Globalization And Politics: Promises And Dangers

by Lane, Jan-Erik

• ISBN13: 9780754646679
• ISBN10: 075464667X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

Globalization and Politics brings together vision and imaginative insight to the analysis of the evolution of inter-state politics that doesn't blame globalization for everything, but produces a clear, comprehensive and coherent sense of how globalization works and how it might work better. As globalization still remains a very contested set of phenomena, this study looks upon globalization as a distinct set of phenomena: energy, economy, environment and politics, all of which interact. Both interdependency and governance, globalization offers both dangers and promises which explains why it is both feared and praised. Globalization is an economic trend with strong spillovers and as such has become a political trend with cultural implications. This volume is: - an invaluable new textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses - is written in a highly readable style for students - sets out the key challenges for globalization in the 21st Century - views globalization as a distinct set of phenomena - looks at the challenges, the responses and the risks of globalization In sum, this is required reading by analysts, students and professionals who want to understand what's at stake in the globalization debate.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures and Appendices	ix
Preface	xi
List of Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction Globalization: Promises and Dangers	1	(16)
Globalization as One Walk of Life in the 21st Century	1	(1)
Globalization is more than Reciprocity and Occidentalism	2	(1)
Four Main Problems within Globalization	3	(1)
The Promises of Globalization	4	(3)
The Dangers of Globalization	7	(3)
The Anti-Globalization Movement	10	(1)
The Coordination Problems	11	(2)
Arrhenius, Warming and Hubbert: Key Early Globalization Theories	13	(1)
Conclusion	14	(3)
PART I: CHALLENGES
1 The Optimistic and Pessimistic View on Global Energy	17	(14)
Introduction	17	(1)
Various Types of Energy	17	(1)
Total and Usable Energy	18	(3)
Renewable Sources of Energy	21	(1)
The Hydrogen Economy	22	(1)
Alternative Energy Sources	23	(1)
Minerals: Julian Simon's Principle	24	(1)
Distribution: The Alternative or Pessimistic Perspective	25	(1)
How Long will Earth's Resources Last?	26	(2)
Conclusion	28	(3)
2 Environmental Degradation and Environmentalism	31	(26)
Introduction	31	(1)
Pollution	32	(1)
Environmentalism	33	(1)
Pollution of the Air	34	(1)
Acid Rain	35	(2)
Pollution of the Sea	37	(1)
Pollution of the Forests	37	(1)
Pollution of Water	37	(1)
Global Warming: The Greenhouse Effect	38	(1)
The Ozone Layer	39	(1)
Endangered Species	40	(1)
Organized Environmentalism	41	(1)
Rejecting the Wildaysky-Lomborg Thesis	42	(1)
Regional Environmental Coordination versus Global Environments	43	(12)
Conclusion	55	(2)
3 Implementing Human Rights and Global Rule of Law	57	(20)
Introduction	57	(1)
Rule of Law in a Global Context	58	(1)
Global or Regional Rule of Law?	58	(2)
Judicial Activism and People's Redress	60	(2)
Globalization and Judicialization: The ICJ and ICC	62	(2)
Rights: A Simple Model of Negative, Positive and Group Rights	64	(2)
Global or Regional Enforcement?	66	(1)
Institutionalization: How to Fight the Crime Economy	67	(1)
Transnational Crime	68	(2)
Crime and Globalization	70	(1)
Creating a Global Crime Fighting Regime	71	(4)
Conclusion	75	(2)
4 Diversity of Civilizations	77	(24)
Introduction	77	(1)
Civilizations of the World: How Compact?	77	(2)
Attributes of Civilizations	79	(3)
Basic Correlates of Civilizational Variety	82	(1)
Will there be One Global Culture?	83	(3)
Globalization Reducing Nationalism	86	(2)
Globalization Softening Religious Creeds	88	(1)
Globalization Reinforcing Islamic Fundamentalism	89	(1)
Globalization Creating Worldwide Communities of Like-Minded	90	(1)
Globalization Increasing the Search for Cultural Identity	91	(2)
Democracy in Multicultural Societies – A Global Challenge	93	(3)
Conclusion	96	(5)
PART II: RESPONSES
5 Coordination of the Global Market Economy	101	(14)
Introduction	101	(1)
The Institutions of the Global Economy	101	(6)
The Bretton Woods Institutions	107	(4)
Which Structure of the Global Market Economy?	111	(2)
Conclusion	113	(2)
6 Protecting the Global Environment	115	(14)
Introduction	115	(1)
The Protection of the Whales: Does IWC Work?	116	(1)
Voluntary Environmental Coordination: Can it Really Work?	117	(1)
The UN Framework: Do Earth Summits Work?	118	(3)
The Market Option: The Kyoto Agreement	121	(1)
Repairing the Ozone Layer	122	(1)
Mega Environmental Disasters	123	(2)
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment	125	(1)
Conclusion	126	(3)
7 Coordination Among States: From Sovereignty to Reciprocity	129	(18)
Introduction	129	(1)
Sovereignty: The Legal Concept	129	(3)
The Limits of Sovereignty: The Oceans and the Poles	132	(2)
Reasons of State and Hegemony	134	(1)
Bilateral Coordination: Transaction Costs Heavy	135	(1)
International Coordination	136	(2)
States in Coordination	138	(6)
Conclusion	144	(3)
8 Power in International Organization	147	(12)
Introduction	147	(1)
The Starting Point: Revising Wicksell' s Theory	148	(1)
The Voting Power Approach: The Calculus	149	(4)
The Power Index Approach: Alternative Interpretations	153	(1)
The Diversity of International and Regional Organizations	154	(3)
Conclusion	157	(2)
9 The Regionalization of Government: A Comparison of Regional Groups of States	159	(26)
Introduction	159	(1)
Regional Groups of States	160	(2)
Logic of Regional Integration	162	(1)
Compactness: The Between and Within Group Variation	163	(5)
Regional Groups	168	(11)
Security First, Prosperity Later	179	(1)
Globalization and Regionalization	180	(1)
Conclusion	181	(4)
10 Mankind and the World Community: Relevance of Universalism	185	(14)
Introduction	185	(1)
The Philosophy of Humanity: Universalism	186	(1)
Global Social Capital: Towards One Open Society?	187	(5)
The Global Internet Community	192	(2)
The Philosophy of the Internet Society	194	(1)
Conclusion	195	(4)
PART III: PROSPECTS
11 Could Mankind Extinguish Itself?	199	(16)
Introduction	199	(1)
Climate Change: Behemoth Catastrophes	200	(2)
Resilience and Precaution	202	(1)
Risk for Global Petrol Overuse?	203	(2)
Immense Global Pollution?	205	(1)
Overpopulation?	205	(3)
Sustainable Development	208	(1)
Endangered Species and Ecosystems	209	(1)
Health Coordination Against Global Diseases	210	(2)
Conclusion	212	(3)
12 A Hollywood Planet: A Neo-Veblen World?	215	(9)
Anglo-Saxon Cultural Dominance	215	(2)
The Global Open Society	217	(1)
The Dilemma of Immense Global Challenges	218	(6)
Conclusion	224	(3)
Bibliography	227	(16)
Index	243