International political community: Globalization
1) Introduction
i. Globalization is evident in the growing extensity, intensity,
velocity, and deepening impact of worldwide
interconnectedness.
ii. Globalization denotes a shift in the scale of social organization,
the emergence of the world as a shared social space, the relative
deterritorialization of social, economic, and political activity,
and the relative denationalization of power.
iii. Globalization can be conceptualized as a fundamental shift or
transformation in the spatial scale of human social
organization that links distant communities and expands the
reach of power relations across regions and continents.
iv. Globalization is to be distinguished from internationalization
and regionalization.
v. The contemporary phase of globalization has proved more
robust in the aftermath of 9/11 than the sceptics recognize.
Contemporary globalization is a multidimensional, uneven, and
asymmetrical process.
vi. Globalization is transforming but not burying the
Westphalian ideal of sovereign statehood. It is producing
the disaggregated state.
2) What is globalization?
i. Material aspects: Communication and transportation,
Manufacturing and finance, Movement of people and
goods,
Standardization, Institutional links, Ecological commons
ii. Immaterial aspects: Closeness of identification and values,
Cultural (including linguistic) similarities, Symbols of politics
and organization, Shared ideas and ideologies
3) Types of Globalization (based on Robert Kudrle)
, i. Communication globalization: Economic effect, Cultural effect,
Comparison effect
ii. Market globalization: Trade, Capital mobility, Labor mobility,
Options for states
iii. Direct globalization:, The environmental ìcommonsî, Other
public goods: ìexistence valueî, Labor rights and human rights,
Enforcement patterns and issues
4) International Relations and Globalization
i. From sovereignty to transsovereignty: Terrorism, Criminal gangs,
Infectious disease, New actors, new norms, new regimes, new
networks
ii. International organizations at the end of the twentieth century:
States and beyond, International civil service, Interactions with
nongovernmental organizations, Reform of the United Nations,
New round of negotiations in WTO, Governance by
international conferences
iii. Civil society: Multinational corporations, NGOs, Participation and
democratization
5) Evaluating globalization: light and shadow
i. Rescue from poverty vs. increasing gap between rich and poor
ii. Advanced medical treatment vs. epidemics on a global
scale iii.Policies to protect the environment vs. global
environmental
pollution and warming
iv. The good and bad sides of the information society
6) Globalization and Global Politics
i. Globalization requires a conceptual shift in our thinking about
world politics from a primarily geopolitical perspective to the
perspective of geocentric or global politicsóthe politics of
worldwide social relations.
ii. Global politics is more accurately described as distorted
global politics because it is afflicted by significant power
asymmetries.
iii. Globalization creates a double democratic deficit in that it places
limits on democracy within states and new mechanisms of
global governance which lack democratic credentials.
iv. Global politics has engendered its own global political
1) Introduction
i. Globalization is evident in the growing extensity, intensity,
velocity, and deepening impact of worldwide
interconnectedness.
ii. Globalization denotes a shift in the scale of social organization,
the emergence of the world as a shared social space, the relative
deterritorialization of social, economic, and political activity,
and the relative denationalization of power.
iii. Globalization can be conceptualized as a fundamental shift or
transformation in the spatial scale of human social
organization that links distant communities and expands the
reach of power relations across regions and continents.
iv. Globalization is to be distinguished from internationalization
and regionalization.
v. The contemporary phase of globalization has proved more
robust in the aftermath of 9/11 than the sceptics recognize.
Contemporary globalization is a multidimensional, uneven, and
asymmetrical process.
vi. Globalization is transforming but not burying the
Westphalian ideal of sovereign statehood. It is producing
the disaggregated state.
2) What is globalization?
i. Material aspects: Communication and transportation,
Manufacturing and finance, Movement of people and
goods,
Standardization, Institutional links, Ecological commons
ii. Immaterial aspects: Closeness of identification and values,
Cultural (including linguistic) similarities, Symbols of politics
and organization, Shared ideas and ideologies
3) Types of Globalization (based on Robert Kudrle)
, i. Communication globalization: Economic effect, Cultural effect,
Comparison effect
ii. Market globalization: Trade, Capital mobility, Labor mobility,
Options for states
iii. Direct globalization:, The environmental ìcommonsî, Other
public goods: ìexistence valueî, Labor rights and human rights,
Enforcement patterns and issues
4) International Relations and Globalization
i. From sovereignty to transsovereignty: Terrorism, Criminal gangs,
Infectious disease, New actors, new norms, new regimes, new
networks
ii. International organizations at the end of the twentieth century:
States and beyond, International civil service, Interactions with
nongovernmental organizations, Reform of the United Nations,
New round of negotiations in WTO, Governance by
international conferences
iii. Civil society: Multinational corporations, NGOs, Participation and
democratization
5) Evaluating globalization: light and shadow
i. Rescue from poverty vs. increasing gap between rich and poor
ii. Advanced medical treatment vs. epidemics on a global
scale iii.Policies to protect the environment vs. global
environmental
pollution and warming
iv. The good and bad sides of the information society
6) Globalization and Global Politics
i. Globalization requires a conceptual shift in our thinking about
world politics from a primarily geopolitical perspective to the
perspective of geocentric or global politicsóthe politics of
worldwide social relations.
ii. Global politics is more accurately described as distorted
global politics because it is afflicted by significant power
asymmetries.
iii. Globalization creates a double democratic deficit in that it places
limits on democracy within states and new mechanisms of
global governance which lack democratic credentials.
iv. Global politics has engendered its own global political
