globalisation

Question 1

what is globalisation

Answer 1

• economic process - caused by trade + investment
• growth of complex interdependence
• contraction of space + time - caused by tech advances
• exapnsion of universal culture - integration v exampoansion/fragmentation of liberal ideas
• political process

Question 2

interdependence

Answer 2

• Multiple channels between states and societies
• Absence of a dominant theme or agenda
• Decline in use of military force
  
  • rarely interdependence between equals

Question 3

gloabalization + state

Answer 3

• gloablization in conflict with state as it influences:
  
  • labor standards
  • corporate tax competition
  • health + safety standards
  • industrial policies - export policies, tech adoption/copying

Question 4

political trilemma of world economy

Answer 4

• restrict democracy
• limit globalization
• globalize democracy

Question 5

brooks

Answer 5

Where and how multinational corporations (MNCs) organize their production activities is now the key organizing force in global commerce

Question 6

brooks cont’

Answer 6

• globalization of porduction brings peace
• benefits of conquest reduced
  
  • less of current ecnomic production to be extracted
  • knowledge economy
• high tech military cannot be produced in single country