MODULE 1

Midterms TCW

globalization

the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide, driven by international trade, investment, and aided by information technology.

is globalization a concept that is believed by all?

no

globaloney

a person who thinks that globalization does not exist.

not all transnational transfer and process are linked as evidence for the presence or existence of globalizatikon

what could be the reason why people think globalization does not exist?

rejectionists

Individuals who deny or question the validity and impact of globalization, believing that it is overstated or nonexistent.

skeptics

Individuals who question or doubt the reality of globalization and its impacts.

modifiers

Individuals who acknowledge some aspects of globalization but believe it is not uniform or equally experienced, suggesting that its effects are shaped by local contexts.

globalization as an economic process

it is the heart of globalization and the engine behind its growth over centuries. it’s the reason why the growth of trends will always continue.

globalization as a political process

Highlights how globalization is in need of control by setting governance controls over each country to maintain peace

Globalization as a Cultural Process

Wherein proponents define globalization as a multidimensional occurrence anchored in such.

mutlifaceted

what type of phenomenon is globalization?

globalization

complex processes, sometimes overlapping and interlocking and oppositional ones

Goldstein

Globalization encompasses a broad range of trends including expanded international trade, monetary coordination, multinational corporations, telecommunications, scientific/technical cooperation, cultural exchanges, migration, and human interactions with the environment.

Friedman

Focuses on how modern technology enables individuals, corporations, and states to reach around the world "farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before".

Flat World

Friedman famously coined this term for interconnected environment.

Kiss, Endre

Globalization is an unprecedented world state and a distinct historical phase that reached its mature form in 1989.

Heywood

Defined as the emergence of a "complex web of interconnectedness" where our daily lives are increasingly shaped by events and decisions made far away.

Ritzer and Dean

A transplanetary set of processes involving increasing liquidity and growing multidirectional flows of people, objects, places, and information.

School of thoughts of: Hyperglobalists, Skeptics, and Transformationalist

Core Question Being Asked: "What is happening to the Power and Role of the Nation-State?"

Critiques divided into 3: rejectionists, skeptics, modifiers

Core Question Being Asked: "To what degree is Globalization actually 'New' or 'Real'?"

Multidimensional

Globalization is?

International System

the set of relationship among the world states structured according to certain rules and patters of interaction

state

1. COMMUNITY of person more or less numerous

2. Permanently occupying a definite portion of the territory

3. Having a Government of their own

4. Enjoying freedom from external control

According to the Montevideo Convention of 1933 the following must have the __ _____ elements to be considered a ____.

1. people

2. territory

3. government

4. sovereignty

Declarative theory

What do you call the elements from the Montevideo Convention of 1933?

Constitutative Theory

What concept adds two more elements from the first 4?

What are the two additional elements of the Constitutive Theory?

1. Recognition by other states

2. Degree of Civilizations

What organizations are considered non-actors?

1. Intergovenmental Organizations

2. Non-Government Organization

3. Multinational Organization

Non-actors

an individual or organization that has significant political, economic, or social influence but does not belong to or represent any established government or nation-state.

Political System

Set of institutions and agencies concerned with formulating and implmenting the collective goals of society or off organs within it

System Function

Is the maintenance of the whole system

Process Function

Where collective decisions are made and implemented

Output Funciton

Uses the finished product to be processed through policy extraction, distribution, and regulation

Political Socialization

Attitudes of the Political System must be formed and Sustained.Po

Political Recruitment

People that are to be recruited must fill in the roles from voters to government leaders.

Political Communication

All political information must be properly disseminated.

Interest articulation

Particular policies and verbatim must be expressed and done by heart.

Interest aggregation

Demands » managable number of major alternatives

Policy making

Demands » Policies or authorative decisions

Policy implementation

Policies must be put out into effect.

Feedback mechanism

Provides additional inputs to the Political System

Interdependence between states

Globalization

from a ____’s perspective, the international system operates through a ___ __ ______

realist, state of anarchy

State of Anarchy

The absence of a central governments who in which crafts, enforces, and adjudicate laws.

Is there a Global Government as of the moment?

NO!

Global Governance

Rules, systems, and procedures that allows countries and non state groups to collaborate to overcome problems across border.

Is United nations a definition of global governance? Why?

No, only the personification of it. Because it embodies its systems but does not have supreme global authority. Also because of the following:

• Veto

• No military forces

• Voluntary charters and treaties

When was UN founded? Date and event

1945, after World War II

List the 6 principal organs of UN (ITTTSE)

1. International Court of Justice

2. The General Assembly

3. The Secretariat

4. Trusteeship Council

5. Security Council

6. Economic and Social Council

The general assembly is consist with how many members

All members of UN

General Assembly

The policy makers, and representative organ of the UN

How many votes can a country have in the TGA

One vote

How many countries do we have in the UN

193

Security Council

Responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. One of the most important/powerful organs.

How many members does the TSC consist of? And how are these members divided as?

15 members

10 members = Non-permanent members with a membership of 2 years only

5 members = VETO or permanent members

Who are the VETO countries? (Frick You!)

France

Russia

China

United States

United Kingdom

Carlos P. Romulo

One of the first Council President of the TSC representing the Philippines

Economic and Social Council

Pertaining sustainable development: they are expected to conduct relevant and critical analysis on issues and concerns pertaining such.

How many members does ESC have? and for how long is their term?

54 members with 3 years

Trusteeship Council

It is a council that has already fulfilled it’s mission: To make colonized areas that had no government after the world war 2 to be independent. It had finished its job after helping Palau.

Difference between ICJ and ICC

ICJ resolves legal conflicts between and among (like un vs the state) member states while ICC hears cases of war crimes, genocide, and other offenses against humanity.

Secretariat

Shall act in that capacity in all meetings of the general assembly , of the security council, of the ESC, and the trusteeship council.

Global South

• The Poorer countries

• The less developed world

  • The third and fourth world

Global North

• The most developed countries

• Where the VETO countries are located

• The 2nd and first world countries