POLB80H3 : study guide
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By globalization we simply mean the process of increasing interconnectedness between societies such that events in one part of the world more and more have effects on peoples and societies far away (baylis &smith, 2005:8). It involves the process of increased integration between different countries and economies and the increased impact of international influences on all aspects of life and economic activity. In modern times, there are two different perspectives on globalization-----realism and liberalism. For realism, it considers that globalization is nothing new, not good or bad; for liberalism, it thinks that globalization has significant influence on the peace of world politics. It is a complex debate and will be discussed by looking at the issues in terms of these two different points of view. Realism is the dominant theory of international relations (baylis &smith, 2005:161). Globalization does not modify the most important aspect of the world politics, explicitly the territorial distribution of the world into nation-states.