Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Glocalization, Mark Blyth, Dissolution Of The Soviet Union
26 Feb 2016
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The proletariat will ultimately smash the state that supports their exploitation. And a single global market, culture, society and political order. Economic globalization: intensification of transnational flows- goods, services, labour and capital, challenges economic sovereignty. Cultural globalization: diffusion of information, ideas, and images, via improved communications technology, decline in distinctiveness of national cultures. Political globalization: reduced ability of states to manage their own affairs, enhanced importance of international and supranational organizations, bigger role for subnational bodies- regions and cities, states one part of complex multilevel system. We"re not there: global economy not completely integrated, cultural backlash, indigenization- glocalization , states remain more important than international organizations. Centuries of global exchange, exploration, empire building- persia, china, europe. Modern expansion: marx: the restless bourgeoisie, imperialism iii)1870- 1914: intensification of commercial and financial interconnections. Globalization gradually re-emerged in 1950s and 60s: trade liberalization, financial integration, us leadership of free world", soviet union collapse 191: opens up the east, china: entry into international marketplace.
