Global Governance & Neo-Liberal Globalization

It is recommended that each of the three answers be no shorter than 250 words and no longer than 500 words. Please provide a word count with each answer. (iv) Note that some attention will be paid to writing, esp. from the perspective of comprehensibility, answer ALL three questions and ALL their components. 1. (a) Briefly articulate a generic global-governance proposal that serves as response to several of the global problems covered in the course; it should be described briefly. (b) List those global problems to which this serves as a response, with one or more brief explanations for the list. (c) List those global problems to which it will not serve as a response, again with one or more brief explanations for the list. The generic global-governance proposal can be anywhere on the spectrum from a small, incremental or marginal change to radical or even utopian change. The following is the list of global problems that were covered in the course: global economic instability; the 2008 economic crisis for developing countries; threats to national economic self-determination; global poverty; global gender inequality; poverty-related crime in a global context; corruption and tax evasion; terrorism; food insecurity and industrial agriculture; global depletion of natural resources; unsustainability, human insecurity and disasters; climate change; the resource curse; civil wars; the global refugee crisis. 2. (a) Explain Varoufakis’ Global Surplus Recycling Mechanism and why he considers it important for the current global economy. (b) Distinguish between demand-side and supply-side economics. (c) Where does Varoufakis’ approach belong on this spectrum? 3. “The power of the anti-globalization movement”: (a) Briefly discuss the different conceptions (a) of “power”, (b) of “the anti-globalization movement” and (c) of “the power of the antiglobalization movement”. With respect to (c), build on your discussion of the first two terms, but you have much scope for using your own judgement. (d) Why has Guy Standing presented the “precariat” as “politically dangerous”?

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Economic instability and crises I: the late 20th Centur

Buzdugan, Stephen, and Anthony Payne (2016). The long battle for global governance. (Routledge.) Ch. 6 (“Towards global crisis”): 145-170.

Varoufakis, Yanis (2011). The global Minotaur: America, the true origins of the financial crisis and the future of the world economy. (Zed Books.) Ch 6 (“Crash”): 136-168. Ch 7 (“The handmaidens strike back”): 169-184.

Buzdugan, Stephen, and Anthony Payne (2016). The long battle for global governance. (Routledge.) Ch. 5 (“The proclaimed new world order”): 119-144.

Varoufakis, Yanis (2011). The global Minotaur: America, the true origins of the financial crisis and the future of the world economy. (Zed Books.) Ch.4 (“The global Minotaur”): 90-112. Ch.5 (“The beast’s handmaidens”): 113-135

Economic instability and crises II: the early 21st Century

Buzdugan, Stephen, and Anthony Payne (2016). The long battle for global governance. (Routledge.) Ch. 6 (“Towards global crisis”): 145-170.

Varoufakis, Yanis (2011). The global Minotaur: America, the true origins of the financial crisis and the future of the world economy. (Zed Books.) Ch 6 (“Crash”): 136-168. Ch 7 (“The handmaidens strike back”): 169-184.

Global economic instability, developing countries and unsustainabilit

Wikipedia contributors (2016). “Financialization”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Financialization (accessed 2017 Jan 6).

Poverty and unjust employment condition

Wikipedia contributors (2017). “Poverty”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poverty (accessed 2017 Jan 6). Required for the presenters; optional for the rest of the class:

Stiglitz, Joseph E. (2002). “Employment, social justice and societal well-being”. International Labour Review, 141 (1-2): 9-29. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/download/pdf/stiglitz.pdf

 

Human, food and environmental insecurit

Wikipedia contributors (2017). “Food security”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Food_security (accessed 2017 Jan 7).

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Wikipedia contributors (2017). “Global warming”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_warming (accessed 2016 Jan 6).

Wikipedia contributors (2017). “Aid”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aid (accessed 2017 Jan 7).

 

 

Corruption, crime and displacement

Wikipedia contributors (2017). “Corruption”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corruption (accessed 2017 Jan 6). Wikipedia contributors (2016). “Refugee crisis.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Refugee_crisis (accessed 2017 Jan 6).

