Week 3- Concept Notes Part 1 system essentially capitalist in

nature, is a social system that

What is present in a global economy?
● Is the basic foundation which
should be given primary
importance. It is always the
contention that if the economy is
not stable, then politics is not also
stable. The economy influences
the condition of society as well
as politics.
● According to Mohan (2009),
economic globalization refers to
the free movement of goods,
capital, services technology,
and information. It results in
increasing economic integration
and interdependence of national,
regional, and local economies
around the world
strengthening the cross-border
movement of goods,
technologies, and capital.
Key players/actors in globalization
The are many forces involved in the
process of interconnecting the world.
Politically, culturally and economically.
These forces are very influential in the
outcome of globalization which is
focused on profits and on interest.
1. International organization
2. Intergovernmental organization
3. International non-governmental
organization
4. Large Manufacturing
Corporations
5. Multinational corporation
6. Transnational corporation
Modern World System
● According to Immanuel
Wallestein, the modern world-
has boundaries, structures,
member groups, rules of
legitimation, and coherence.
Internationalization
● Is the process of increasing the
involvement of business in the
international arena.
● To better understand the system,
it is essential to understand what
is called a nation-state.
● A state- is a community of
persons, more or less
permanently occupying a fixed
territory, and possessing an
independent government
organized for political ends to
which the great body of
by
inhabitants render habitual
obedience.
● Nation- refers to a group of
person who shares common
characteristics like history or
origin, culture, religion and
language.
4 essential elements of state
1. People
2. Territory
3. Sovereignty
4. 4. Government
Institutions Governing International
Relations
● International institutions form a
vital part of contemporary
international relations. They are
the central focus of policymaking
efforts around the world.
Internationalism Vs Globalism
Internationalism
 ● is a principle of political,
economic, and cultural aspects
for the promotion of the common
good.
Globalism
● is an ideology based on the
belief that people, goods, and
information ought to be able to
cross national borders unfettered
Internationalism comes in three types
1. Hegemonic internationalism
2. Liberal internationalism
3. Revolution internationalism
Hegemonic internationalism
● is the belief that the world is
being integrated based on
unequal terms with the
dominance of one nation or
nation-state over others
● This leads to the belief that
hegemonic internationalism is, in
reality, one nation pursuing its
own national interests at the
expense of another nation. Nazi
Germany, Iran, and the United
States are all examples of a
nation pursuing hegemonic
internationalism.
Liberal internationalism
● a cluster of ideas derived from
the belief that international
progress is possible, where
progress is defined as a
movement toward increasing
levels of harmonious cooperation
between political communities.
● The key principles of liberal
internationalism are cooperation,
interdependence, international
organizations, and international
commerce. Cooperation — events.
Through cooperation and
collaboration, nations can move
past the states of anarchy and
violence to pursue mutual
interests together.
● ADVANTAGES: Together, they
hope to maintain global stability
and promote freedom for every
individual, no matter where
they're from or what they believe.
With Liberal Internationalism,
nations can pursue a strong
sense of global citizenship,
resulting in peace and security in
a variety of ways.
● Commonly cited examples of
liberal interventionism include
NATO's intervention in Bosnia
and Herzegovina; the 1999
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia;
British military intervention in the
Sierra Leone Civil War; and the
2011 military intervention in
Libya.
Revolution internationalism
● The Revolutionary Internationalist
Movement (RIM) was an
international communist
organization founded in France in
March 1984 by 17 various Maoist
organizations around the world. It
sought to "struggle for the
formation of a Communist
International of a new type,
based on Marxism–Leninism–
Maoism
Proletarian internationalism
● sometimes referred to as
international socialism, is the
perception of all communist
revolutions as being part of a
single global class struggle
rather than separate localized
● It is based on the theory that especially after the ascension of
capitalism is a world system and Joseph Stalin. Despite this, the
therefore the working classes of Soviet Union continued to foster
all nations must act in concert if international ties with communist
they are to replace it with and left-wing parties and
communism. governments around the world.[3]
● Proponents of proletarian It played a fundamental role in
internationalism often argued that the establishment of several
the objectives of a given socialist states in Eastern Europe
revolution should be global rather after World War II and backed the
than local in scope creation of others in Asia, Latin
● for example, triggering or America, and Africa. The Soviets
perpetuating revolutions also funded dozens of insurgencies
elsewhere. Proletarian being waged against non-communist
internationalism is closely linked governments by the leftist guerrilla.
to the goals of world revolution, to
be achieved through successive
or simultaneous communist
revolutions in all nations.
According to Marxist theory,
successful proletarian
internationalism should lead to
world communism and eventually
stateless communism.
● Proletarian internationalism was
strongly embraced by the first
communist party, the Communist
League, as exercised through its
slogan "Proletarians of all
countries, unite!", later
popularized as "Workers of the
world, unite!" in English literature.
● This notion was also embraced
by the Bolshevik Party. After the
formation of the Soviet Union,
Marxist proponents of
internationalism suggested that
country could be used as a
"homeland of communism" from
which revolution could be spread
around the globe. Though the
world revolution continued to
figure prominently in Soviet
rhetoric for decades, it no longer
superseded domestic concerns
on the government's agenda,