Prepared by:
Dr. Rola Dajani /Saudi Arabia / Dar Alhikma
Dr. Mohammad Khataybeh / Jordan
Objectives and Competencies
1.Identify the economic systems available.
2.Identify the role of global institutions, which aim to increase coherence and maximize the benefit to their people’s interest.
3.Identify integration and interdependence among peoples and their relationship to economic growth and productivity.
4.Define competitive advantage and comparative advantage.
5.Differentiate between human rights and the property rights of the individual.
Guiding Questions
1.How can we relate global civics to global economy?
2.What is the main object of global civics?
3.Do we need global civics? Why?
4.Can global civics be achieved in Arab countries and the world in general? Explain.
5.How can we apply global civics in the Arab world?
6.What are the criticisms on global governance?
7.How does global civics reflect on the economic growth of nations?
8.What are some institutional forms of global governance?
9.How can global flow of goods, services, capital, and people affect us?
10.What’s better, a country that has a high level of exports and imports, or a country with a closed economy? Discuss based on what you have learned from global civics.
Opinion forum
1.How does Islamic finance differ from capitalism?
Debate
1.Is Islamic finance a solution for the economic crisis?
Resources
Readings
1.Chapter 4: Global Civics through Global Solidarity. Altinay, Hakan (2011). Global Civics: Rights and Responsibilities in an Interdependent World. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
2.http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/01/08/000334955_20100108042312/Rendered/PDF/526070BRI0IEG0101Official0Use0Only1.pdf
3. Unaited Nations charter ,: http://www.un.org/ar/documents/charter/
4. World Trade Organization https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/fact1_e.htm
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E70qjbOJeY
