Globalisation: Key debates, concepts and perspectives.
7.1 Perspectives on globalisation
• Key definitions and issues, including globalisation, glocalisation, global culture, and problems with defining globalisation.
Short introduction to globalisation (Video, 4.30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ0nFD19eT8
An outline of key concepts: https://revisesociology.com/2017/06/02/globalisation-concepts-definitions/
Glocalisation: https://www.britannica.com/topic/glocalization
Flash cards on key concepts: https://quizlet.com/212393178/globalisation-flash-cards/
Links to a range of short videos on definitions of globalisation: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Globalization+Definition&FORM=VDMHRS
‘Globalisation is good’ Crash Course Video (11 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnR-e0S6Ic
‘Globalisation is good or bad?’ Crash Course Video (14 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnR-e0S6Ichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_iwrt7D5OA
• Key definitions and issues, including globalisation, glocalisation, global culture, and problems with defining globalisation.
Short introduction to globalisation (Video, 4.30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ0nFD19eT8
An outline of key concepts: https://revisesociology.com/2017/06/02/globalisation-concepts-definitions/
Glocalisation: https://www.britannica.com/topic/glocalization
Flash cards on key concepts: https://quizlet.com/212393178/globalisation-flash-cards/
Links to a range of short videos on definitions of globalisation: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Globalization+Definition&FORM=VDMHRS
‘Globalisation is good’ Crash Course Video (11 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnR-e0S6Ic
‘Globalisation is good or bad?’ Crash Course Video (14 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnR-e0S6Ichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_iwrt7D5OA
• Different dimensions of globalisation including cultural, political and economic.
An introduction to cultural, political and economic factors: https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/24/factors-contributing-to-globalisation/
An introduction to cultural, political and economic factors: https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/24/factors-contributing-to-globalisation/
What is cultural globalisation?
Text: https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/25/cultural-globalization-definition-examples/
Video (6.30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ydX2FY0dvY
Ritzer & McDonaldisation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ritzer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ydX2FY0dvY&t=82s (6 mins)
Cultural globalisation with a focus on The Philippines (Video, 4.20 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct7qm8n89UI
Links to a range of videos on cultural globalisation: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Cultural+Globalization&FORM=RESTAB
Text: https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/25/cultural-globalization-definition-examples/
Video (6.30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ydX2FY0dvY
Ritzer & McDonaldisation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ritzer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ydX2FY0dvY&t=82s (6 mins)
Cultural globalisation with a focus on The Philippines (Video, 4.20 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct7qm8n89UI
Links to a range of videos on cultural globalisation: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Cultural+Globalization&FORM=RESTAB
What is political globalisation?
Text: https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/29/political-globalization-definition-examples/
Video (5mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xj-qhoJeZs
Is globalisation leading to the decline of the nation state? https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/31/globalization-decline-nation-state/
Links to a range of short videos on political globalisation: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Globalization+Politics&FORM=RESTAB
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Examples+of+Globalization+in+World+Politics&FORM=RESTAB
Text: https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/29/political-globalization-definition-examples/
Video (5mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xj-qhoJeZs
Is globalisation leading to the decline of the nation state? https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/31/globalization-decline-nation-state/
Links to a range of short videos on political globalisation: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Globalization+Politics&FORM=RESTAB
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Examples+of+Globalization+in+World+Politics&FORM=RESTAB
What is economic globalisation?
