Globalization

I.                   Globalization is everywhere

a.     Something historically unique?

b.    Suspicion and specificity

II.                Meanings of globalization

a.     Broad meaning across social sciences

b.    International Relations and International Political Economy

                                                              i.      Reach of the market

                                                            ii.      Global production and organization

                                                          iii.      Global commodities

                                                         iv.      Global finance

III.             Interpreting globalization

a.     Powerless states?

                                                              i.      Competition state

b.    Quantitative questions

                                                              i.      More relations = ‘global’ relations?

                                                            ii.      Past eras of international trade

                                                          iii.      National or multinational?

                                                         iv.      Regulation and the ‘global’

c.     Qualitative questions

                                                              i.      Globalization or capitalism?

                                                            ii.      Preventing integration

                                                          iii.      Political strategy or mythical autonomy?