Globalization, Minorities, and Technology: A Research Workshop 

Dr. Elyakim Kislev

This course is a research workshop on the global nature of technology and how it has the potential to empower minorities. The main argument is that technology, which is more universal in nature, can help minorities to overcome discrimination and provide a real opportunity to improve their social and economic condition. Thus, the first part of the course includes a methodological introduction to comparative policy and a description of the foundations of globalization and global policy. The second part includes special lecturers from the Israeli hi-tech industry and focuses on the Israeli case study: the integration of Israeli-Arabs into the Israeli hi-tech industry. Finally, the third part focuses on students’ presentations: every student will have the opportunity to author a small-scale research article on the topic of minorities’ participation in technology as a mechanism for social mobility and integration. This collaborative effort is expected to produce an edited book on this topic, published by a highly respectable publisher that has already contacted us. 

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