The State and Globalisation
Subject Govt & Politics - Global Politics
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nation state - autonomous political community held together by citizenship and
nationality
sovereignty - absolute and unlimited power and authority, linked to self-
determination, Wilsonian principles established by Woodrow Wilson, US
President at end of WW1, 14 Points (1) nations should have the right to self-
determination, also UN most important principle - Article 1
decolonisation in c20th, Africa and Middle East, Asia, Latin America carved up
and ruled by European powers → sovereignty greater
in 1900, biggest threat to sovereignty were empires
examples of ethnic nationalism in recent years; Nazi Germany, Rwanda
genocide, Balkan War, Israel/ Gaza conflict
non state actors; TNCs, MNCs, IGOs, NGOs, regional bodies, terrorist
organisations, lobbying groups, think tanks, militias e.g. Wagner Group, not
official part of Russian Army - mercenary group
examples of interdependence; globalised economy - Ukraine War led to gas,
oil, some food prices to increase, 2008 Financial Crisis, COVID 19
epistemological - relating to knowledge
ontological - relating to being
axiological - relating to values, ethics, and the study of what is considered
good, right, or worthwhile
metaphysical - relating to fundamental questions about the nature of reality,
existence, and being beyond the physical or material world
Fukuyama; end of history → increased global governance
public international law stipulates that: ‘The state as a person of international
law should possess the following qualifications:
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, (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d)
capacity to enter into relations with the other states’
E.G. The Kurds are an example of a population without a defined territory or a
government with capacity to enter into relations with other states - Kurdistan
not a recognised state
key terms
key terms definition extra information
a system in which states a good example of this type of
attempt to establish order by governance would be taking
global
forming alliances, creating military action through a UN
governance
international institutions and Security Council (UNSC)
laws resolution
states are the most important realists hold that the authority
and authoritative actors in of IGOs should be limited as
realism global politics and it is their the nation-state should be
primary goal to represent their sovereign in their right to
own national interests advance their self-interest
a sovereign state of which
most of the citizens or this type of state has been
subjects are united also by challenged by the rise in IGOs
nation-state factors which define a nation, and globalisation, particularly
such as language or common following the end of WWII and
descent - does NOT require the Cold War
shared ethnicity
states’ interests in global
as humans, and therefore
politics are linked and
states, are committed to
interdependent and best
individual liberty and freedom,
liberalism advanced through states
a liberal world view should be
working closely with one
adopted through international
another and with non-state
cooperation
actors, e.g. IGOs
security the idea that as one state China’s expansion of its
dilemma builds up its defences, others territorial waters in the South
will respond by building up China Sea has led to the US
theirs. This increase tension patrolling nearby waters that it
The State and Globalisation 2
, between the two states and considers international,
even produces conflict leading to increased tension
the notion that states are self- the US-led invasion of Iraq
contained units that frequently shows the disorder of global
anarchical clash, in a world system where politics, with Blair and Bush
society there is no authority that is as launching military action
legitimate or powerful as the without a clear UNSC
nation-state Resolution
John Dalton used the Billiard
the notion that states are self-
Ball Model to explain this type
contained units that frequently
of anarchy. States impact one
international clash, in a world system where
another (like billiard balls), but
anarchy there is no authority that is as
ultimately their self-interest
legitimate or powerful as the
will take precedence over
nation-state
IGOs
a term used by Hedley Bull to
the EU is a good example of
describe the idea that as
this type of society, having its
nation-states are sovereign,
origins in the aftermath of
society of states global politics is anarchical in
WWII to engender economic
nature, although there is a
cooperation to reduce political
society of states despite this
and military conflict
disorder
the Cobweb Model is often
used to explain this type of
connectedness. It highlights
complex the idea that states and their
the links between states and
interdependence fortunes are inextricably linked
how the cobweb may
disintegrate should one strand
break
emergence of a complex
globalisation web of interconnectedness
in many forms
mutual reliance of two or
interconnectedness
more groups
regional typically composed of member examples of regionalism and
organisations countries that share common regional organisations are the
geographical, cultural, European Union (EU), the
or political affiliations African Union (AU), the Arab
League, the North American
Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) and the Association
