Political

Globalization
 Outline of the lesson
 Defining Political Globalization
 End of World War II and Rise of United Nations
 What is an International Organization?
 Concept of Progressive Politics
 Difference between Internationalism, Nationalism and
Globalization
 Types of Internationalism
 International Organization
 The United Nations
 Challenges of the United Nations
 Learning Objectives:

 Identify key events in the development of

international relations

 Differentiate internationalization from globalization

 Discuss historical evolution of international politics
 Define global governance
 Identify the roles and functions of the United Nations,
and
 Determine the challenges of global governance in the
twenty-first century
POLITICAL GLOBALIZATION
 Political globalization can refer to the
increasing, shared, conviction that all
people should be governed by their own
consent and a rule of law.

 It may also refer to the increasing number of

inter-governmental organizations (IGO’s)
with global scope and the increasing
numbers of countries that participate in
those IGO’s.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
 The term is commonly used to refer to
intergovernmental organization or
groups that are primarily made up of
member-states.
 IO’s are actors in world politics.
 They are constituted by international law as
independent entities, separate from the states
that make them up as their founders and their
members.
 The League of Nations, 1920

 The League of Nations was an international

organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland,
created after the First World War to provide a forum for
resolving international disputes.
 Though first proposed by President Woodrow Wilson as
part of his Fourteen Points plan for an equitable peace
in Europe, the United States never became a member.
 The League of Nations, 1920

The League of Nations - the first 'world organisation

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWc5-thIkEQ

What was the League of Nations

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywMlFMEMSLw

Did the League of Nations Ultimately Fail?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71zMKswbJJM
 United Nations

 The United Nations is an

intergovernmental organization that aims
to maintain international peace and
security, develop friendly relations among
nations, achieve international
cooperation, and be a centre for
harmonizing the actions of nations.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY

● The General Assembly is

the most representative of
the organs of United
Nations. It consist of all the
members of the United
Nations.
● Universal representation
(193 members)
● The General Assembly
decides on essential
questions with a simple
majority
The United Nations Security Council

 is one of the six principal

organs of the United
Nations, charged with
ensuring international
peace and security,
recommending the
admission of new UN
members to the General
Assembly, and
approving any changes
to the UN Charter.
United Nations
How does the United Nations work? |
RMIT University
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=QoIafzc0k74&t=7s
United Nations

● PERMANENT MEMBERS
OF THE SECURITY
COUNCIL
(known as the Permanent Five
or P5)

● United States
● Russia
● China
● France
● United Kingdom
Secretary-General of the
United Nations

António Guterres
The secretary-general of the
United Nations is the head of
the United Nations Secretariat,
one of the six principal organs of
the United Nations. The
secretary-general serves as the
chief administrative officer of the
United Nations
 Internationalism

 “Principle of cooperation among

nations, for the promotion of their
common good, sometimes as
contrasted with nationalism, or
devotion to the interest of a
particular nation.”
 Concept of Progressive
Politics

 Progressive politics is basically

sharing of benefits among the nation
states in the international paradigm.

“Bringing the states back to progressive

politics known as internationalism.”
 Difference between

 Concept of globalization is not at

state level.
 Concept of internationalism is based
on state level.
 Nationalism promotes sense of self
superiority, but internationalism
promotes international cooperation.
 How Nationalism and
Globalism can co exist

 https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDClQv1
SeeE
 Internationalism and
Motives

 Three types of internationalism

 Liberal

 Revolutionary

 Hegemonic
 Liberal Internationalism

 “Cooperation among the state is

inevitable for achieving the common
goals in the world.”
Liberal Internationalism
 Revolutionary
Internationalism

 “Conflicts within the societies are

determined by international factors.”
Revolutionary
Internationalism
 Hegemonic
Internationalism

 Hegemony- dominance of one state

on other state or social group on
other social group.
 World being integrated based on
unequal term with the dominance of
one state over the other.
Internationalism
 Motives behind
Internationalism

 Self determination
 Humanitarianism/global citizenship
 Peace and Security
 Economic stability
Internationalism
Internationalism
Humanitarianism/Global
Citizenship
Peace and Security
Economic Stability