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apter 33: Globalizat
G
tion and th
he post-co
old war orrder

The principall characterristics of th e contemp

porary orde
er that givee it its distin
nctive
qua
ality are difficult to discern.

Ou
ur understa
anding of, say,
s
the intter war perriod (1919
39) is infoormed by how
h
it
end
ded, but we
w do not yet know ho
ow our pre
esent period
d will end.

The internatio
onal order now delive
ers a range
e of interna
ational gooods, but also
a
a
de range of
o bads.
wid

Wh
hen we spe
eak of orde
er, we nee d to speciffy order forr whomsstates, peo
oples,
gro
oups, or ind
dividuals.

ernational order focu

uses on sta
able and pe
eaceful relations betw
ween state
es, often
Inte
rela
ated to the
e balance of
o power. Itt is primariily about military
m
secuurity.

Wo
orld order is
i concerne
ed with oth
her values,, such as ju
ustice, devvelopment,, rights,
and
d emancip
pation.

Ap
pattern of order
o
may advance ssome value
es at the ex
xpense of others.

Ord
der is shap
ped by the changed n
nature of states
s
and of the taskks they perrform.

Se
ecurity is increasingly
y dealt with
h on a multilateral bas
sis, even w
when this does
d
not
con
nform to cllassical co
ollective se
ecurity mod
dels.

The global ecconomy is primarily sshaped by relations between

b
thhe three ke
ey
gro
oupings (N
North America, Weste
ern Europe
e, and Eastt Asia) andd is managed by a
panoply of Western
W
dom
minated in stitutions.

Hu
uman rightss have a much
m
highe
er profile than in earlie
er historicaal periods.

Are
e there two
o separate orders in tthe North and
a South, or a moree complex diversity
of o
orders?

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Glo
obalization
n is often portrayed a s an effectt of the end
d of the coold war bec
cause this
led
d to its furth
her geogra
aphical spre
ead.

At the same time,

t
globa
alization ne
eeds to be
e understoo
od as one oof the facto
ors that
con
ntributed to
o the end of
o the cold war. It wa
as the Sovie
et Unions marginaliz
zation
from processses of globalization th
hat reveale
ed, and inte
ensified, itss weaknes
sses.

Accordingly, globalization should be regarded as an element

e
of continuity between
e cold war and post-c
cold war orrders.
the

There is reasson for sce

epticism tha
at globaliza
ation is the
e exclusivee hallmark of
con
ntemporaryy order.

Glo
obalization
n embodies
s a range o
of often competing va
alues.

Tra
aditional de
emocracy does not o
offer effectiive represe
entation in the global order.

Na
ational elecctions may not make politicians
s accountab
ble if they ccannot con
ntrol wider
glo
obal forces.

There is a he
eated deba
ate about w
whether glo
obal civil so
ociety can help to de
emocratize
inte
ernational institutions
s.

So
ome govern
nments in the
t South remain sus
spicious off social moovements that may
be better organized in developed
d
countries..

Glo
obalization
n is often th
hought of a
as an extre
eme form of
o interdepeendence. This
T
sees
it e
exclusively as an outs
side-in devvelopment..

h analyses is that stattes are now

w much weeaker as actors.
a
The implication of such
Co
onsequentlyy, they are
e in retreat or becomiing obsolette.

But if globalizzation is co
onsidered a
as a transfformation in the natu re of states
the
emselves, this
t
suggests that sta
ates are sttill central to
t the discuussion of order:
o
they
are
e different but not obs
solete. Thiis leads to the idea of a globalizzed state as
a a state

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forrm, and intrroduces an
n inside-ou
ut element..

t
is no
o contradicction betwe
een the norrms and ruules of a sta
ate
In tthis case, there
sysstem opera
ating along
gside globa
alized state
es.

Toxic debts rapidly

r
infe
ected the g lobal finan
ncial system
m.

Sta
ate intervention was needed to support th
he system.

e are seein
ng the end of one verrsion of glo
obalization, rather thaan the end of
We
glo
obalization.

esponses to
o climate change
c
are
e now a ke
ey driver of the future shape of the
t global
Re
eco
onomy.

De
e-globalizattion has no
o political cchampion.

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