GL Lecture 1 Flashcards
Globality
Condition or State of the world :
Omnipresence of processes of globalisation. Ideal situation in which the entire global exists in condition of globalization w/ integrated politics, economics and culture. (not real)
Globalism
Normative idea/ ideology. Actions and ideas can be described as «globalist» or not. Ex : Creation of UN after WWII
Globalization
Process of moving towards globality. Advanced projects that are more or less globalist (create institutions at a global level). Umbrella term for many different smaller processes.
Difference in response of the final crisis of subprimes and Covid-19 pandemic
response was global for covid
Globalization according to John Tomlinson
Collective condition of «complex connectivity» on a global scale. Refers to the rapidly developing and ever-densening network of interconnections and interdependencies that characterize modern social life. 1999
the broad task of globalization theory
- understand the sources of this condition of complex connectivity
- interpret its implications across the various spheres of social existence
dimensions
culture politics economics
globalization = complex connectivity
Politics Economics Culture
and
Countries, Regions, Companies …
Complexity = dynamic processes
- rescaling
- pushing, pulling, squeezing
- extensive / intensive
Eriksen refers to them as «runaway processes» «treadmill syndromes» «double binds»
Scale according to Eriksen
Combination of size and complexity : the larger we go up in scale, the more complex are social organizations
Pushing
Forces pull downwards on local communities ( Human Rights )
Pulling
Forces pull upwards from local communities : taking power from a city to a nation-state
Squeeze
Taking things and squeezing them into different spaces that didn’t exist before (EU, ASEAN…)
Extensive globalization
Cover lots of countries (2008 crisis) and reaching many sectors
Intensive Globalization
Depth in 1 place, large number of people / deep structures
Uneven processes
Same process can lead to more results in one place but less results in another
«Hopping» Globalization
processes skip over people - places entirely ( communication internet in africa ) Ferguson
POV Academics
Globalization is unique and focuses on changed relationships
Skeptics POV
portions of the globe are wholly or in part outside of the processes associated with globalization
Globalists
Individuals who actively promote globalization rhetoric and or policies (Word Economic Forum) .
Examples of globalists
Angela Merkel, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton
Skeptics attitude
Actively promote anti-globalization rhetoric and or policies because they oppose globalization. Ex : DT
Why globalization is hard to understand in the abstract ?
Because most people can only see parts of it (that affect them)
Manifestation of complex connectivity
more and more issues arising that cannot be solved by individuals or counties : must be solved collectively or not at all ( global warming, migration ) otherwise gaps
délocalisation en anglais
offshoring
