We will continue a discussion of the three topics we introduced last week -- Globalization, Information technology and the Information society, and the "New Economy." Please refer to last week's getting ready for some reading selections that are available for you in the 204 pam box or directly online through the UNC library. (I went under e-indexes and databases and found NCLive-Ebsco and then searched under the Academic Search File using globalization and some of the other related terms) If you have trouble finding an article you want let me know and I'll be happy to help you if I can.

On the 26th as well, I would like to start planning dates for presentations of the second major topic -- your examination of a particular country or region. Presently these are folks' adopted countries organized by region. I've also included the "silent partner/editor" that we agreed to last week. (This "partnership" is in lieu of the critique of a colleague's issue paper originally listed on the Assignment sheet. Please note I also revised the number of reading reports downward -- now it's the best (or only) four of five reading reports).

Region	Country/Region	Principal Author	Silent Partner
AFRICA	Egypt	Sambhavi Cheemalapalati	Christine Stachowicz
AFRICA	Ghana & West Africa	Karen McPhaul	Sambhavi Cheemalapalati
AFRICA	South Africa	Kim Duckett	Cynthia Merrill
ASIA/PACIFIC	China	Jessica Kilfoil	Kristen McConnell
ASIA/PACIFIC	Indonesia or Pakistan	Kristen McConnell	DeeDee Dockendorf
CANADA/EUROPE	Spain, Holland & Canada	Emily Stambaugh	Nicole Urquhart
EUROPE	Poland	Christine Stachowicz	Karen McPhaul
EUROPE	Russia	Chad McGougan	Emily Stambaugh
EUROPE	Russia (Health)	Cynthia Merrill	Jessica Kilfoil
LATIN AMERICA	Peru or England	Nicole Urquhart	Sean Knowlton
LATIN AMERICA	Argentina vs Chile	DeeDee Dockendorf	Leslie Sult
LATIN AMERICA	Cuba	Sean Knowlton	Chad McGougan
MIDDLE EAST	Israel vs Syria	Leslie Sult	Kim Duckett

I realize some aspects of the list above are still tentative and may be corrected. However, we can think about presentations on the chosen country/region grouped in these ways beginning with our 12th session on April 16 and continuing on the 13th session (April 23) and the last session on April 30.

After this week we have two special treats coming up -- more about these on the next "Getting Ready's."

So, in preparation for this coming Wednesday, do as Dr. Carr says, "Read, Read, and then Read some more!"

Revised 3/23/2001.