PSC 204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Nuclear Proliferation, Joseph Nye, Emerging Power
20 Sep 2017
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Psc: the globalization of world politics chapter 5. Institutions are needed to deal with the ever more complex dilemmas of collective action that emerge in a globalized world. Joseph nye: said that soft power would outstrip hard coercive power in importance and concentrations of liberal power would attract rather than repel or threaten. After the end of the cold war, the global south came to be redefined in transnational terms rather than a grouping of nation-states. For many governments and groups within a wide range of societies, the unilateralism of the bush administration after the 9/11 attacks were undercutting the legitimacy and acceptability of us leadership. The great recession (2007-9: reinforced the view that international economic institution had to be reformed to reflect shifting economic power. It will be harder for the governments of large, fast-developing states to maintain coherent and consistent foreign policies as more groups are mobilized and empowered.
