POLI 214 Introduction to Comparative Politics

Transcript:POLI 214 Introduction to Comparative Politics:
POLI 214 Introduction to Comparative Politics Session 12 globalization PART II Lecturer: Dr. Maame Adwoa A. Gyekye-Jandoh Contact Information: mgyekyej@yahoo.com Session Overview This final session will examine the phenomenon of economic as well as social globalization. The session will also delve into the dynamics of old and new globalization, or globalization, past and present. Thus the impact of globalization on trade and investment will be examined, as well as globalization and identity, and civil society in a globalized world. Finally, we will look at the history of globalization and explain how the globalization of today is similar to that of yesterday. Slide 2 Session Outline The key topics to be covered in this final session are as follows: Topic One: Economic globalization Topic Two: Social globalization Topic Three: globalization: Past and Present Slide 3 Reading List O’Neil, Patrick H. 2007. Essentials of Comparative Politics. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company. Harold, Andrew, Tuathail, Gearoid O. and Susan M. Roberts. 1998. An Unruly World? globalization, Governance and Geography. London: Routledge. Keohane, Robert O. and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. 2000. “Introduction,” in Joseph S. Nye, Jr. and John. D. Donahue, eds. Governance in a Globalising World. Washington: Brookings Institution Press. Held, David. 1995. Democracy and the Global Order. Cambridge: Polity Press. Kaldor, Mary. 2003. Global Civil Society: An Answer to War. Cambridge: Polity. Barber, Benjamin. 1995. Jihad versus McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World. New York: Random House. Slide 4 Economic globalization Topic One Slide 5 Globalization has led to increased volume of international trade in recent times. It is reported that world exports in goods and services nearly doubled in size from $6.6 trillion in 1996 to nearly $12 trillion in 2005 (O’Neil, 2007). The increase in international trade is as a result of more liberalization and free trade, technological advancement and transformation of world politics as a result of the end of the cold war. Technological advancement has reduced many of the traditional barriers to trade. Therefore, markets are more open and global competition is enhanced. A business in Ghana or Dubai can now market its goods and services worldwide. This process was greatly influenced by the formation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the increasing number of regional economic integration blocs that encouraged trading among themselves. Slide 6 Globalization and Trade Globalization and Investment Globalization has led to unprecedented increase in investment in