POLI 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: International Relations, Kyoto Protocol, Debt Crisis

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 240
• Professor: Valerie Julie D

Document Summary

Worldwide interconnectedness growing in: extensity intensity velocity impact. Globalization denotes a shift in the scale of social organizations the emergence of the world as shared social space relative de-territorialization of social, economic, and political activity relative de-nationalization of power. A fundamental shift of transformation in the spatial of human social organization that links distant communities and expands the reach of power relations across region and continents. Economic transformation, communication, global culture, increased homogeneity, global policy, risk culture. Just another stage of capitalism, rarity of true mncs, western imperialism, success of nationalized economies. Economic - trade, military nato - arms trades, legal, ecological, cultural, social. Best described as a think form of globalization. First wave (1450-1850) the age of exploration and discovery. Second wave (1850-1945) saw major expansion in the spread and entrenchment of european empires. Third, or contemporary wave (1954- present) accelerated by end of cold.