Text: https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/26/what-is-economic-globalisation/
Video (8 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMOQ7l3R2ME
How Barbie illustrates global economic chains: https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/30/barbie-global-commodity-chains/
How flip-flops illustrate global economic chains (with transformationalist leanings): https://revisesociology.com/2017/06/04/globalization-and-flip-flops/
Brexit and labour shortages: https://revisesociology.com/2021/09/16/why-is-the-uk-suffering-from-a-labour-shortage/
Negative impacts of economic globalisation (video 3 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ebu5XJjwmM
The problem with (economic) globalisation (4 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZXJYE0ZY0s
Globalisation, trade and poverty video (9 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MpVjxxpExM
Links to a range of short videos on economic globalisation: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Economic+Globalization&FORM=RESTAB
Text: https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/26/what-is-economic-globalisation/
Video (8 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMOQ7l3R2ME
How Barbie illustrates global economic chains: https://revisesociology.com/2017/05/30/barbie-global-commodity-chains/
How flip-flops illustrate global economic chains (with transformationalist leanings): https://revisesociology.com/2017/06/04/globalization-and-flip-flops/
Brexit and labour shortages: https://revisesociology.com/2021/09/16/why-is-the-uk-suffering-from-a-labour-shortage/
Negative impacts of economic globalisation (video 3 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ebu5XJjwmM
The problem with (economic) globalisation (4 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZXJYE0ZY0s
Globalisation, trade and poverty video (9 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MpVjxxpExM
Links to a range of short videos on economic globalisation: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Economic+Globalization&FORM=RESTAB
• Perspectives on who benefits from globalisation, including the Marxist, feminist, postmodernist, globalist, sceptic and transformationalist perspectives.
Khan Academy video Introduction to theories of globalization (5.46 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQIVIYCZ4ec
Introduction to theories of globalisation: https://www.politicalsciencenotes.com/articles/8-theories-of-globalization-explained/642
The Traditionalist view: https://revisesociology.com/2015/09/26/traditionalist-view-globalization/
Khan Academy video Introduction to theories of globalization (5.46 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQIVIYCZ4ec
Introduction to theories of globalisation: https://www.politicalsciencenotes.com/articles/8-theories-of-globalization-explained/642
The Traditionalist view: https://revisesociology.com/2015/09/26/traditionalist-view-globalization/
Marxist view:
A range of authors reviewed (relatively easy but useful overview): https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-notes/marxist-views-on-globalisation
Marx and Engels on globalisation: https://socialistworker.org/2012/01/13/chasing-over-the-globe
T Piketty’s Marxist analysis outlined:
Introductory Video (3.30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpGG3_pBHUc
In his own words:
In text: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/thomas-piketty-interview-inequality-book-covid/
In video (3.30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TLtXfZth5w&t=228s
In video (5 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouhJrEcrCzQ
Longer but very clear TED explanation (20 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKsHhXwqDqM
Text review: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2014/06/10/book-review-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-by-thomas-piketty/
T Piketty’s Marxist analysis reviewed: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/17/capital-twenty-first-century-thomas-piketty-review
5 Ways Marx was right on globalisation: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marx-was-right-five-surprising-ways-karl-marx-predicted-2014-237285/
Challenging essay on Marxism and global human rights: https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/1139130/Marxism_and_Human_Rights.pdf
A range of authors reviewed (relatively easy but useful overview): https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-notes/marxist-views-on-globalisation
Marx and Engels on globalisation: https://socialistworker.org/2012/01/13/chasing-over-the-globe
T Piketty’s Marxist analysis outlined:
Introductory Video (3.30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpGG3_pBHUc
In his own words:
In text: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/thomas-piketty-interview-inequality-book-covid/
In video (3.30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TLtXfZth5w&t=228s
