{"id":25,"date":"2017-08-14T12:01:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T16:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/world-politics-2017\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2018-03-05T12:21:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T16:21:40","slug":"globalization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/world-politics-2017\/globalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Globalization"},"content":{"rendered":"

PART V<\/strong><\/p>\n

I devote this, the final section of our course to the meaning of Globalization<\/strong><\/em> for\u00a0the Nation State<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Some people speak of \u201cglobalization\u201d as if it were an entirely new phenomenon.\u00a0 I am uncomfortable with this approach because it is so vague.\u00a0 If we define globalization in terms of a massive expansion in contacts among peoples and an explosion in new technologies, I\u2019m afraid that Genghis Khan (1162-1227 AD) and\u00a0Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) would be sorry to be excluded from this category. \u00a0To avoid making the concept extend too far, I will merely focus on a few contemporary ways in which they world has become, as they say, \u201ca smaller place.\u201d\u00a0 To do this, I will debunk\u00a0a few popular mythologies about where we are and where we are going.<\/p>\n


\n37. LECTURE: Monday, November 27<\/strong><\/p>\n

Myth #1<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe spread of global liberalism is rational\u201d<\/p>\n

Assumption<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0 We tend to associate the idea of \u201cglobalization\u201d with the\u00a0 spread of our own values.\u00a0 It\u2019s\u00a0sheer mythology to imagine that these values are uniformly appropriate for\u00a0the rest\u00a0of the world.<\/p>\n

Assignments<\/em>:\u00a0 So, is globalization good or bad?\u00a0 Or is this not a very useful question?<\/p>\n

Globalization and the Mythology\u00a0of Coca-Cola\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n

Benjamin Barber,\u00a0\u201cJihad vs. McWorld\u201d\u00a0PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/p>\n

John Rapley: \u201cThe New Middle Ages,\u201d\u00a0Foreign Affairs<\/em>\u00a0(May-June 2006) \u00a0At JSTOR, then search through ProQuest Social Science Journals:\u00a0\u00a0PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/p>\n

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38. <\/strong><\/em>LECTURE: \u00a0Wednesday, November 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

Myth\u00a0#2<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cGlobal Terrorism is irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflections on terrorism: \u00a0My bias for rational calculation<\/em><\/p>\n

Sanche de Gramont, \u201cThe Transformation of Moral Idealism into Violent Revolution\u201d\u00a0PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/p>\n

Dale Eickelman: \u201cThe public sphere, the Arab \u2018Street\u2019, and the Middle East\u2019s Democracy Deficit\u201d:\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

Osama bin Laden: \u201cTranscript of Speech,\u201d Al\u00a0Jazeera.com<\/span>, Nov. 1, 2004\u00a0READ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe French Colonialist\u2019s Global Comeuppance,\u201d\u00a0Foreign Policy<\/em>, January 2015\u00a0PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/p>\n


\n39. DISCUSSION SECTION: \u00a0Friday, December 1 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paragraph Assignment:\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Has political history, as we have known it (see Fukuyama) come to an end, or are we destined to relive the conflicts of the past (see Barber)?<\/p>\n

For this discussion, read (only) the Introduction and Sections 3 and 4 of this article BEFORE today\u2019s meeting: Francis Fukuyama: \u201cEnd of History\u201d \u00a0PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/p>\n

Timothy Stanley and Alexander Lee, \u201cIt\u2019s still not the end of history\u201d\u00a0PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/p>\n

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40. LECTURE: \u00a0Monday, Deember 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reflections on liberal democracy:\u00a0 My bias for hope
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\nToday\u2019s Assumption<\/em>: It\u2019s hard to be optimistic about the chances for global liberalism, but it\u2019s reasonable to be hopeful.<\/p>\n

Assignments<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Samuel Huntington: \u201cDemocracy\u2019s Third Wave,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Journal of Democracy<\/em>, Spring 1991. See JSTOR at\u00a0PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/p>\n

Knowledge@Wharton, \u201cLew Gerstner\u2019s turnaround tales at IBM,\u201d\u00a0READ<\/a><\/p>\n

Recommended (if you have time) Fareed Zakaria, \u201cThe Rise of Illiberal Democracy,\u201d Foreign Affairs: \u00a0READ<\/a><\/p>\n

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41. LECTURE: \u00a0Wednesday, December 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

Myth #3<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cWe are the end of history\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s assumption<\/em>:\u00a0 The world is not ours to control.\u00a0 But we can still do some things to make it better. \u00a0My bias for perspective about our limitations.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read these short essays in sequence and ask yourself whether each will lead us in the right direction.<\/p>\n

Stuart Jeffries, \u201cWelcome to the new age of uncertainty\u201d: \u00a0READ<\/a><\/p>\n

Kurt Andersen, \u201cThe end of the world as they know it\u201d\u00a0\u00a0READ<\/a><\/p>\n

Erica Goode, \u201cIs humanity getting better?\u201d \u00a0READ<\/a><\/p>\n

Kelly J. Baker, \u201cWhy I remain hopeful,\u201d\u00a0Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0READ<\/a><\/p>\n

Alan Weisman, \u201cThe World Without Us\u201d\u00a0WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a5<\/p>\n

Your Final Essay Assignment is HERE<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes<\/em>\u00a09:11:\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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