Ritsumeikan University Syllabus

Course Name	Year	Term	Period	Faculty / Graduate School	All Instructors	Credits
52054:[2025 Spring]Introduction to Global Justice (GV)	2025	Spring	Tue2	College　Of　Law,College　Of　Economics,College　Of　Business　Administration,College　Of　Social　Sciences,College　Of　International　Relations,College　Of　Policy　Science,College　Of　Letters,College　of　Image　Arts　and　Sciences,College　of　Comprehensive　Psychology,College　of　Gastronomy　Management,College　of　Information　Science　and　Engineering,College　of　Life　Sciences,College　of　Pharmaceutical　Sciences,College　of　Sport　and　Health　Science　(tentative　name)	YASUTAKE RUMI	2

Campus

OIC

Class Venue

AC338

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

What is “social justice”? What caused social injustices in the long process of globalization—the process of human movements, networking, and intensifying interconnectivity—, and what efforts were made to find a solution? First, we familiarize ourselves with the socio-historical contexts of a few Enlightenment thinkers and their political philosophies for “social justice.” Then, we focus on the case of the United States, whose founders embraced Enlightenment ideals. Hoisting the banner of freedom, democracy, and capitalism, the new republic engaged in settler colonialism and imperialism. By the end of the nineteenth century, the United States became the world-leading industrial power, composed of diverse peoples. Through the two world wars, it became the nation most influential in shaping the globalization process in the twentieth century. By taking women’s perspectives, we examine major historical events in their respective socio-historical contexts and explore the elusive and conflicting workings of gender, class, race/ethnicity, ideology, sex, age, etc., in American struggles for “social justice.” We discuss similarities and differences among American, Japanese, and/or the society of your interest and ask what lessons we can learn from American examples and how we can use the knowledge to better our communities and the world today.
Students are expected to participate in and contribute to the class discussions and presentations. The class will be conducted in English. Only when necessary, supplementary explanations in Japanese will be provided.

Student Attainment Objectives

Upon completing this course, students should be able to grasp the Euro-American-based key concept of social justice and the historical overview of globalizing Euro-American-based women’s movements to achieve it. The class will provide opportunities to develop the ability to identify, analyze, and criticize various phenomena of social injustices and globalizing efforts for justice from multiple perspectives. Also, students should be able to acquire cross-cultural communication skills through group/class discussions and presentations.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors)	Theme
Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors)	Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
R+	Introduction to the Class and the Instructor
R+	Guidance for the course Refer to Manaba+R Resources (Manaba+R コンテンツ）
W1 In-Perosn (対面）	Current Issues from Historical Perspectives
W1 In-Perosn (対面）	Globalization and Social Divides Cases of Japan and the United States The class will be conducted in person.
W2 In-Person	Enlightenment Ideals and American Republic
W2 In-Person	Enlightenment Ideals Declaration of Independence and the United States of America
W3 In-Perosn	Civilization and Expanding Democracy
W3 In-Perosn	Universal White Male Suffrage Gender Norms Displacement of Native Peoples
W4　In-Person	Industrialization: Slaves, Women, and Human Rights
W4　In-Person	Factories in the North and Plantations in the South Debates over Slavery and Civil War Slave Rights and Women's Rights
W5 In-Person	Thriving Industrial Capitalism and Injustices
W5 In-Person	Immigration Exploitation and Poverty in Urban Industrial Centers Logic of Capitalist Philanthropy
W6 In-Person	Women's Efforts for Justice: Transgressing Boundaries of Race, Class, and Nation
W6 In-Person	Transnational Women's Networks Public Mother-Work Woman Suffrage
W7 In-Person	World Wars and Women at Home and Abroad
W7 In-Person	Internationalism Peace Movement and Military Industrial Complex Backlash
W8 In-Person	Globalizing Efforts: Civil Rights and Human Rights
W8 In-Person	Civil Rights, Feminism, Counter Culture, and DEI
W9 In-Person	Global Justice or America First?
W9 In-Person	Global Human Rights, Ethnic Identities, Social Divides, and the Effects on the World
W10 In-Person	Student Presentations and Discussion
W10 In-Person	Individual or Group Presentations followed by Class Discussion
W11 In-Person	Student Presentations and Discussion
W11 In-Person	Individual or Group Presentations followed by Class Discussion
W12 In-Person	Student Presentations and Discussion
W12 In-Person	Individual or Group Presentations followed by Class Discussion
W13 In-Person	Student Presentations and Discussion
W13 In-Person	Individual or Group Presentations followed by Class Discussion
W14 In-Person	Student Presentations and Discussion
W14 In-Person	Individual or Group Presentations followed by Class Discussion

Class Format

Except for the first week (zoom on time), the W2-W15 classes will be conducted in person. It comprises lectures, class/group discussions, and student presentations.

Recommendations for Private Study

Read assigned materials before each class and be ready for class/group discussions.
Students will make one individual or group presentation on the topic of their interest.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind	Percentage	Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written)	0
Report Examination (A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)	0
Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　 (Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)	100	class participation 30% reaction papers 30% presentation 40%

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

詳しい授業スケジュールは、最初の対面授業時に配布します。また、授業スケジュールは履修者数やその他の要件により変更の可能性があります。

Textbooks

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

No assigned textbook. Reading/viewing materials will be posted on Manaba-R.

Reference Books

Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN Code	Comment
A Theory of Justice	John Rawls	Belknap Press	9780674000780	邦訳あり
Justice: Wha's the Right Thing to Do	Michael J. Sandel	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	9780374532505	邦訳あり
Inequality Reexamined	Amartya Sen	Russell Sage	9780198289289	邦訳あり
Women's America vol. 1 & 2	Kerber, De Hart, Dayton, Wu eds.	Oxford U Press	9780199349357 / 9780199349364
The Routledge Global History of Feminism	Smith and Robinson eds.	Routledge	9781138999114
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction	Manfred B. Steger	Oxford U Press	9780198849452	古い版の邦訳あり
Political Philosophy: : A Very Short Introduction	David Miller	Oxford U Press	9780192803955	古い版の邦訳あり
The Story of American Freedom	Eric Forner	W.W. Norton	9780393319620	邦訳あり
The Ideology of Democratism	Emily B. Finley	Oxford University Press	9780197642290	邦訳あり
Throug Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents	DuBois & Dumenil	Bedford \St.Martin’s	9781319104931	古い版の邦訳あり
For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic Equality	Dorothy Sue Cobble	Princeton University Press	9780691156873
The Feminist Pacific: International Women's Networks in Hawai'i, 1820-1940	Rumi Yasutake	Columbia University Press	9780231208536
Rights Make Might: Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan	Kiyoteru Tsutsui	Oxford U Press	9780190853112

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Some concepts, theories, articles, or chapters dissucssed in the class will be found in these reference books.

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Talk with Students

Other Comments

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