Globalization The Nation State And International Relations

This volume studies the links among the concepts of globalization, security, and the authority of the nation state, drawing attention to why and how these three concepts are interrelated and why they should be studied together. Contributors explore the connections between security and global transformations, and the corresponding or resulting changes in state structures that emerge. Probing and extending existing paradigms, the book offers three regional cases studies: the periphery states of the Middle East and North Africa, the second world states of the Russian Federation, and the core states of the European Union. It concludes with three chapters that synthesize the above themes to identify corresponding changes in the patterns of international politics.

This innovative new text is derived from a highly successful Open University course of the same title. It takes as a dominant theme the contested issue of ‘globalization’ (the apparent intensification of global patterns of inter-dependence) and its implications for the autonomy of the modern nation-state. Following a conceptual introduction, which critically examines the theoretical debates framing the study of world politics, the work is structured around four key processes of globalization which the authors identify as being the central determinants of contemporary global politics. These key processes are: the global impact of great power relations; the globalizing tendencies of technological innovation; the existence of a global economy; and the globalizing force of modernity. Reflecting this structure the text is organized into four discrete sections. Each section explores, both theoretically and empirically, one of the four processes of globalization. Throughout, particular attention is paid both to a critical evaluation of these globalizing processes as well as to their consequences for the sovereignty and autonomy of the modern nation-state. Moreover, the authors combine a lucid treatment of theoretical debates with topical case-study material to produce a text which is extremely accessible to undergraduate students studying international relations and politics and to those readers with little prior knowledge of world affairs.

The history of globalization is anything but a no-frills affair that moves smoothly along a clear-cut, unidirectional path of development, eventually leading to seamless global integration. Accordingly, scholarship in the social sciences has increasingly argued against equating the history of globalization processes and transcultural entanglements with the master narrative of the gradual homogenization of the world. Examining the shifting patterns of global connections has, therefore, become the main challenge for all those who seek to understand the past, the present and the future of modern societies. And this challenge includes finding a place for the nation state. The studies presented here argue that looking at the nation state from the perspective of global entanglements opens the door for its interpretation as a dynamic and multi-layered structure that takes part in globalization processes and plays various and at times even contradictory roles at the same time.

General Introduction. Part I. Globalization and State Power: Competing Paradigms. Part Introduction. 1. Thomas L. Friedman, "The New System," The Lexus and the Olive Tree. 2. Samuel P. Huntington, "The New Era in World Politics", The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order. 3. Joseph P. Stiglitz, "Broken Promises," Globalization and Its Discontents. 4. John J. Mearsheimer, "Anarchy and the Struggle for Power," The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. 5. Saskia Sassen, "Global Cities and Survival Circuits," Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russsell Hochschild, eds. Global Woman. Part II. From Autonomy to Multi-level Governance. Part Introduction. 6. Stephen D. Krasner, "Sovereignty and Its Discontents," Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy. 7. David Held, "Political Globalization, Global Covenant. 8. Paul Carmichael, "Briefing Paper: Multi-level Governance." Part III. State Power in the Era of Globalization: Case Studies. Part Introduction. Globalization and the Exercise of American Power. 9. G. John Ikenberry, "Liberal hegemony and the future of the American postwar order," from T.V. Paul and John A. Hall, eds. International Order and the Future of World Politics. 10. Robert Hunter Wade, America's Empire Rules an Unbalanced World. 11. Joseph P. Nye, "Redefining the National Interest," The Paradox of American Power. 12. Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, America Unbound: The Bush Reveoplution in Foreign Policy. Globalization and European Integration. 13. George Ross, "European Integration and Globalization". 14. David P. Calleo, "Europe in the New World Order". 15. Kalypso Nicolaïdis, "We, the Peoples of Europe ...," Foreign Affairs. East Asia: the Paradox of State Power. 16. T.J. Pempel, "Introduction," T.J. Pempel, ed. The Politics of the Asian Economic Crisis. 17. Linda Weiss, "State Power and the Asian Crisis," New Political Economy. 18. Claude Smadja, "The End of Complacency," Foreign Policy. Part IV. Post-9/11: Terror, War and Empire. Part Introduction. Globalization, Terror and the Use of Force. 19. Audrey Kurth Cronin, "Behind the Curve: Globalization and International Terrorism," International Security. 20. The National Security Strategy of the United States of America. 21. John Lewis Gaddis, "A Grand Strategy of Transformation," Foreign Policy. 22. Chris Brown, "Self-Defense in an Imperfect World, "Ethics & International Affairs. 23. International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, "The Responsibility to Protect: The Way Forward," The Responsibility To Protect: Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. Globalization, Empire, and America's Geopolitical Strategy. 24. Niall Ferguson, "The Empire Slinks Back," The New York Times Magazine. 25. Michael Ignatieff, "Why Are We In Iraq? (And Liberia? And Afghanistan?), New York Times Magazine. 26. Zbigniew Brzezinski, "Domination or Leadership," The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership.

Has globalization forever undermined the state as the mighty guarantor of public welfare and security? In the 1990s, the prevailing and even hopeful view was that it had. The euphoria did not last long. Today the "return of the state" is increasingly being discussed as a desirable reality. This book is the first to bring together a group of prominent scholars from comparative politics, international relations, and sociology to systematically reassess--through a historical lens that moves beyond the standard focus on the West--state-society relations and state power at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The contributors examine the sources and forms of state power in light of a range of welfare and security needs in order to tell us what states can do today. They assess the extent to which international social forces affect states, and the capacity of states to adapt in specific issue areas. Their striking conclusion is that states have continued to be pivotal in diverse areas such as nationalism, national security, multiculturalism, taxation, and industrial relations. Offering rich insights on the changing contours of state power, The Nation-State in Question will be of interest to social scientists, students, and policymakers alike. John Hall's introduction is followed by chapters by Peter Baldwin, John Campbell, Francesco Duina, Grzegorz Ekiert, Jeffrey Herbst, Christopher Hood, Anatoly Khazanov, Brendan O'Leary, T. V. Paul, Bernard Yack, Rudra Sil, and Minxin Pei. The conclusion is by John Ikenberry.

Contemporary globalization is transforming and undermining the role of the nation-state, causing it to lose its grip on both the national economy and identity. This is a penetrating analysis of this phenomenon and an explorationn of how governments - national, regional, local, global city-regions - can respond. This original selection of essays discusses the impact of globalization on nation-states and the international system, the consequent political and sociological fragmentation of nations, and the rise of multiple identities within those nations. These essays uniquely investigate the dramatic effect of globalization on governance, outlining how sub-state 'governments' have now become international actors. This volume delivers a key insight into the way globalization is reshaping political relationships, and will be of interest to students of politics, international studies and globalization.