INTL 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Mcworld

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: International Affairs
• Course: INTL 1101
• Professor: Denise Horn

Document Summary

One of two possible outcomes for the world either a jihad, 100 faiths against interdependence, or, mtv, Apple, and mcdonald"s forcing everyone together in one global network, tied together by technology, ecology, communications, and commerce . Jihad = driven by parochial hatred: mcworld = driven by globalization of markets. Neither j/mc offer the solution of a good way for people to govern themselves through democracy. Mcworld, the globalization of politics : everyone used to want to go back to the times when nationalism was strong, and there was only one world. Four vital parts market, resource, info-technology, and ecological. Follows marxists and leninist ideas of imperialism that nation-based capitalist economies would eventually push national boundaries to find the international economy: think bbc, international banks, greenpeace they don"t have a national identity. Brings back the search for peace, stability: requires an efficient international economy (markets don"t work well with war) Common markets require a common language, currency, and behavior.