GOVT1104 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nationstates, Transnationalism, Global Governance

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Government Relations
• Course: GOVT1104
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Ritzer and dean describe a debate occurring between globalists and skeptics . Globalists take the position that there is such a thing as globalisation and it encompasses the whole globe. Globalists give great importance to the rise of a global culture. The globalists also contend that while the continuing power of nation-states, singly and collectively, is undeniable, their ability to control economic markets is steadily declining and in some markets (e. g. financial markets) their control is already minimal. Politically, the globalists emphasize multilateralism whereas the skeptics continue to focus on intergovernmentalism. Globalists emphasize the decline of people who rigidly adhere to fixed political identities. Such a decline leaves people much more open to global popular culture. The skeptics contend that there is no such thing as globalisation bc vast portions of the globe remain excluded. Globalisation is a new term for an old, even ancient process.