In video (5 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouhJrEcrCzQ
Longer but very clear TED explanation (20 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKsHhXwqDqM
Text review: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2014/06/10/book-review-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-by-thomas-piketty/
T Piketty’s Marxist analysis reviewed: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/17/capital-twenty-first-century-thomas-piketty-review
5 Ways Marx was right on globalisation: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marx-was-right-five-surprising-ways-karl-marx-predicted-2014-237285/
Challenging essay on Marxism and global human rights: https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/1139130/Marxism_and_Human_Rights.pdf
Feminist view:
Global Feminism — Annie Lennox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0rYnIR_q1c (1.30 mins)
Silvia Federici: The Globalization of Women’s Work and New Forms of Violence Against Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZxlS_utIBI (4 mins)
Radical Feminism on globalization: https://revisesociology.com/2017/04/10/radical-feminism-globalization-gender-development/
Introduction to Global Feminism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_feminism
A range of authors reviewed: https://www.quora.com/How-do-feminists-understand-globalization
Impact of globalisation from Marxist perspective: https://socialistworker.co.uk/features/resisting-imperialism-and-globalisation/
Hyperglobalist, Bill Gates, on transformative women:
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Heroes-in-the-Field-Sudha-Varghese
Challenging chapter from Stanford Uni Encyclopaedia: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-globalization/
Challenging essay from French Sociology academic: https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_TGS_025_0081--analyzing-globalization-from-a-feminist.htm
Global Feminism — Annie Lennox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0rYnIR_q1c (1.30 mins)
Silvia Federici: The Globalization of Women’s Work and New Forms of Violence Against Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZxlS_utIBI (4 mins)
Radical Feminism on globalization: https://revisesociology.com/2017/04/10/radical-feminism-globalization-gender-development/
Introduction to Global Feminism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_feminism
A range of authors reviewed: https://www.quora.com/How-do-feminists-understand-globalization
Impact of globalisation from Marxist perspective: https://socialistworker.co.uk/features/resisting-imperialism-and-globalisation/
Hyperglobalist, Bill Gates, on transformative women:
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Heroes-in-the-Field-Sudha-Varghese
Challenging chapter from Stanford Uni Encyclopaedia: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-globalization/
Challenging essay from French Sociology academic: https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_TGS_025_0081--analyzing-globalization-from-a-feminist.htm
Postmodernist view:
Overview: https://revisesociology.com/2019/08/28/the-postmodern-perspective-on-globalisation-and-popular-culture/
Postmodernism, new media and popular culture: https://revisionworld.com/a2-level-level-revision/sociology/mass-media-0/new-media-globalisation-and-popular-culture
Essay overview on powerpoint: https://www.slideshare.net/beth__/postmodern-society
Extensive flash cards: https://quizlet.com/gb/265275477/a2-aqa-sociology-modernity-globalisation-and-postmodernism-flash-cards/
Extensive flash cards: https://www.brainscape.com/flashcards/sociology-theories-and-methods-globalisa-6887539/packs/10964125
Overview: https://revisesociology.com/2019/08/28/the-postmodern-perspective-on-globalisation-and-popular-culture/
Postmodernism, new media and popular culture: https://revisionworld.com/a2-level-level-revision/sociology/mass-media-0/new-media-globalisation-and-popular-culture
Essay overview on powerpoint: https://www.slideshare.net/beth__/postmodern-society
Extensive flash cards: https://quizlet.com/gb/265275477/a2-aqa-sociology-modernity-globalisation-and-postmodernism-flash-cards/
Extensive flash cards: https://www.brainscape.com/flashcards/sociology-theories-and-methods-globalisa-6887539/packs/10964125
Optimists vs Pessimists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiENAqTlpJg&t=6s (9 mins)
Hyperglobalist (optimist) perspective: https://revisesociology.com/2015/09/19/optimist-globalization-hyper-globalism-neoliberalism/
Kenichi Ohmae, right-wing neoliberal perspective: https://revisesociology.com/2017/06/01/kenichi-ohmae-the-borderless-world-neoliberal-radical-globalism/
Neoliberalism and globalization (Video 8 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwGgLfu5aGs
vs
Pessimist (Sceptical) views of globalisation: https://revisesociology.com/2015/09/21/pessimist-view-globalization/
