World Politics 

Plymouth State University 
Sheryl Shirley, 
Associate Professor

Debate Forms:
 Individual
Group

Newspaper Links:

New York Times
Christian Science Monitor

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FIRST DEBATE (Informal- all participate)
"Was the War Against Iraq Justified?"

Required Reading:
Yes: " Iraq Freedom and American History"
No: "Why We Are in Iraq"

Additional Sources:
Bush Speech
Human Rights Watch
Tom Paine Journal
Center for Defense Info.
Polling Data on Iraq-
Costs of the War Reading _

 Third Debate
"Is Free Trade Good for the Global South?"

Yes: "How Trade Impacts Employment"
No:  "NAFTA's Untold Stories"

Additional Sources:
Oxfamhttpp0110_8_Broken_Promises.pdf
World Bank
NAFTA
WTO
FTAA
NAFTA at Ten
Mexican Farmworkers
Global Trade Watch
CATO
Fifty Years is Enough

Fifth Debate
"Should University Students Support National Campaigns Against Sweatshops?"

Required Reading (EBSCO Host):
Yes:  "Progressive Public Relations, Sweatshops and the Net" Bullert,
B. J.. Political Communication, Oct./Dec. 2000

No: "Corporate Ethics Crusade,"  Ethan Kapstein, Foreign Affairs, Sep./Oct.2001

Additional Sources:
Sweatshop Watch
Nepal
Worker Rights Consortium
Sweatshops and Corporatization
Global Exchange

Required Reading, Lamson  Library Home Page, search Journals, EBSCO Host Academic Search Premier, titles:
 
Yes: "Women and the Evolution of World Politics," Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, Sept./Oct. 98FFrancis ukuyama, Francis. For
No: "Fukuyama's Follies, " Barbara Ehrenreich and Katha Pollitt,  Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb. 99

Additional Sources:
Women in Government
Women World Leaders
UNSC Resolution 1325
 
Fourth Debate
"Should the United States Support the International Criminal Court?"

Yes:  The International Criminal Court and the Deployment of US Forces: The
 No:   "American Foreign Policy and the ICC"

Additional Sources:
International Law
ICC Documents
Yugoslavia Tribunal
UN: International Law(UN
Rwanda Tribunal
US Department of Defense
Find Law
CATOS
In

Sixth Debate
"Is Global Warming a Serious Threat?"
Required Reading (EBSCO Host):
Yes: Global Warming Backgrounder
No: Global Warming: Mother of All Environmental Scares

Additional Sources:
As the World Burns
Skepticism 101
CO2 & Climate epti
Smithsonian Exhibit
American Enterprise Institute
Kyoto Protocol
United Nations
GCRIO
USPIRG
CATO