Wikipedia contributors (2016). “Refugee crisis.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Refugee_crisis (accessed 2017 Jan 6)

 

The resource curse, organized violence and the arms trade

Wikipedia contributors (2017). “Resource curse.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Resource_curse (accessed 2017 Jan 6). Wikipedia contributors (2016). “Greed versus grievance”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greed_versus_grievance (accessed 2017 Jan 6). Wikipedia contributors (2017). “Definitions of terrorism”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Definitions_of_terrorism (accessed 2017 Jan 6). Wikipedia contributors (2016). “Arms industry”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arms_industry (accessed 2017 Jan 6). Wikipedia contributors (2016). “Small arms trade”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Small_arms_trade (accessed 2017 Jan 6). Wikipedia contributors (2016). “Humanitarian intervention”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Humanitarian_intervention (accessed 2017 Jan 6).

Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams (1995/2008). The craft of research. (University of Chicago Press.) Ch. 7 (“Making good arguments: an overview”): 108-119. (You may also find other parts of the book helpful.)

 

Review of the assessments of neoliberal globalization in relation to global problems

No new readings. Review the global problems in Part 2, their relationship to neoliberal globalization and their implications for global governance.

 

Neoliberal globalization, power, structural stress, legitimacy and the politics of opposition I: conceptual

Grassroots Policy Project (2007). “The 3 faces of power”. Grassroots Policy Project. http://www.strategicpractice.org/system/files/three_faces_of_power3.pdf; accessed 2017 Jan. 12. 1 page. It contains no references; the crucial references are the following: Bachrach, P. and Baratz, M. (1962). “Two Faces of Power”. American Political Science Review, 56: 947-52. Dahl, R.A. (1957). “The Concept of Power”. Behavioral Science, 2(3): 201-215. Lukes, S. (1974). Power: A Radical View. (London: Macmillan Press.)

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Allison, Lincoln (1996/2016). “Power”. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics. 3rd edn. (Oxford University Press.) http://www.oxfordreference.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/view/10.1093/acr ef/9780199207800.001.0001/acref-9780199207800-e1065?rskey=0xiSCY&result=1142; accessed 2017 Jan. 12. Ca. 2 pp.

Ferguson, Niall (2003). “What is power?” Hoover Digest 2003 No. 2. (ca. 11pp.) http://www.hoover.org/research/what-power; accessed 2014 aug9.

Wikipedia contributors (2017). “Crisis”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crisis&oldid=759377179 (access ed January 10, 2017). Ca. 4 pp.

Cerutti, Furio (2011). “The deeper roots of legitimacy and its future”. Review of International Political Economy 18(1): 121-130. http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/doi/full/10.1080/0969 2290.2011.545221?src=recsys; accessed 2017 Jan. 5.

Wikipedia contributors (2017). “Anti-globalization movement.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antiglobalization_movement&oldid=758397821 (accessed 2017 Jan. 12.) Ca. 10 pp.

 

Neoliberal globalization, power, structural stress, legitimacy and the politics of opposition II:

Varoufakis, Yanis (2011). The global Minotaur: America, the true origins of the financial crisis and the future of the world economy. (Zed Books.) Ch.8 (“The Minotaur’s global legacy: the dimming sun, the wounded tigers, a flighty Europa and an anxious dragon”): 185-220. Ch.9 (“A future without the Minotaur”): 221-246.

Caporaso, James A., and Mary Anne Madeira (2012). Globalization, institutions and governance. (Sage.)

7Ch. 7 (“Conclusion”): 168-173.

Buzdugan, Stephen, and Anthony Payne (2016). The long battle for global governance. (Routledge.) “Conclusion: Global governance amidst great uncertainty”: 171-179.

Standing, Guy (2011). “The Precariat – The new dangerous class”. Policy Network. http://www.policynetwork.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=4004&title=+The+Precariat+%E2%80%93 +The+new+dangerous+class; accessed 2017 Jan. 12. Ca. 3 pp.