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Baylis & Smith: The Globalization of World Politics: 3eRevision guide

Chapter 01: The globalization of world politics

Over the last three decades the sheer scale and scope of globalinterconnectednes
s has become increasingly evident in every sphere from theeconomic to the cultur
al. Sceptics do not regard this as evidence of globalization ifthat term means s
omething more than simply international independence, i.e.linkages between count
ries. The key issue becomes what we understand by theterm 'globalization'.

Globalization is evident in the growing extensity, intensity, velocity and deepe

ningimpact of worldwide interconnectedness.

Globalization denotes a shift in the scale of social organization, the emergence

ofthe world as a shared social space, the relative de-territorialization of soc
ial,economic and political activity, and the relative de-nationalization of powe
r.

Globalization can be conceptualized as fundamental shift or transformation in th

espatial scale of human social organization that links distant communities andex
pands the reach of power relations across regions and continents.

Globalization is to be distinguished from internationalization and regionalizati

on.

The contemporary phase of globalization has proved more robust in the aftermatho
f September 11th than the sceptics recognize.

Contemporary globalization is a multi-dimensional, uneven, and asymmetricalproce

ss.

Contemporary globalization is best described as thick form of globalization orgl

obalism.

Globalization is transforming but not burying the Westphalian ideal of sovereign

statehood.

Globalization requires a conceptual shift in our thinking about world politics f

rom aprimarily geopolitical perspective to the perspective of globalized or glob

al politics the politics of worldwide social relations.

Global politics is more accurately described as distorted global politics becaus

e it isafflicted by significant power asymmetries.

Globalization creates a double democratic deficit in that it places limits ondem

ocracy within states and new mechanisms of global governance which lackdemocrati
c credentials