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2 - Foundations of Globalization
2 - Foundations of Globalization
Foundations of
Globalization
JOANN CHIRICO. CHAPTER 3. GLOBALIZATION. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
• New quest for new forms of profit was critical to the expansion of capitalism.
• New ways of generating profits such as acquiring resources as cheaply as possible,
finding cheap labor and locating where taxes are low and laws lax became possible.
• global capitalist economy
PLANTING THE SEED OF THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY: 1500S TO 1860S
• Competition and Proxy Wars between the U.S and the USSR
• In exchange of Alliance the superpower will provide economic
and political support (financial favor and military support)
• Provided loans which furthers inequality and poverty
• Supported dictators to gain access to resources and ensure the
communism does not rise.
• Main supplier of arms for dictators (part of the UN security
council)
NATION BUILDING
• The first political achievement of globalization is when the state system blanketed
more of humanity and the world moved closer to integration as a global system of
choices.
• Nation building is an important globalization process as it put nations on a more
equal footing as they acquire the recognition and the capability to interact with
autonomy on the global scene.
• Globalization processes makes national identity and self rule taken for granted
rights.
NATION BUILDING
• Among the global expectation from a state is its protection to its nation and John
Locke’s philosophy became the basis for rights.
• 1. The first generation of rights established the protection of the individual from
power of the state such as the protection from abuse, oppression, cruel and unusual
punishment, and freedoms for individuals such as freedom of press, assembly and
religion.
• 2. The second generation of rights assures
protection to particular groups such as women,
minorities, the elderly and it provided for things
such as the right to healthcare, social security, and
education.
THE EVOLUTION OF CONSTITUTIONS
• The constitution institutionalizes the powers and responsibilities of states and citizens.
• Reflection of one’s tradition and heritage.
• The first to be enacted is the U.S constitution (U.S tradition of Local Democracy)
• Constitution has been globalized and it delineates a series of civil, political and
democratic rights.
• Constitutional homogeneity is a significant effect of globalization.
THE EVOLUTION OF CONSTITUTIONS
Globalization
Democratic
Expansion of
Ideals &
Capitalism &
Reflection of
Diffusion of Ideas
Rights in their
of Liberalization
Constitution
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