergent historical condition
\nunderstand the motivations, historical\/political conditions, limitations, and outcomes of governmental strategies to attract, deter, or manage MNCs (including Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI), Export Promotion, and investment screening mechanisms
\nunderstand the ideological foundations for views for and against MNC expansion
\ndemonstrate a working knowledge of the main theoretical models of MNC origin and behaviour
\nLecture and Reading Schedule<\/p>\n

PART ONE: New Actors, New Theories<\/p>\n

Jan 7, 9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Introduction to Course: Emergence and Evolution of the MNC
\nDiscussion: the evolution, rationale, and purposes of the course; preliminary assessment of MNCs as political actors; the historical development of the MNC, conflicting claims about its origins, various stages and geographical centres of development, and role in transforming the international political-economic system.<\/p>\n

Readings (handout)
\nHYPERLINK Juliette Bennett (2002) \u201cMNCs, Social Responsibility and Conflict,\u201d Journal of International Affairs, 55, 2 (Bennett PDF)<\/p>\n

Jan 14, 15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The MNC: Political or Economic actor?
\nAn overview of the evolving academic discussion of the MNC that assesses its transformation from a literature dominated by state-centric approaches\u2014with its exclusion of MNCs as merely \u201ceconomic\u201d actors\u2014to a much wider, diverse, and increasingly cross-disciplinary discourse that regards MNCs as crucial subjects and agents of global governance.<\/p>\n

Readings
\nHYPERLINK John Stopford (1999) \u201cMultinational Corporations,\u201d Foreign Policy, 113 (Stopford PDF)
\nHYPERLINK Susan Strange (1991) \u201cBig Business and the State,\u201d Millennium, 20, 2 (1991) (Strange PDF)
\nHYPERLINK Raymond Vernon (1991) \u201cSovereignty at Bay: Twenty Years After,\u201d Millennium, 20, 2
\nHYPERLINK Peter Evans (1997) \u201cThe Eclipse of the State? Reflections on Stateness in the Era of Globalization,\u201d World Politics, 50 (Evans PDF)<\/p>\n

Jan 21, 23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Explanations for New Realities: Representative Models
\nAs new actors, MNCs demand theorization, particularly when existing capital movement theories proved ill-suited to the reality of FDI as the dominant mode of investment. This week surveys and critically evaluates theoretical, conceptual, and analytical attempts to explain the behaviour of MNCs after their rise to prominence in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Readings<\/p>\n

COURSEPACK Joan Spero and Jeffrey Hart (1997) \u201cThe Multinational Corporation and the Issue of Management,\u201d from The Politics of International Economic Relations, New York: St. Martin\u2019s.
\nCOURSEPACK Susan Strange (1994) \u201cRethinking Structural Change in the International Political Economy: States, Firms, and Diplomacy,\u201d from Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey Underhill, Political Economy and the Changing Global Order, Toronto: McLelland and Stewart.<\/p>\n

Jan 28, 30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 US Power and Multinational Corporations
\nExamines America\u2019s foreign economic objectives, assesses the role and depth of corporate influence in the policy-making process, and examines US concerns, attitudes, and policies as the world\u2019s largest host of inward FDI.<\/p>\n

Readings
\nCOURSEPACK Robert Gilpin (1975) \u201cThe American Strategy of Direct Investment,\u201d chapters 5 and 6 from US Power and The Multinational Corporation.
\nHYPERLINK \u00a0Jonathan Crystal (1998) A New Kind of Competition: How American Producers Respond to Incoming FDI,\u201d International Studies Quarterly 42: 513-54 (https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/pdf\/2600749.pdf)<\/a>
\nCOURSEPACK Stephen Brooks (2007) chapter 2, \u201cUnderstanding the Globalization of Production,\u201d from Producing Security, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
\nHYPERLINK Parag Khanna, \u201cThese 25 Companies Are More Powerful Than Many Countries? Going stateless to maximize profits, multinational companies are vying with governments for global power. Who is winning? Foreign Policy, March\/April 2016 (Khanna PDF)<\/p>\n