Baumann: Summary: https://revisesociology.com/2016/08/09/zygmunt-bauman-liquid-times-summary/
https://www.quora.com/How-do-sceptics-view-the-globalization-process
Scepticism and Postmodernism (Challenging essay): https://sociology.as.virginia.edu/sites/sociology.as.virginia.edu/files/Postmodernism%20and%20Sociology_0.pdf
vs
Transformationalist globalists: Anthony Giddens and Ulrich Beck:
Beck: Summary: https://revisesociology.com/2015/09/24/transformationalist-globalization/
Giddens: Summary: https://revisesociology.com/2016/08/21/anthony-giddens-runaway-world-summary/
https://carnegieendowment.org/2000/07/05/anthony-giddens-discusses-globalization-debate-pub-8655
Revision & Analysis
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/optimists-and-pessimists-on-global-development/
https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/globalization/opposing-camps-over-globalization-skeptics-and-hyper-globalizers/30735
https://quizlet.com/58774967/hyperglobalist-skeptics-transformationalists-flash-cards/ https://kellywblogs.wordpress.com/2018/03/12/globalisation-a-hyperglobalist-sceptic-and-transformationalists-view/
http://geographylaunchpad.weebly.com/7-local-against-global-in-practice-and-in-theory.html
The myth of globalisation (TED Video, 14 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUYNB4a8d2U
The backlash against globalisation (go to the conclusion and summary at the end): https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-polisci-041719-102405
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiENAqTlpJg&t=6s (9 mins)
Hyperglobalist (optimist) perspective: https://revisesociology.com/2015/09/19/optimist-globalization-hyper-globalism-neoliberalism/
Kenichi Ohmae, right-wing neoliberal perspective: https://revisesociology.com/2017/06/01/kenichi-ohmae-the-borderless-world-neoliberal-radical-globalism/
Neoliberalism and globalization (Video 8 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwGgLfu5aGs
vs
Pessimist (Sceptical) views of globalisation: https://revisesociology.com/2015/09/21/pessimist-view-globalization/
Baumann: Summary: https://revisesociology.com/2016/08/09/zygmunt-bauman-liquid-times-summary/
https://www.quora.com/How-do-sceptics-view-the-globalization-process
Scepticism and Postmodernism (Challenging essay): https://sociology.as.virginia.edu/sites/sociology.as.virginia.edu/files/Postmodernism%20and%20Sociology_0.pdf
vs
Transformationalist globalists: Anthony Giddens and Ulrich Beck:
Beck: Summary: https://revisesociology.com/2015/09/24/transformationalist-globalization/
Giddens: Summary: https://revisesociology.com/2016/08/21/anthony-giddens-runaway-world-summary/
https://carnegieendowment.org/2000/07/05/anthony-giddens-discusses-globalization-debate-pub-8655
Revision & Analysis
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/optimists-and-pessimists-on-global-development/
https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/globalization/opposing-camps-over-globalization-skeptics-and-hyper-globalizers/30735
https://quizlet.com/58774967/hyperglobalist-skeptics-transformationalists-flash-cards/ https://kellywblogs.wordpress.com/2018/03/12/globalisation-a-hyperglobalist-sceptic-and-transformationalists-view/
http://geographylaunchpad.weebly.com/7-local-against-global-in-practice-and-in-theory.html
The myth of globalisation (TED Video, 14 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUYNB4a8d2U
The backlash against globalisation (go to the conclusion and summary at the end): https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-polisci-041719-102405
Deglobalisation Theory
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/10/what-deglobalization#:~:text=Deglobalization%20is%20a%20movement%20towards,%2C%20treaties%2C%20and%20free%20movement.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/11/the-guardian-view-on-deglobalisation-mcdonalds-quits-moscow?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
LSE debate podcast: Covid 19 and Deglobalisation: https://www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?id=4876
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/10/what-deglobalization#:~:text=Deglobalization%20is%20a%20movement%20towards,%2C%20treaties%2C%20and%20free%20movement.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/11/the-guardian-view-on-deglobalisation-mcdonalds-quits-moscow?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
LSE debate podcast: Covid 19 and Deglobalisation: https://www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?id=4876
7.2 Globalisation and identity
• The impact of globalisation on identity, including ethnic revitalisation, cultural defence and hybrid identity.
• Cultural divergence versus cultural convergence/homogenisation.
• The role of Western ideology in shaping identity and the concept of Westernisation.
• The impact of globalisation on identity, including ethnic revitalisation, cultural defence and hybrid identity.
• Cultural divergence versus cultural convergence/homogenisation.
• The role of Western ideology in shaping identity and the concept of Westernisation.
Globalisation and Homogenisation: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120522-one-world-order Globalisation and minority groups: https://calenda.org/226055
Globalisation, language and cultural diversity: https://impakter.com/effects-of-globalisation-on-languages-and-cultural-diversity/
Fundamentalism and cultural defence: https://sociologysaviour.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/fundamentalism-unit-3/
Do ethnic majorities now need protection? https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/citizenship-tests-european-politics-orgad-cultural-defence-of-nations-review
Reasons for rejecting globalisation: http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/ari20-2017-oteroiglesias-steinberg-reasons-rejecting-globalisation-beyond-inequality-xenofobia
Flashcards on globalisation and cultural defence: https://quizlet.com/gb/410187738/sociology-paper-3-globalisation-cultural-defence-and-globalisation-flash-cards/
Globalisation, language and cultural diversity: https://impakter.com/effects-of-globalisation-on-languages-and-cultural-diversity/
Fundamentalism and cultural defence: https://sociologysaviour.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/fundamentalism-unit-3/
Do ethnic majorities now need protection? https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/citizenship-tests-european-politics-orgad-cultural-defence-of-nations-review
Reasons for rejecting globalisation: http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/ari20-2017-oteroiglesias-steinberg-reasons-rejecting-globalisation-beyond-inequality-xenofobia
Flashcards on globalisation and cultural defence: https://quizlet.com/gb/410187738/sociology-paper-3-globalisation-cultural-defence-and-globalisation-flash-cards/
Cultural divergence versus cultural convergence: https://www.allenisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001197/Centricity/Domain/1606/Cultural%20Divergence%20and%20Convergence.pdf
http://aphumangeographyszafran.weebly.com/cultural-divergence--convergence.html
Impact of globalization on social identity:
Video (6.23 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zma3WPzSAIc
Text:
https://www.numptynerd.net/globalisation-and-identity.html https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Cultural_Sociology_and_Social_Problems/Book%3A_Beyond_Race_-_Cultural_Influences_on_Human_Social_Life_(Kennedy)/05%3A_The_Multicultural_World/5.01%3A_Globalization_and_Identity
Hybridity and identity (TED Video, 10 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeAplJCos6I
http://aphumangeographyszafran.weebly.com/cultural-divergence--convergence.html
Impact of globalization on social identity:
Video (6.23 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zma3WPzSAIc
Text:
https://www.numptynerd.net/globalisation-and-identity.html https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Cultural_Sociology_and_Social_Problems/Book%3A_Beyond_Race_-_Cultural_Influences_on_Human_Social_Life_(Kennedy)/05%3A_The_Multicultural_World/5.01%3A_Globalization_and_Identity
Hybridity and identity (TED Video, 10 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeAplJCos6I
Difference between nation state and ethnic group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_D._Smith
Interview with Anthony Smith: https://www.e-ir.info/2013/09/03/interview-anthony-d-smith/
Difference between nation state and ethnic group focused on Dutch culture: https://nationalismstudies.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/theorist-in-question-anthony-smith/
Extensive essay (and evaluations) on Smith and ethno-symbolism: https://www.academia.edu/11623175/The_evolution_of_a_theory_a_review_of_the_work_and_critiques_of_Anthony_D_Smith
Nationalism or global identity? (TED Video, 17 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tacXlQptaUA
Interview with Anthony Smith: https://www.e-ir.info/2013/09/03/interview-anthony-d-smith/
Difference between nation state and ethnic group focused on Dutch culture: https://nationalismstudies.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/theorist-in-question-anthony-smith/
Extensive essay (and evaluations) on Smith and ethno-symbolism: https://www.academia.edu/11623175/The_evolution_of_a_theory_a_review_of_the_work_and_critiques_of_Anthony_D_Smith
Nationalism or global identity? (TED Video, 17 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tacXlQptaUA
Challenging essay: https://llull.cat/IMAGES_175/transfer01-foc01.pdf
Compendium of UNESCO reports on changing cultures: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000121070
Impact of globalization on the family:
https://revisesociology.com/2019/04/13/globalisation-family/
Video (6.30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1prJXsoFGA
Compendium of UNESCO reports on changing cultures: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000121070
Impact of globalization on the family:
https://revisesociology.com/2019/04/13/globalisation-family/
Video (6.30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1prJXsoFGA
7.3 Globalisation, power and politics
• The spread of liberal democracy and human rights.
• Global social movements and attempts to oppose globalisation.
• Debates about the role of the nation state in tackling global social and environmental problems.
• The spread of liberal democracy and human rights.
• Global social movements and attempts to oppose globalisation.
• Debates about the role of the nation state in tackling global social and environmental problems.
A review of the work of Castells on global social movements: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/global-social-challenges/2017/06/06/the-rise-and-fall-of-global-social-movements/
A review of current global social movements (follow the links to specific examples): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/20/the-global-pandemic-has-spawned-new-forms-of-activism-and-theyre-flourishing
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/14/the-guardian-view-on-global-protests-passing-it-on
Activism vs Clicktivism: https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-07/activism-or-clicktivism-solidarity-and-posturing-on-social-media.html
Chapter from A McGrew’s book on globalisation and politics: http://www.good-governance-debates.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Globalization-and-global-politics-by-Anthony-McGrew_2010.pdf
Overview of Social Movements: https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-movement/Types-of-social-movements
Sociological theories of Social Movements : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_movement_theory
Jan Pronk, Netherlands minister for development cooperation discusses the politics of globalisation: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/interviews/the-politics-of-globalisation-31470
EU view of the politics of globalisation: https://www.coe.int/en/web/compass/globalisation
A review of current global social movements (follow the links to specific examples): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/20/the-global-pandemic-has-spawned-new-forms-of-activism-and-theyre-flourishing
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/14/the-guardian-view-on-global-protests-passing-it-on
Activism vs Clicktivism: https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-07/activism-or-clicktivism-solidarity-and-posturing-on-social-media.html
Chapter from A McGrew’s book on globalisation and politics: http://www.good-governance-debates.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Globalization-and-global-politics-by-Anthony-McGrew_2010.pdf
Overview of Social Movements: https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-movement/Types-of-social-movements
Sociological theories of Social Movements : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_movement_theory
Jan Pronk, Netherlands minister for development cooperation discusses the politics of globalisation: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/interviews/the-politics-of-globalisation-31470
EU view of the politics of globalisation: https://www.coe.int/en/web/compass/globalisation
The USA & China s global superpowers: https://www.thegeographeronline.net/1-global-interactions-and-global-power.html
Paper on China, India and politics of SE Asia: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0263395718779930
China’s global reach: https://www.orfonline.org/research/china-in-africa/
Focus on China’s influence in Kenya:
https://www.cfr.org/blog/chinas-approach-development-africa-case-study-kenyas-standard-gauge-railway
https://theconversation.com/kenyas-mega-railway-project-leaves-society-more-unequal-than-before-170969
Focus on China's impact in Europe: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61276168
NGOs
A consideration of the role of NGOs: https://www.sociologygroup.com/ngos-introduction-history-role-functions-importance-development/
Useful video on global governance, including the role of the UN & NGOs (24 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGFue66Fgz4
Paper on China, India and politics of SE Asia: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0263395718779930
China’s global reach: https://www.orfonline.org/research/china-in-africa/
Focus on China’s influence in Kenya:
https://www.cfr.org/blog/chinas-approach-development-africa-case-study-kenyas-standard-gauge-railway
https://theconversation.com/kenyas-mega-railway-project-leaves-society-more-unequal-than-before-170969
Focus on China's impact in Europe: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61276168
NGOs
A consideration of the role of NGOs: https://www.sociologygroup.com/ngos-introduction-history-role-functions-importance-development/
Useful video on global governance, including the role of the UN & NGOs (24 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGFue66Fgz4