IR Lecture 17 The English School conclusion Globalization Barry Buzan The classical Three traditions model of English school theory Pluralistic Vs Solidaristic World Orders in English School IR Theory PLURALISM thin international societies of states where the shared values are few and the focus is on simple coexistence SOLIDARISM thick international societies of states where the rules concern the pursuit of joint gains including moral and ethical aspirations Identities very important here Question Midterm Question What if you tried to think about Neoliberalism regime theory in terms of the English School s pluralistic solidarist debate What kind of mileage or traction could you get on the way IR work Buzan Little description of PLURALISM International system broken up Demonstrated by figure 3 the three traditions second revision Fig 4 world society Five Final Key Questions 1 what is the most desirable place to be in the top part of Buzan s final circle Figure 5 plan view what dimension 2 What is the most desirable place to be in the bottom right part What is the most desirable place to be in the bottom left part 3 How do the actors and the phenomena of the bottom parts interact with those of the top part FINAL question 4 What s the best way tactically to get to where we want to go 5 Will we get there or get stuck at some less desirable point Why GLOBALIZATION Hyperglobalists think globalization is causing the demise of the sovereign nation state as global forces undermine governments ability to control economies societies and cultures Japanese Kenichi Ohmae wrote The end of the nation state Argues recorded He believes recorded In some ways there has certainly been globalization and in some way it has certainly solved some problems but it has also created some new problems Globalization is now at risk Skeptics aka globaloneyists believe that globalization is vastly exaggerated and that states are still the principal entities shaping world order Stephen Krasner Sovereignty Organized Hypocrisy Argues recorded Transformationalists contend that globalization is significant but its effects are not to kill the sovereign state They are instead to replace international and domestic politics the traditional dichotomy with a new global politics in which the international realm fuses with the domestic Anthony McGrew argues recorded Butterfly effect cause and effect The Subcomponents of Globalization McGrew Stretching Thickening network butterfly effect sars IGO s and NGO s Accelerating transportation communication increases velocity of ideas news goods information capital Asian financial crises rapidly spread Sars spread and travel deceased Deepening how all combine to produce and interactive effect an enmeshing of local and global experience both good and bad The boundaries disappear Mcdonalds in India Starbucks all over the world
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