Primary

These core works might be considered a "syllabus" of sorts:

Turbulence in World Politics by James N. Rosenau
Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
The Moment of Complexity: Emerging Network Culture by Mark C. Taylor
Global Complexity by John Urry
Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution by Howard Rheingold
Six Degrees by Duncan Watts
The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems by Fritjof Capra

Secondary

Additional but important material: