Reading Assignment 3: Political Globalization——LUBINGNAN

 1) SUMMARY  

The authors argue that political globalization can be understood as a tension between three processes that interact to produce a complex global political sphere; globalization has led to an expansion of the political scale, resulting in a major reassessment of the role and meaning of borders. Spaces of political construction. The emergence of new political spaces and the attendant border/re-border opportunities. The relationship between space and borders is central to understanding political globalization. New spaces and new forms of connection can be seen as an integral part of social and political relations.

Political globalization refers to the intensification and expansion of political relations on a global scale. These processes raise a number of important political issues that are related to the principle of national sovereignty, the growing influence of intergovernmental organizations, and the prospect of local and global governance. Clearly, these themes correspond to the evolution of political arrangements beyond the framework of the nation-state, thus opening up entirely new conceptual foundations. After all, for centuries, human beings have constructed their political differences in terms of territorial boundaries, thereby creating a sense of "belonging" to a particular nation-state.

The artificial division of the earth's social space into "home" and "foreign" is in contrast to the creation of a collective identity based on a common "we" and an unfamiliar "they. This corresponds to the creation of a collective identity based on a common "we" and an unfamiliar "they. Thus, modern nation-state systems rely on psychological roots and cultural imaginaries that convey a sense of existential security and historical continuity, while demanding that citizens be tested by national loyalties. Under the influence of the demonization of the Other, people believe in the superiority of their own nation, which provides the necessary mental energy to wage large-scale wars, just as the powerful productive capacity of the modern state provided the necessary material conditions for the "total war" of the last century.

 2）INTERESTING POINT

British Scholar Alan Milward claims that European integration was launched and has been fueled by the need of European nation states for the rescue of themselves. It has been a result of their choice between two international frameworks--integration and interdependence. This theory of 'choice by nation states' illuminates the relationship between European integration and nation states, and reasonably defends the sovereign status of nation state. It has both great academic value and practical significance. Its shortcoming lies in its one-factor explanation.

3)  DISCUSSION POINT

What are the benefits of political globalization for developing countries?





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