BCS 331

CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC ISSUES

COURSE OUTLINE

Fall 2006

Module 1: General Introduction to the Course and WebCT

Reading 0- Student Manual

Module 2: The Main Concepts of the Course - Sept. 19 to Oct. 1

Reading 1 - Mark Nuttal: “The Arctic is Changing”

Reading 2 - Gro Harlem Brundtland and the World Commission on Environment &

Development: “From One Earth to One World: An Overview by the World Commission on Environment and Development”

Module 3: Changing Northern Economies and Globalization – Oct. 2 to Oct. 15

Reading 3 - Philip McMichael: “Globalization: Myths and Realities”

Reading 4 - Magnus Blomström & Björn Hettne: “The Emergence of Modern

Development Theory”

Reading 5 - Robert M Bone: “Resource Development”

Exhibit: The Earth at Night (NASA)

Module 4: Population Trends in the Circumpolar Region – Oct. 16 to Oct. 29

Reading 6 - Timothy Heleniak: “Internal Migration in Russia During the Economic Transition”

Reading 7 - Robert M. Bone: “Population Geography”

Module 7: Northern Tourism – Oct. 30 to Nov. 12

Reading 13 - Margaret E. Johnston and C. Michael Hall: “Visitor Management and the Future

of Tourism in Polar Regions”

Reading 14 - Peter Mason: “Tourism Codes of Conduct in the Arctic & Sub-Arctic Region”

Reading 15 - Arvid Viken and Frigg Jørgenson: “Tourism on Svalbard”

Supplementary Module: Circumpolar IPRs – Nov. 13 to Nov. 26

Reading S1 – Harry Hillman Chartrand: “Intellectual Property in the Global Village”

Reading S2 – Harry Hillman Chartrand: “Law” in Ideological Evolution: The Competitiveness

of Nations in a Global Knowledge-Based Economy

Reading S3 – Harry Hillman Chartrand: “The Canadian Copyright Act 1921-2006:

Historical, Cultural, Economic, Legal & Political Significance”

Module 13: Concluding Observations – Nov. 27 to Dec 4

Module 14: Review - Dec. 4 to Dec. 14

Final Examination: Dec. 15, 2006