State and Globalisation

Evtv that Globalisation has had a positive impact on the environment

• P1L Economic development and development of Green initiatives and renewables vs Economic globalisation has worsened climate change

• P2: Political Globalisation Vs Unbinding and Lack of will

• P3: Cultural Globalisation &Social movements vs ineffective, Greenwashing and states prioritize growth

Evtv that Globalisation has had more advantages than disadvantages

• P1: Economic Globalisation - Access to markets, investment and development vs race to bottom and deepened global inequality

• P2: Political Globalisation (Cooperation, development, rights) vs Skewed to powerful states, eroding state sovereignty and doesn’t work

• P3: Cultural Globalisation - Diversity, soft power and SM movements vs homogenisation and violence

Evtv that Globalisation has undermined Sovereignty

• P1: Interdependence and Global issues vs internal sovereignty and populism

• P2: Economic Globalisation -TNCs, vulnerability to markets and dependency vs states  can still protect themselves and economic bodies like WTO require consensus

• P3: Political globalisation - IGOs, Binding, Intervention and Courts vs Optionality,  Powerful states do not give up and instead expand

Evtv that Globalisation is under threat

• P1: The rise of Nationalism and populism & the withdrawal from the global stage in west and resistance from elsewhere vs states recognise the need to participate (Hyper globalisation perspective) 

• P2: Economic protectionism, disrupting global supply chains and energy independence vs TNCs and Trade agreements

• P3: International institutions limitations vs Global challenges like CC and Covid 

Evtv that Globalisation has been effective in reducing poverty

• P1: Economic growth, access to markets and TNCs vs exploitation and race to bottom and repatriation of profits

• P2: Free market capitalism and FDI by IMF  vs IMF failures

• P3: IGOs, MDGs and SDGs, WB vs failures and tradebloc failures