Switzerland 2014

The Politics of Global Inequality

Overview

1. Overview of program and accommodations2. Orientation3. Course content4. Leisure activities5. ASK QUESTIONS

Program Details1. Program dates: July 1-July 312. Course content: POL 124 The Politics of Global Inequality; POL 198

Group Study: The Role of International Organizations in Development3. Location: Geneva, Switzerland; Cite Universitaire (dorms); University of

Geneva4. Program components: classroom lectures and films; guest lectures;

simulations; international organization visits

Universite de Geneve (Unige)

Cite Universitaire

Why Geneva, Switzerland?

Geneva, Switzerland is home to a large number of international organizations that develop prescriptions and funding for developing countries

Orientation

1. On-site orientation to the city, culture, and transportation system

2. Visits to Cathedrale de St. Pierre and United Nations

Course materials – Global inequality

Poverty incapacitates at least a billion people around the globe

50 million children under the age of 5 die of malnutrition related causes every year – a war on the most vulnerable population

Why do poverty and inequality continue to exist?

What, if anything, should WE do about it?

Course requirements

Each student adopts a country, studies the conditions in that country and evaluates solutions

Each student chooses an organization, studies that organization and evaluates its contributions to development issues

Organizations visited in past programs: UNDP, UNICEF, WTO, WHO, UNCTAD, non-governmental organizations

2 five page papers; three oral presentations; class participation

Geneva as a city

International – 50-70% of the population is non-Swiss

Good local transportationMany interesting activitiesExpensive

Switzerland as a country

Except for first weekend, weekends are freeSwiss youth hostels everywhere – but book nowSwiss train transportation: clean, efficient;

relatively cheap

Switzerland in the heart of Europe

• Close to Paris

Come see for yourself!