Political Science 2140A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Genghis Khan, Silk Road, Iron Curtain
20 Oct 2017
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Pol 2040 reading 2 globalization ii. Yergin and stanislaw 21st century saw nation state decline in importance in favour of global age: skeptics retain focus on nation-state and national economies whereas globalists contend that mncs create a transnational economy. Politically, globalist emphasize multilateralism whereas skeptics focus on intergovernmental. Incipient phase formation of internationalized relations (18-19th century: take-off phase very sharp increase in global communication (1870-1920, struggle for hegemony war over globalization (1920s-60s, uncertainty phase 1960s-1990s. Economic may be greatest form of globalization. Political globalization political relations that exist at a global level, including international relations: economic globalization influences but organizations such as un as well. Materialist explanation would focus on objective factors and forces economic factors and relations of production, technology, etc: capitalism as most important driving force in contemporary globalization. Marx polar view states not material factors but ideal factors that drive globalization: main drivers of process are changes in thinking and ideas as well as information and knowledge.
