Month: October 2010

Date: Thursday, November 18, 7:00pm – 9:00pm Global Issues Colloquium
Category : Academics Location : Magruder Hall 2001

Most scholars agree that globalization gives rise to income volatility; as for other consequences there is less of a consensus. Truman State University political science professor Dr. Jaekwon Suh will explore how domestic political institutions mediate the relationship between globalization and state autonomy. Dr. Suh will discuss the “cushion effect” theory of democracy against external shocks showing how globalization’s influence on state autonomy disappears once the degree of conflict management institutional development is taken into account.

Date : Thursday, 28 October 2010       From : 7:00pm   To : 9:00pm
Category : Academics       Location : Magruder Hall 2001

Event Description :
There are two sides to the global food crisis debate. On the one hand, there is have cost-effective but controversial methods of food production, pioneered by corporate farming and its agricultural economists and agricultural business conglomerates. These methods utilize high capital, high technology, and low labor techniques to squeeze profit and degrade food quality. On the flip side, there are the activists, the social scientists and non-governmental organizations, who are trying to feed the world by adopting methods that include human power and labor with an emphasis on food quality, not quantity. Dr. Bill Heffernan (University of Missouri) will be discussing both sides of the argument.

For more information, see Food Circles Networking Project: Connecting Farmers, Consumers, and Communities.

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