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Globalization Comes Home Conference
February 1-3, 2007
223 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley

The Globalization Comes Home Project explores how globalization - once synonymous with "Westernization" - has become a force unto itself, coming back to challenge the political and legal institutions, economic landscape, and cultural foundations of Western industrial democracies.

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Over 30 scholars from the U.S. and abroad have drafted papers for this project. The papers will be presented at this conference, edited, and then published by Praeger Publishers in a 3-volume set. 

• The first day, February 1st, will deal with issues related to Politics and Law. Participants will explore the transformation of political processes and governmental institutions by globalization, as well as the resulting changes in the enactment, enforcement, and interpretation of the law. 
  
• The second day, February 2nd, will deal with issues related to Business and the Economy.  Participants will focus on how globalization is affecting the U.S. domestic economy, including macroeconomic processes, trade flows, business practices, and consumer behavior. 
  
• The last day, February 3rd, will deal with issues related to Culture and Society. Participants will discuss the impact of globalization on such aspects of American life as religion, education, family and community life, as well as on the mass media and the arts. 

The conference is free and open to the public. 

Conference Coordinators
Jessica Owen, Logistics Coordinator, 510.847.8901.  jessciara@gmail.com
Sara Heitler Bamberger, Program Coordinator, 510.642.9418 .  sbamberger@berkeley.edu

Sponsors
Institute of European Studies and The Religion, Politics and Globalization Program

Cosponsors
Boalt Hall School of Law, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, Institute of Governmental Studies, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Ford Foundation, and the Department of Sociology.