POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Global Governance, Cosmopolitanism, Transnationalism
27 Apr 2013
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Way of understanding gg that focuses not on international institutions or nation states, but on other agents and processes that complement institutionalism. Focuses on intervening variables that affect or modify gg. Driven by sense that what goes on between states doesn"t capture all that goes on in the world even when it gives attention to international institutions (57) Key issue is the sovereign state and interaction via international institutions (62) Is concerned with making small changes and incremental improvement rejects broad sweeping narratives of change (63) Transnationalism ensures better policy without taking this into account, policy will fail, suggests transnationalism. 1- transnationalism challenges the established state-centric view of global governance implicit in institutionalism, making transnationalism more flexible in an era of globalization. 2- doesn"t just concern states but drives analysis below level of state to civil society, social movements, and ngos. 3- wide scope approach looks are more levels of analysis and a wider array of actors.
