Actors
States
Central
Distinct National G'ments
power over population
Supra-State institutions
Above normal g'Ment interaction
Still state centric
EU - greater interaction with member states
Sub-State Actors
National
Interest Groups
Domestic Lobby
Trans-National
Power vs state?
Challenge what state system is about
Decline of STATE?
shift in power basis
Pro (+)
Economic growth
Absolute economic gains
Con (-)
shadow Globalisation terrorism
Global transnational influence
Inter-related economic dependence
Economic failure = Damaging concequence
Globalisation of Violence
Diffusion
Expansion of Agencies of violence
informal violence
terrorism- street gangs
privatisation-mercanaries
TNC
do not have state aims
weak states invest in militia
undermines state posn
Distribution of Coercive Power
Doesn't coincide with distr of State power-state monopolies
Decline of State System
Politico-economic Interaction
Physical Sy
Social Welfare
Provide Identity
Welfare prosperity
Undermines
Proliferation of actors, Threats & challenges
Transnational Corporatiosn
Contested
Multiple process
World is smaller
Contradictory effects
Concequences
=transformed strategic concept
bi-polar world
Permanent war
Autocracy
Global strategic closure
What is Globalisation
Process
Inevitable process
A set of variables
markets are happpening
implies inexplicable
Deeper integration
Further, Faster Deeper & Cheeper
Historical
nothing new
Telegraph
Key process of Globalisation
Slavery
3 waves
Salve Globalisation until WW1 - Slavery
Post WW1 Withdrawing slowly
Post WW2 Globalisation growth
IMF
NATO etc
Occurs in waves
Project
People doing
Deliberate not Inevitable
States choice
Good
Openness of trade
GDP & Foreign investment of cash
increase means that G'ment have to make choice Liberalised
Bad
Global Drugs trade
Decline
Walmart more more money than Poland
GM more than Saudi Arabia
Imaginary
Idea / Philosophy
Final theory of IR
Think critically about Globalisation
Flat world throry
Democratic peace theory
increase trade & wealth = reluctance to fight
system interactions
State, Countries, Companies Religion,EU, NATO
Absolute terms = people better off
increased economic interaction
Reducing occurrence of conflicts
Increase State exports
trade increases
wealth increases
Military version = Stabilisation
Globalised & economised Economies do not go to war
Autocracy has diminished and democracy has increased
Increased Insecurity & Globalisation of Violence
Unruly World
Divided world
Ethnic division
Shadow Globalisation
Black Market
arms smuggling
5 TYPES
Societal
Economic
Political
Military
Environmental
Paradox of Globalisation
Can be positive & Negative
depends on Perspective
Key structural conditions
global stability
New mode of warfare
Global surveillance war