Introducing Global Politics.pptx

Intro to global politics

1. Introducing Global Politics IRE108 Global Politics: Societies and States Week 2

2. Paradigm of world affairs

3. International VS Globalization paradigm

4. What is meant by ‘global politics’? politics at a global rather than a national or regional level UN, Global issues, global capitalism Is it really a borderless world? refers to all elements within a system, not just to the system as a whole It takes into account all levels – worldwide, regional, national, sub-national

5. Dimensions of global politics

6. How has international politics been transformed into global politics?

7. The state and new global actors S tate -centric approach to world politics : international system is often portrayed as a state-system . The origins in the Peace of Westphalia (1648): sovereignty as the distinguishing feature of the state Everything on that territory subordinates to the state all states are sovereign and legally equal State sovereignty is the primary organizing principle of international politics. What about TNCs, NGOs, al-Qaeda, Greenpeace, Google, General Motors etc.? Mixed-actor model of world politics

8. Increased interdependence and interconnectedness Dominant in 1950s and later Result of realist theory Security is a priority Diplomacy is a focus power & survival | war & peace conflict and cooperation are determined by the distribution of power among states The balls are NOT the same size: great powers Transnational flows of people, good, money, information and ideas Global problems are impossible for any state to accomplish on its own states are drawn into cooperation and integration by closer trading and other economic relationships Interdependence: asymmetrical or symmetrical

9. From international anarchy to global governance?

10. Globalization W idening, intensifying, speeding up, and growing impact of world-wide interconnectedness Held and McGrew (1999)

11. Dimensions of globalization

12. Approaches to globalization

13. Approaches to globalization

14. Global politics: Realist VS Liberal

15. Global politics: Critical theories Focus on inequality

16. Key aspects of world politics Who has the power? Two superpowers | Sole superpower| Multipolar The domination of the USA in globalization What kind of power is more useful: Hard power vs Soft power? Security dilemma International security: aggression can best be resisted by united action taken by a number of states A ‘global’ or ‘cosmopolitan’ justice: values that apply to all people in the world regardless of nationality and citizenship International human rights