Sociology 2: International Sociology

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Review

• Political globalization at the organizational
  level
• Treaties, IGOs, INGOs
• Political globalization at the country level
• Means countries get organized as nation-states
• Regulates what nation-states do and how they
  interrelate

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Review

• The global polity affirms the status of all
  persons as citizens of a nation-state
• The global polity imbues all persons as
  individuals with human rights
• Civil protection
• Political participation
• Social access

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Evaluating Political Globalization

• Is political globalization good or bad?
• Good ifbenefits are widely distributed (a system
  of cooperation)
• Bad ifbenefits are narrowly distributed (a
  system of domination)

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Cooperation

• Political globalization involves an extraordinary
  proliferation of cooperative forms
  international treaties, intergovernmental
  organizations, etc. To some extent, these
  cooperative forms level the playing field among
  nation-states.

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Growth in Number of IGOs(UNESCO 2008)
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Examples of International Organizations

• United Nations
• United Nations Childrens Fund
• United Nations Environment Program
• World Food Council
• International Labor Organization
• Arab Fund for Economic Social Development
• International Olympic Committee
• International Red Cross
• Organization of African Unity

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Domination

• Or not some would argue that these cooperative
  forms do no more than lower the costs of
  domination, thus enhancing the capacities of the
  big guys.

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Military U.S. versus World 2002 (Center
for Defense Info)
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Nuclear Stockpiles
(source Nature 2004)
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UN Sec. Council Resolution, Approved Unanimously
11/02  (invasion 3/03)

• (AP) Recalling all its previous relevant
  resolutions, in particular its resolutions 661
  (1990) of 6 August 1990, 678 (1990) of 29
  November 1990, 686 (1991) of 2 March 1991, 687
  (1991) of 3 April 1991, 688 (1991) of 5 April
  1991, 707 (1991) of 15 August 1991, 715 (1991) of
  11 October 1991, 986 (1995) of 14 April 1995, and
  1284 (1999) of 17 December 1999 Recalling also
  its resolution 1382 (2001) of 29 November 2001
  and its intention to implement it fully,
  Recognizing the threat Iraq's noncompliance with
  council resolutions and proliferation of weapons
  of mass destruction and long-range missiles poses
  to international peace and security

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Cooperation or Domination?

• The evidence is mixed.