An Analysis Paper About Government and Citizens in A Globally Interconnected World of States by Hans Schattle

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Subject: The Contemporary World

Paper no.: CWP04


Name: HERMOGENES, ACE F.
Program: B.S. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Title of the paper:
"An Analysis Paper about Government and Citizens in a Globally Interconnected
World of States by Hans Schattle"

Globalization is one of the most debated topics in the early years of the
twentieth century and this century also shows that globalization has not been
replaced by state. It is an integration among the people, companies, and
governments of different nations. It is important to know and understand why
it matters and the functions of the states and the continuous reshape of its
roles. This paper will focus on the connection between the government and the
people and the effects of globalization to the role of the state today and for
the future.

One way to think of 'governance' is a purposeful system of rules or norms that


ensure order beyond what occurs 'naturally'. The Difference between a state
and a nation. State is a type of polity that is an organized political
community living under a single system of government and may or may not be
sovereign. Nation is a large group or collective of people with common
characteristics attributed to them including language, traditions, and
ethnicity.

Globalization has helped the world become more interconnected and has resulted
in improved trade and cultural exchange. Globalization has also assisted the
mass production of services and goods between different countries. Also the
government and the citizens should always work together for them to achieve
peace, make good relationships. We should learn to listen to each other
because in order to have an understanding and not ever complain about
everything.

The State in a World of Economic Interdependence, Globalization is commonly


equated with the rising momentum of global free-market capitalism in the final
decades of the twentieth century, the accompanying rise in transnational
enterprises, and the resulting disparities between easy flows of money and
commodities across international borders and the legal barriers and logistical
hurdles that keep most workers tied to their home communities. Washington
Consensus and its 'neo-liberal' emphasis on deregulation, privatization, and
free trade see Globalization as a forced-choice upon states to either meet the
free-market principles or run the risk of being left behind. One well-known
advocate of neoliberalism, journalist Thomas Friedman, translated this
orthodoxy into plain English when he came up with the phrase ‘Golden
Straitjacket’ to describe how states are now forced into policies that suit
the preferences of investment houses and corporate executives of investment
houses and corporate executives. This is also known as 'Electronic Herd,'
wherein the investors' investments are processed digitally. Because of this,
the states are now under the pressure of maintaining their economy in good
condition, or else they would be left behind, and their country might suffer.

The neoliberal theory is a product packaged for export to underdeveloped


nations. It is the most efficient allocation of resources, locally,
nationally, and internationally. Rich countries like the U.S, Germany, France
or Holland don't practice it to the same degree at home because their citizens
would be up in arms at the consequences.
Globalization has changed the role of the state in many ways politically
through interdependence and independence of states, socially through the
problems and threats of terrorism and deadly diseases, technologically
through the media and internet and economically through the change from
national to global economies. Globalization has changed the role of the
state politically because of strengthened interstate relationships and
dependence on one another. Most states now have a high dependence on others.
Terrorism is a new controlling power with its network system, showing a
decrease in the role of the state socially, as people are creang their
authories to control their people and take over the role of the state.
Similar to the media, the internet makes information available to everyone, so
the state does not now need to transfer information to its people. Economic
and political power is shifting around the world and to increasingly
important non-state actors.

REFERENCES:

Schattle, Hans, “The SAGE Handbook of Globalization”. Governments and Citizens


in a Globally Interconnected World of States, SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014,
London (pp. 105-122)

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