GLOBL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Hard Power, Amartya Sen, Moral Authority
Document Summary
End of cold war that had organized would politics for 40 years. China"s economy has not yet been liberalized. Rise of us/europe as dominant world powers (military and economic) Opportunity to re-divide the world new market openings. 14 soviet bloc nations abandon communism and suddenly become more open to the capitalist system. 20 or more soviet clients states became fair game. Postcolonial/imperial abandonment issues? multilateralism global human rights. As had been the case after wwii, during the 1990s after the cold war there was a upwelling of multilateral cooperation. Progress on aids crisis in africa (ten years late) Prosecution of genocidal dictators also enter period of hyper globalization. Multinational corporations competed to exploit new opportunities and markets. Globalization and the new global economic system left many feelings adrift. Eroding job security and reduced job quality at home. Reproducing national race/class/gender inequalities in the wider economic system. Rejection of cultural relativism, multiculturalism and affirmative action.
