Summary: Global Politics | 9781403989826 | Andrew Heywood

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• 1 Introducing Global Politics

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• How did international politics change into Global politics?

  New actors appeared such as: TNC's, NGO's (Mixed-Actor Model)

  Growing interconnectedness and interdependance (Increased transnational flows (People and Money)

  Trend towards Global Governance: WTO, EU, IMF, VN

• Globalization implications on World Politics

  The width of Interconnectedness has stretched cultural, economic, political and social activities accross the globe and shows the possibility of turning into a single worldwide system

  The intensity of interconnectedness has increased due to transborder activities such international trade

  Interconnectedness has sped up due to huge flows of electronic money, ensuring that financial markets react immediately on economic events elsewhere in the world

  
  

• 1.1.2.1 The state and new global actors

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• What have been the most significant changes following the transformation from 'international' politics into 'global' politics?

  The most significant changes include new actors on the world stage, increased interdependence and interconnectedness and the trend towards a global governance.

• 1.1.2.2 Increased interdependence and interconnectedness

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• What does the Billiard Ball model suggest?

  It suggests that states, like billiard balls, are impermeable and self-contained units, which influnce each other trough external pressure. Interactions between and amongst states are linked, in most cases to military and security matters, reflecting the assumption that power and survival are the primary concerns of the state.

• What are two developements that challenge the Billiard Ball theory?

  1. State borders become ‘porous’ and as a result the conventional domestic/international divide becomes difficult to sustain.

  
  

  2. The growing interdependence and interconnectedness between states forces them to work together, relying on collective efforts.

• What is the Cobweb model and what is the main criticism?

  A model of complex interdependence in which states are drawn into cooperation and integration by forces such as trading and other economic relationships. The main criticism is that the level of interdependence varies great around the globe and that interdependence may asymmentrical in which case it may lead to conflict.

• 1.1.2.3 From international anarchy to global governance?

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• What is meant by the term 'balance of power'?

  A condition in which no one state predominates over others, tending to create general equilibrium and curb the hegemonic ambitions of all states.

• What is meant by the term 'Collective Dilemma'?

  A problem that stems from the interdependence of states , meaning that any solution must involve international cooperation rather action by a single state.

• 1.1.3.2 Globalization: myth or reality?

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• What is the hyperglobalists view on globalization and what are the main points of criticism on this view?

  The view that new globalized economic and cultural patterns became inevitable since the digital revolution in information and communications. And also the belief that national borders and states themselves have become irrelevant in a global order dominated by transnational forces. 

  
  

  Criticism: unbalanced and exaggerated view because 

  1. it overstates the power of economic and technological forces and underestimates the importance of values. 

  2. States have not become irrelevant, their significance has merely changed

• What is the view of sceptics on globalization?

  Sceptics dismiss the idea of a global economy and point out that most economic activity still takes place within national boundaries and that there is nothing new about transnational trade.