Controversies in Globalization : Contending Approaches to International Relations.
- 2nd ed.
- 1 online resource (649 pages)
CONTROVERSIES IN GLOBALIZATION-FRONT COVER -- CONTROVERSIES IN GLOBALIZATION -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- About The Editors -- About The Contributors -- PREFACE -- How The Book Is Organized -- Acknowledgments -- UNDERSTANDING GLOBALIZATION -- What's New About Globalization? -- Technological Innovation -- Expanded Economic Interdependence -- Trade -- Investment -- Demographic Dispersion -- Political Diversification -- Environmental Degradation (And Concern) -- Ideational Convergence -- Globalization's Effects -- Power Shifts -- Shifting Political Identities -- Complexity of Decision Making -- Perspectives On Globalization -- Political Realism: L'état Eternel -- Market Liberalism: Swords into Stock Shares -- Skepticism: Accentuate the Positive and Adjust the Negative -- Radicalism: Challenge the Dominant Paradigm -- Cosmopolitan Transformationalism: Jazz and Constant Improvisation -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- CHAPTER 1: TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: DOES TRADE LIBERALIZATION CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY? -- Discussion Questions -- YES: David Dollar, U.S. Treasury Department -- Growing Integration Between North And South -- The Link From Integration To Growth -- China -- India -- Vietnam -- Uganda -- Conclusion -- Notes -- NO: Robert H. Wade, London School of Economics and Political Science -- Givens -- Free Trade Theory -- Evidence for Free Trade -- New Trade Theory -- New New Trade Theory -- Theories of Increasing Returns, Multiple Equilibria, and Spatial Structure -- Industrial Policy And Inter-State Competition -- Evidence -- Optimal Trade Policy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- CHAPTER 2: TRADE AND EQUALITY: DOES FREE TRADE PROMOTE ECONOMIC EQUALITY? -- Discussion Questions -- Note -- YES: L. Alan Winters, University of Sussex -- Ground Clearing -- Trade and Inter-Country Inequality. Trade and Intra-Country Inequality -- Intra-Country Inequality: The Direct Effects On Households -- Taxation -- Prices and Markets -- Factor Markets -- Conclusion -- Notes -- NO: Kate Vyborny and Nancy Birdsall, Center for Global Development -- Free Trade Increases Income -- The Role of Relative Inequality -- Economic Theory and Economic Realities -- Adjustment Costs -- Advantages for Countries with Most Productive Assets -- Costs of Market Failures on the Poor -- Bias against the Poor in Global Economic Rules -- Solution: Complementary "Fair Growth" Policies -- A Global Social Contract -- Notes -- CHAPTER 3: POVERTY: CAN FOREIGN AID REDUCE POVERTY? -- Discussion Questions -- YES: Jeffrey D. Sachs, The Earth Institute at Columbia University -- Development Assistance As A Tool In Promoting Economic Development -- U.S. Commitments to Economic Development and Poverty Reduction -- Current Levels of U.S. Official Development Assistance in Comparative Perspective -- Private Development Assistance -- What Works and What Doesn't Work With ODA -- Modernizing U.S. Development Assistance In The Twenty-First Century -- The Goals -- The Technologies -- The Delivery Systems -- The Financing -- The Structure of U.S. Development Assistance -- The Financing of U.S. Development Assistance In The Next Administration -- Notes -- NO: George B. N. Ayittey, American University -- Africa's Leaky Begging Bowl -- Monumental Leadership Failure -- Acrobatics On Reform -- Better Ways Of Helping Africa -- Notes -- CHAPTER 4: FINANCIAL CRISES: WILL PREVENTING FUTURE FINANCIAL CRISES REQUIRE CONCERTED INTERNATIONAL RULEMAKING? -- Discussion Questions -- YES: Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Columbia University -- The Perils Of Gung-Ho International Financial Capitalism -- The Wrong Explanations -- Problems with Free Capital Flows -- The Wall Street-Treasury Complex. The Question of Malaysian Capital Controls -- Where Do We Stand? -- Lessons From The Current Crisis -- Market Fundamentalism -- Globalization and Financial Innovation -- Financial Regulation -- Free Trade, Not Protectionism -- Morality in the Financial Sector -- Note -- NO: Philip I. Levy, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs -- Introduction -- What Does It Mean To "Require" Coordination? -- Did A Lack of Coordination Cause The Global Financial Crisis? -- Were Countries Capable of Insulating Themselves? -- Weak Prospects For Coordination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- CHAPTER 5: TERRORISM AND SECURITY: IS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE TO NATIONAL SECURITY? -- Discussion Questions -- YES: Charles Duelfer, Omnis, Inc. -- Dynamics Of The Post-9/11 Decade -- Analyzing The Trends -- Terrorism and Security Policy -- Summary -- Notes -- NO: John Mueller, Ohio State University -- Evaluating The Challenge -- The Prospect of A Terrorist Nuclear Bomb -- The Challenge From Within -- Notes -- CHAPTER 6: NUCLEAR WEAPONS: SHOULD