This course will examine major debates on global social, economic, and political transformations. It has three major parts. The first part will study major theories of globalisation, exploring different social thinkers' perspectives on socioeconomic arrangements and personal existence in a globalise world. The second part will focus on delves into the institutional formation of global governance. It examines global economic integration and its unfulfilled promises, including failures in addressing financial crises, pandemics, and environmental challenges. The third part will center on the localisation of the global. Beginning with socio-geographical theories, it highlights global spatial differentiation issues such as inequality, cultural diffusion, international migration, and social movements. These topics are further explored through case studies of various social movements, helping students connect global forces and grand narratives to local contexts and their own social environments -- specifically, the situation of Hong Kong as a global city.