Switzerland 2014
The Politics of Global Inequality
Overview
1. Overview of program and accommodations2. Orientation3. Course content4. Leisure activities5. ASK QUESTIONS
Program Details1. Program dates: July 1-July 312. Course content: POL 124 The Politics of Global Inequality; POL 198
Group Study: The Role of International Organizations in Development3. Location: Geneva, Switzerland; Cite Universitaire (dorms); University of
Geneva4. Program components: classroom lectures and films; guest lectures;
simulations; international organization visits
Universite de Geneve (Unige)
Cite Universitaire
Why Geneva, Switzerland?
Geneva, Switzerland is home to a large number of international organizations that develop prescriptions and funding for developing countries
Orientation
1. On-site orientation to the city, culture, and transportation system
2. Visits to Cathedrale de St. Pierre and United Nations
Course materials – Global inequality
Poverty incapacitates at least a billion people around the globe
50 million children under the age of 5 die of malnutrition related causes every year – a war on the most vulnerable population
Why do poverty and inequality continue to exist?
What, if anything, should WE do about it?
Course requirements
Each student adopts a country, studies the conditions in that country and evaluates solutions
Each student chooses an organization, studies that organization and evaluates its contributions to development issues
Organizations visited in past programs: UNDP, UNICEF, WTO, WHO, UNCTAD, non-governmental organizations
2 five page papers; three oral presentations; class participation
Geneva as a city
International – 50-70% of the population is non-Swiss
Good local transportationMany interesting activitiesExpensive
Switzerland as a country
Except for first weekend, weekends are freeSwiss youth hostels everywhere – but book nowSwiss train transportation: clean, efficient;
relatively cheap
Switzerland in the heart of Europe
• Close to Paris
Come see for yourself!
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