THE UNITED STATES OR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION POLICIES? -- Discussion Questions -- Note -- YES: Scott D. Sagan and Reid C. Pauly, Stanford University -- Why Worry? -- Iraq -- North Korea -- Iran -- Nuclear Terrorism -- Effective Nonproliferation Policies -- Proliferation Fatalism -- Global Zero -- Conclusions -- Notes -- NO: Todd S. Sechser, University of Virginia -- Proliferation and The Historical Record -- The Frequency of Armed Conflict -- The Intensity of Military Conflict -- Conventional-Arms Spending -- Do Near Misses Count? -- Proliferation and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- CHAPTER 7: MILITARY INTERVENTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS: IS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION JUSTIFIED BY WIDESPREAD HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES? -- Discussion Questions -- Note. YES: Jack Donnelly, University of Denver -- 1. Justification -- 2. The Genocide Exception -- 3. Authority, Intentions, Consequences, and Means -- 4. Justifying Armed Humanitarian Intervention -- 5. The Responsibility To Protect -- 6. Darfur -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- NO: Doug Bandow, The Cato Institute -- Notes -- CHAPTER 8: MARITIME SECURITY: DOES CONTROLLING PIRACY AND OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES REQUIRE SYSTEMATIC STATE INTERVENTIONS? -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- YES: Scott Mckenzie, World Affairs Council of New Orleans -- Somali Pirates-Failed States -- Anonymous and The Internet-New and Unregulated Territory -- Failure of International Control Results In Violations of Civil and Human Rights -- International Solutions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- NO: Karl T. Muth, London School of Economics and Political Science -- A Brief History of Private Security -- The Failure of State Cooperation -- The First Contention -- The Second Contention -- From Triage To Treatment -- Conclusion -- Notes -- CHAPTER 9: INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT: IS WAR LIKELY BETWEEN THE GREAT POWERS? -- Discussion Questions -- Note -- YES: John F. Copper, Rhodes College -- Defining The Great Powers and War -- A U.S.-China War: The State Level Of Analysis -- A U.S.-China War: The Global Level of Analysis -- A U.S. War With China: The Human Level of Analysis -- Conclusions -- Notes -- NO: Joshua S. Goldstein, School of International Service, American University -- Explaining The Great-Power Peace -- Strengthening Norms against Violence -- Nuclear Weapons -- Prosperity and Interdependence -- The United Nations -- Great-Power War Scenarios -- Proxy Wars -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 10: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CAN INTERNATIONAL REGIMES BE EFFECTIVE MEANS TO RESTRAIN CARBON EMISSIONS? -- Discussion Questions -- Note -- YES: Brent Ranalli, The Cadmus Group. Today's Sorry Situation -- Preliminaries -- Solid Foundations -- 1. A strong, versatile framework: convention and protocol -- 2. Differentiated responsibility -- 3. Meaningful commitments -- 4. Flexible implementation -- Echoes of The Montreal Protocol -- Stumbling Blocks In Climate Negotiations -- Effectiveness -- Procedural Issues -- Participation -- Diplomatic Windows of Opportunity -- Notes -- NO: Samuel Thernstrom, Clean Air Task Force -- The Quixotic Quest For Uniform National Emissions Standards -- The Futility Of Equity Arguments -- Differing Interests, Abilities, and Approaches To Climate Policy -- The Quest For A Comprehensive International Climate Policy -- Notes -- CHAPTER 11: THE FUTURE OF ENERGY: SHOULD GOVERNMENTS ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES TO HELP REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS? -- Discussion Questions -- YES: Christopher Flavin, Worldwatch Institute -- Avoiding Catastrophe -- The Convenient Truth -- Energy Productivity and Supply -- Making Energy Markets Work Through Government -- The Final Tipping Point -- Conclusion -- Notes -- NO: Michael Lynch, Strategic Energy & -- Economic Research, Inc. -- Finite Resources: Malthus Redux -- Benefits: Green Pie In The Sky? -- Pollution Reduction -- High Prices: Déjà Vu All Over Again -- Jobs -- Energy Security -- Coming Down To Earth -- Economics: Not The Only Thing, But At Least Something -- Other Shortcomings -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 12: HIV/AIDS: SHOULD THE WEALTHY NATIONS PROMOTE ANTI-HIV/AIDS EFFORTS IN POOR NATIONS? -- Discussion Questions -- YES: Mead Over, Center for Global Development -- NO: Mark Heywood, AIDS Law Project -- Is There A New Commitment To Global Health? -- From State To Nonstate -- Global Disease Threats: Self-Interest First -- Developing Countries: Health At The Margins. Health and Underdevelopment: Globalization and Its Consequence For Public Health.
In this reader 15 pairs of scholars and practitioners address current and relevant questions in international relations through brief "yes" and "no" pieces.