Chapter 3. Structuring the Global Economy

1. Discuss the relevance of Bretton Woods institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank in the current global context.

5. Examine the role of the nation-state with respect to the changes in the world economic system.

Chapter 5. Global Political Structures and Processes

2. Make the case for the "death of the nation-state," focusing especially on the role played by global flows in its "demise."

3. Make the case against the "death of the nation-state," focusing especially on the role played by barriers (especially those erected by the nation-state) to global flows.