POLB80H3 Lecture Notes - Multilateralism, Kyoto Protocol, Decision-Making
27 Feb 2014
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Globalization as motivation: western culture values, western power, globalization not devoid of power, realist: military power, hierarchy, distribution of power, economic globalization capitalism. Globalization as means: technology, access to weapons, increase air travel, media/communication, flows of people financial/economic system, create winners/losers, economic deprivation (b/c living within social economic place, underlying sense of deprivation, oppressed by the global capitalist system. Allows dispersed actions, spread words around the world. Real target: governments and public at large: offer more target, e. g. 911, struck a relatively limited target, had huge global ramification. World is more vulnerable because of globalization: shared resources & cooperation on counter side, source of vulnerability (using internet to diffuse information) allow counter, using aspects of globalization, flow of people, goods, money, and ideas. Enables terrorism to go global terrorism in particular ways. Threats are multiple, human security should be about protection from violence.
