ILRGL 3385 - [The US-China Relationship: A Labor Perspective]

(crosslisted) CAPS 3385

Spring. Not offered: 2024-2025. Next offered: 2025-2026. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Co-meets with ILRGL 5385.

E. Friedman.

The US-China relationship has emerged as one of the definitive economic and political vectors of the 21st century. There is little question that the US and China will remain the two most powerful polities for decades to come, and in recent years their respective governments have become increasingly hostile. While this imperial rivalry is very real and poses grave threats to humanity, this course aims to transcend methodological nationalism by approaching the US-China relationship from the perspective of workers. In doing so we will interrogate the complex and deeply interwoven set of political, economic, and social linkages between these two capitalist behemoths.