The Global Interstate System Flashcards
(32 cards)
Globalization (Chong, 2007)
* Features:
- Collapse of borders
- Collapse of universalism and particularism
- Higher interconnectivity
“A system of unequally powerful and competing
states in which no single state is capable of imposing
control on all others. These states are in interaction
with one another in a set of shifting alliances and
wars, and changes in the relative power of states
upsets any temporary set of alliances, leading to a
restructuring of the balance of power.”
Global Interstate System (Chase-Dunn, 1981)
- Networks of connections spanning multi-continental
distances, drawing them close together economically, socially, culturally, and informationally.
GLOBALISM
- is the idea that we both are and should be part
of a broader community than that of the nation or state (Halliday, 1988).
INTERNATIONALISM
Denotes a variety of impulses that favored and facilitated cooperation between individuals, groups,
organizations or governments.
INTERNATIONALISM
“Governments and Citizens in a Globally
Interconnected World of States” (Hans Schattle)
States now face new kinds of pressures, with advances toward ____ on the one hand met with forces of ____ on the other.
supranational integration, local fragmentation
“Governments and Citizens in a Globally Interconnected World of States” (Hans Schattle)
Five Major Areas:
- economic interdependence
- economic and political integration
- international law and universal norms
- transnational advocacy networks
- new communication platforms
- Globalization is commonly equated with the rising momentum of global free-market capitalism in the final decades of the twentieth century.
Economic Interdependence
- “Golden Straitjacket”
Economic Interdependence
Cons of Economic Interdependence
Exploitation
Formation of regional partnerships with their neighbors, from loosely-knit organizations promoting trade and economic cooperation to trading blocs such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Economic and Political Integration
NAFTA stands for?
North American Free Trade Agreement
The Case of the EU:
It is considered the deepest and most successful integration experiment in history.
- Single market for trade, services, investments, and movement of workers
- Supranational political structure
- Single currency, the euro
Cons of the case of EU
Crises can be a cause for disenchantment (ex. Brexit)
The end of the Second World War prompted leaders to create an international organization that would facilitate global dialogue and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms.
International Law and Universal Principles
came into being in 1945, following the devastation of the Second World War, with one central mission:
The maintenance of international peace and security.
The United Nations
Plays a role in prosecuting individuals accused of genocide and other crimes against humanity. The formation of the court represented an important expansion of public accountability beyond the state.
International Criminal Court
States now compete not only for economic advantage but also for moral credibility, and this is particularly evident in the ways that many civil society organizations and think tanks now rank states and release annual indexes.
International Law and Universal Principles
Opened up new points of interaction between domestic politics and international relations,
further pushed by technology and social media
TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS & New Communication Platforms
‘When a state recognizes the legitimacy of
international interventions and changes its
domestic behavior in response to international pressure, it reconstitutes the relationship between the state, its citizens and international actors”’. Keck and Sikkink(1998: 37)
TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS & New Communication Platforms
Examples of TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS & New Communication Platforms
Examples: Women’s Movement, Environmental Movement, Human Rights Movements
On the other hand, new communication platforms have also been utilized by governments to strategically communicate their agenda and even sometimes quell
dissents. Take for example the rise in propaganda media, state-funded television networks, etc.
TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS & New Communication Platforms
Global Institutions that Govern Globalization:
United Nations
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
World Trade Organization
World Health Organization
UNESCO
- 193 member states
- International peace and
security
United Nations