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Subject Govt & Politics - Global Politics
Last edited time 27 February 2025 13:16
nation state - autonomous political community held together by citizenship and
nationality
sovereignty - absolute and unlimited power and authority, linked to self-
determination, Wilsonian principles established by Woodrow Wilson, US
President at end of WW1, 14 Points (1) nations should have the right to self-
determination, also UN most important principle - Article 1
decolonisation in c20th, Africa and Middle East, Asia, Latin America carved up
and ruled by European powers → sovereignty greater
in 1900, biggest threat to sovereignty were empires
examples of ethnic nationalism in recent years; Nazi Germany, Rwanda
genocide, Balkan War, Israel/ Gaza conflict
non state actors; TNCs, MNCs, IGOs, NGOs, regional bodies, terrorist
organisations, lobbying groups, think tanks, militias e.g. Wagner Group, not
official part of Russian Army - mercenary group
examples of interdependence; globalised economy - Ukraine War led to gas,
oil, some food prices to increase, 2008 Financial Crisis, COVID 19
epistemological - relating to knowledge
ontological - relating to being
axiological - relating to values, ethics, and the study of what is considered
good, right, or worthwhile
metaphysical - relating to fundamental questions about the nature of reality,
existence, and being beyond the physical or material world
Fukuyama; end of history → increased global governance
public international law stipulates that: ‘The state as a person of international
law should possess the following qualifications:
The State and Globalisation 1
, (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d)
capacity to enter into relations with the other states’
E.G. The Kurds are an example of a population without a defined territory or a
government with capacity to enter into relations with other states - Kurdistan
not a recognised state
key terms
key terms definition extra information
a system in which states a good example of this type of
attempt to establish order by governance would be taking
global
forming alliances, creating military action through a UN
governance
international institutions and Security Council (UNSC)
laws resolution
states are the most important realists hold that the authority
and authoritative actors in of IGOs should be limited as
realism global politics and it is their the nation-state should be
primary goal to represent their sovereign in their right to
own national interests advance their self-interest
a sovereign state of which
most of the citizens or this type of state has been
subjects are united also by challenged by the rise in IGOs
nation-state factors which define a nation, and globalisation, particularly
such as language or common following the end of WWII and
descent - does NOT require the Cold War
shared ethnicity
states’ interests in global
as humans, and therefore
politics are linked and
states, are committed to
interdependent and best
individual liberty and freedom,
liberalism advanced through states
a liberal world view should be
working closely with one
adopted through international
another and with non-state
cooperation
actors, e.g. IGOs
security the idea that as one state China’s expansion of its
dilemma builds up its defences, others territorial waters in the South
will respond by building up China Sea has led to the US
theirs. This increase tension patrolling nearby waters that it
The State and Globalisation 2
, between the two states and considers international,
even produces conflict leading to increased tension
the notion that states are self- the US-led invasion of Iraq
contained units that frequently shows the disorder of global
anarchical clash, in a world system where politics, with Blair and Bush
society there is no authority that is as launching military action
legitimate or powerful as the without a clear UNSC
nation-state Resolution
John Dalton used the Billiard
the notion that states are self-
Ball Model to explain this type
contained units that frequently
of anarchy. States impact one
international clash, in a world system where
another (like billiard balls), but
anarchy there is no authority that is as
ultimately their self-interest
legitimate or powerful as the
will take precedence over
nation-state
IGOs
a term used by Hedley Bull to
the EU is a good example of
describe the idea that as
this type of society, having its
nation-states are sovereign,
origins in the aftermath of
society of states global politics is anarchical in
WWII to engender economic
nature, although there is a
cooperation to reduce political
society of states despite this
and military conflict
disorder
the Cobweb Model is often
used to explain this type of
connectedness. It highlights
complex the idea that states and their
the links between states and
interdependence fortunes are inextricably linked
how the cobweb may
disintegrate should one strand
break
emergence of a complex
globalisation web of interconnectedness
in many forms
mutual reliance of two or
interconnectedness
more groups
regional typically composed of member examples of regionalism and
organisations countries that share common regional organisations are the
geographical, cultural, European Union (EU), the
or political affiliations African Union (AU), the Arab
League, the North American
Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) and the Association
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