PART TWO: Issue Areas<\/p>\n

Feb 4, 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Regulatory Responses and Options: From Confrontation to Pragmatism
\nExamines early questions about how, or if, to control MNC activities. Explores regulatory responses both historically and in terms of recent trends, ranging from national to international strategies, spanning a number of issue-areas, and encompassing more to less ambitious conceptions of an international investment \u201cregime(s).\u201d We also examine the evolving relationship between MNCs and NGOs and the alternative conceptions of globalization and the corporate form proposed by the latter.<\/p>\n

Readings
\nHYPERLINK David Levy and Aseem Prakash (2002) \u201cBargains Old and New: Multinational Corporations in Global Governance,\u201d Business and Politics Vol. 5, No. 2 (Levy PDF)
\nHYPERLINK Shean Murphy (2005) \u201cTaking Multinational Corporate Codes of Conduct to the Next Level,\u201d GWLaw Commons, 43 (Murphy PDF)
\nStephen Kobrin (1998) \u201cThe MAI and the Clash of Globalizations,\u201d Foreign Policy ???? ( Kobrin PDF)
\nHYPERLINK Kathryn Sikkink (1986) \u201cCodes of Conduct for TNCs: The Case of the WHO?UNICEF Code,\u201d International Organization 40, 4: 815-840 (Sikkink PDF)
\nCOURSEPACK John Madely (1999) chapters 1 & 2 Big Business, Poor Peoples, London: Zed books.<\/p>\n

Feb 11, 13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MNCs and the evolution of Global Governance
\nExamines the evolving debate, roles, and responsibilities of MNCs as providers of governance functions once reserved only for states.<\/p>\n

Readings<\/p>\n

HYPERLINK Patrick Bernhagen (2010) \u201cThe Private Provision of Public Goods,\u201d International Studies Quarterly 54: 1175-1187 (Bernhagen PDF)
\nKlaus Dingwerth (2008) \u201cPrivate Transnational Governance in the Developing World, International Studies Quarterly, 52: 607-634.
\nHYPERLINK Stephen Kobrin (January 2008) \u201cPrivate Political Authority and Public Responsibility: Transnational Politics, Transnational Firms, and Human Rights,\u201d Forthcoming: Business Ethics Quarterly, 2009. (Kobrin PDF)
\nCOURSEPACK Susan Sell and Aseem Prakash (2004) \u201cUsing Ideas Strategically: The Contest Between Big Business and NGO Networks Intellectual Property Rights,\u201d International Studies Quarterly 48: 143-175.
\nCOURSEPACK Manfred Steger (2012) \u201cAnti-Globalization or Alter-Globalization? Mapping the Political Ideology of the Global Justice Movement,\u201d International Studies Quarterly 56: 439-454.<\/p>\n

Reading Week: February 18-21<\/p>\n

Feb 25, 27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MNCs and Security<\/p>\n

Explores the hypothesis that the globalization of production can lessen the potential for armed conflict both through creating economic interdependencies (e.g. via Regional Trade Agreements) and forcing a redefinition of security in light of fundamental changes that MNCs\u2014among other actors\u2014have brought about.<\/p>\n

Readings
\nStephen Brooks (2007) chapter 4 from Producing Security, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
\nCOURSEPACK Yee-Kuang Heng and Kenneth McDonagh (2009) \u201cRisk, Global Governance and Security,\u201d in Risk, Global Governance and Security: The Other War on Terror, London: Routledge.
\nHYPERLINK Small Arms Survey, \u201cProtected but Exposed: Multinationals and Private Security,\u201d chapter 5, Annual Report 2011 (Private Security PDF)<\/p>\n

