CQ: What alternatives does transnationalism offer

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Chapter 5

• CQ What alternatives does transnationalism offer?

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I. The Origins and Impact of Transnationalism
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Definition Phenomena that connect humans across
nations and boundaries

• Sources
• Global interaction
• Human thought

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II. Transnational Interaction

• Prediction
• Scope and level will continue to expand
• Consequences?

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Transnational Economics

• Economic interdependence
• Personal Impact?
• Peer examination exercise
• Trade global/cultural familiarity
• What is the supposed correlation?

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Transnational Communications

• Promotes common culture
• Familiarity with distant people
• Effects of modern technology
• Undermines authoritarian governments?
• Media reality distant events

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Transnational Transportation

• Promotes familiarity
• Trade
• Tourism

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Transnational organizations

• Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
• Increasing number
• Disenchantment with existing political
  organizations

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NGOs and transnationalism

• Advance many causes
• Facilitate networks of contacts and interaction
• Transnational Advocacy Networks (TANs)
• Pressure governments to support their causes

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III.Transnational Women's Movement
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Gender Issues

• Socioeconomic and political gender equality does
  not exist

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Transnational Women's Movement Philosophy and
Goals

• Diverse movement
• Beijing 5 Conference

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Women are underrepresented in world politics

• Conceptual differences between male and female
  points of view
• Differing views of political priorities
• Peace v. Security
• Agenda for change
• Increase women's political participation
• Improve women's reality
• Education Impact of women's illiteracy on
  entire society

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• CQ What alternatives does transnationalism offer?

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Transnational Women's Movement Programs and
Progress

• Global conferences
• UN Conference on Population and Development
  (UNCPD)
• Fourth World Conference on Women (WCW)

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Impact

• Cultural differences among women narrowing?
• Advancement of women in politics
• The UN?
• The US?

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IV. Transnational Religion
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Religion and World Politics

• Ancient force in international politics
• Humanistic
• Source of bloody conflict, subjugation of peoples
• Crusades, Thirty Years' War, imperial era,
  India/Pakistan, Yugoslavia, Ireland
• Exerts influence through IGOs and NGOs
• Roman Catholic Church

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The Strength of Religious Fundamentalism
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Fundamentalism Conservative religious values
incorporated into secular political activities

• Some believe religious affiliation should be
  political and supersede patriotism
• Link between religious fundamentalism and
  nationalism
• Examples?

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Transnational Culture

• The Culture of McWorld
• Macrolevel approach
• Common culture
• Language
• Modern communications
• Consumer products

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Resistance to common culture

• Cultural pride
• Protectionism France

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The Culture of Jihad

• Conflict along cultural lines
• Samuel P. Huntington The clash of civilizations
• Eurocentrism
• Rwanda
• Kosovo
• Racism, ethnic and religious intolerance--
  Serbs
• Siege mentality in West

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Transnationalism Tomorrow

• Common culture versus nationalism

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Chapter 5

• CQ Review Are transnational alternatives better
  than the status quo?