political globalisation

Question 1

what is political globalisation?

Answer 1

the growing importance of global institutions that make political decisions that affect all states

Question 2

what is intergovernmentalism?

Answer 2

governments from multiple states come together to make decisions. An example of this is the United Nations.

Question 3

what is an example of intergovernmentalism?

Answer 3

UN

Question 4

what is supranationalism?

Answer 4

institutions have power to make decisions over the state.

These institutions aim to reduce the likelihood of conflict and tackle contemporary issues like climate change and human rights abuses. An example of this is the European Union.

Question 5

what do supranational institutions aim to do?

Answer 5

reduce the likelihood of conflict and tackle contemporary issues like climate change and human rights abuses

Question 6

what is an example of a supranational institution?

Answer 6

the european union

Question 7

what are examples of causes of globalisation?

Answer 7

emergence of human rights culture

NGOs growing roles

emergence of transnational political problems eg terrorism, ecological destruction and migration

economic globalisation enabling economic activity to take place in a borderless world which reduces the states ability to develop economic policy in insolation

Question 8

what is evidence for political globalisation?

Answer 8

growth of regional trading blocs eg EU NAFTA and Mercosur

increasing emergence of global governance

global spread of a liberal democracy

Question 9

what are two negative evaluative points about political globalisation?

Answer 9

1) its not as advanced as cultural and economic globalisation as most of the political globalisation relies heavily on intergovernmentalism

2) there is emerging levels of global governance there is little progress towards it or the desired world government due to the importance of state sovereignty