March 3, 5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Corporate Social Responsibility Networks
\nExplores the emergence and evolution of the CSR discourse and the extent to which MNCs are being (or should be) transformed into purveyors of social goods, and the role of the post-1948 international legal framework in perpetuating inequalities among marginalized groups, and Indigenous communities in particular. It also extends analysis of the CSR process into its most ambitious project to date: The Global Compact and \u201cRuggie Principles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Readings
\nHYPERLINK Matthias Hofferberth et. al. (2011) \u201cMultinational Enterprises as \u201cSocial Actors\u201d\u2014Constructivist Explanations for Corporate Social Responsibility\u201d Global Society 25, 2: 205-226 (Hofferberth PDF)
\nHYPERLINK Gerardo J. Munarriz (2008) \u201cRhetoric and Reality: The World Bank Development Policies, Mining Corporations, and Indigenous Communities in Latin America,\u201d International Community Law Review, 10: 431\u2013443 (Munarriz PDF)
\nCOURSEPACK Colin Barry, Chad Clay, and Michael Flynn (2013) Avoiding the Spotlight: Rights Shaming and Foreign Direct Investment,\u201d International Studies Quarterly, 57: 532-544.
\nCOURSEPACK John Ruggie (2013) Introduction and chapters 1 and 4, Just Business: MNCs and Human Rights, New York: WW Norton.
\nCOURSEPACK Simon Blanton (2009) \u201cA Sectoral Analysis of Human Rights and FDI: Does Industry Type Matter? International Studies Quarterly 53: 469-493.<\/p>\n

PART THREE: MNCs and home\/host policies of selected states<\/p>\n

March 10, 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Canada<\/p>\n

This week begins a focus on a comparative assessment of past and present policies in a country-specific context, beginning with Canada, highlighting initiatives like the Foreign Investment Review Agency and National Energy Program, and Canadian governmental attitudes to FDI by Canadian companies<\/p>\n

Readings<\/p>\n

COURSEPACK David Leyton-Brown, \u201cCanadianizing Oil and Gas: The National Energy Program, 1980-83,\u201d\u00a0 and Peter Dobell, \u201cReducing Vulnerability: The \u2018Third Option,\u2019\u201d from Don Munton & John Kirton, eds., Canadian Foreign Policy: Selected Cases.<\/p>\n

March 17, 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Japan
\nFocuses on the evolution of Japanese FDI out of pioneering initiatives like Import Substitution Industrialization, and attempts to emulate these policies elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Readings<\/p>\n

COURSEPACK Kenichi Miyashita and David Russell (1994) chapters 1 and 2, from Keiretsu: Inside the\u2028Hidden Japanese Conglomerates, New York: McGraw Hill.
\nHYPERLINK Schoppa (2006) \u201cRace to the Bottom? Japanese Multinational Firms and the Future of the Lifetime Employment System,\u201d The Asia-Pacific Journal. vol. 4, no. 3. (Scoppa PDF)<\/p>\n

March 24, March 26\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0China<\/p>\n

In recent years China\u2019s state-owned enterprises have engaged in what is often portrayed as an orgy of acquisitions around the world, particularly in the oil and mineral industries. But are China\u2019s firms out to conquer host economies, or merely latecomers to the extensive global expansion of MNCs over the past two decades? Looking inward, this unit also looks at a highly publicized case of the challenges of doing business in China.<\/p>\n

Readings<\/p>\n

HYPERLINK Peter Nolan (2012) chapters 1, 2, and 3 from Is China Buying the World? Polity Cambridge: Polity Press. (Nolan PDF).
\nHYPERLINK Jennifer Pan and Margaret Roberts (Oct. 16, 2019) \u201cThese 3 factors explain why the NBA and other companies struggle to push back against Chinese censorship,\u201d Washington Post, (WPost)<\/p>\n

March 31, April 2 Current Trends & Review\/Summary
\nCOURSEPACK\u00a0This week provides review of course materials and objectives and some reflection on current trends, future directions, in MNC discussion including increased skepticism about the wisdom of reifying the MNC among other corporate forms.<\/p>\n

Readings
\nHYPERLINK Thomas Oatley (2011) \u201cThe Reductionist Gamble: Open Economy Politics in the Global Economy,\u201d International Organization 65, 2: 311-41 (Oatley PDF)
\nHYPERLINK Milan Babic, Jan Fichter, and Eelke Heemskerk (2017) \u201cStates versus Corporations: Rethinking the Power of Business in International Politics,\u201d The Italian Journal of International Affairs. vol. 52, no. 4. (Babic PDF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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