Global Justice: Towards an Egalitarian Global Order

The objective of this module is to equip students with a clear understanding of and critical perspective on global injustices. We will cover a range of related topics, which will normally include global poverty and inequality; colonialism and post-colonialism; debt and development; neoliberal capitalism; trade, transnational corporations and international tax justice; global gender relations; the global fashion industry; migration; ‘race’ and racism; and environmental justice and climate change. The module will encourage and enable students to analyse inequalities across the economic, political, social and cultural spheres of global society, and to think critically about relations of power at a global level. The module will also explore the role of different groups and institutions in creating or challenging systems of global inequality, including the International Financial Institutions, the United Nations, the G8, transnational corporations, the media, development agencies, NGOs, and social movements. In addition, we will explore the ways in which development and global justice issues are represented within a European context. Students will be encouraged to reflect upon their own role within global social systems, as global citizens and future professionals. Ways of potentially creating a more sustainable and egalitarian world will be explored throughout. We encourage you to search for other School of Social Justice (SSJ) modules which include options relating to Equality Studies and Women's Studies. Graduates who have completed at least 15 credits of undergraduate electives offered by the School of Social Justice will have this noted on their UCD transcripts as the completion of Structured Electives in Social Justice.