Syllabus GLOBALIZATION AND DEMOCRACY IN WLD POLITICS - 58355 Last update 27-01-2014 HU Credits: 2 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: Academic year: 0 Semester: 2nd Semester Teaching Languages: Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Coordinator Email: mor.mitrani@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Monday 16:00-17:00 Teaching Staff: Mor Mitrani page 1 / 8
Course/Module description: The concept of Globalization has become in recent decades a dominant prism to understand and explain contemporary international reality, at both the statists and non-statist levels. This course will seek to focus on th effects of economic and political aspects of globalization on democratic processes, concepts and patterns in world politics. Throughout the course we will explore the interplay between globalization and democracy via five dimensions: (1) in the statist dimension we will explore potential effects of processes of globalization on the statist authority and political autonomy of the state in maintaining and designing the relations between the state and its citizens. (2) In the international dimension we will focus on international organization, as both promoting democracy and as democratic institutions for themselves. (3) at the regional level, we will scrutinize the effects of economic regional features on democratic processes in developing regions on the one hand, and in the democratic features of regional governance institutions on the other hand. (4) at the trans-national aspect we will focus on the concept of global civil society and the democratic characteristics of trans-national actors in general and transnational corporations specifically; (5) In the global level we will discuss in both normative and practical level the possibility of constituting global democracy and the democratic aspects of global governance. Course/Module aims: The objective of this course is to expose students to contemporary academic and political discourse regarding the need to further understand and explore the effects and implications of processes of globalization in the democratic aspects of world politics. Throughout the course the students will discuss these subjects from a critical perspective and based on a complex and multifaceted conception of the political structures, actors and interactions that compose contemporary world politics. The course will present the challenges of designing world policies and the different perspective to analyze them. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: At the end of the course students will be able to point on central approaches in the research of democracy and globalization and their interplay. Additionally, students will develop the ability to analyze the interplay between the two concepts at the various levels of analysis from both economic and political perspectives. The students will be able to suggest independent argumentation regarding different contemporary issues that interlink processes of globalization to different features of globalization in various political arenas. Attendance requirements(%): 80 page 2 / 8
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lecture and class discussion Course/Module Content: 1. Introduction: The class will present the structure and contents of the course and will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the attempt to explore relations between concepts in general and conceptual changes in particular. Sartori, Giovanni. "Concept misformation in comparative politics." The American Political Science Review (1970): 1033-1053. Collier, David, and Steven Levitsky. "Democracy with adjectives: conceptual innovation in comparative research." World politics 49.03 (1997): 430-451. Fiss, Peer C., and Paul M. Hirsch. "The discourse of globalization: Framing and sensemaking of an emerging concept." American Sociological Review 70.1 (2005): 29-52. 2. Conceptualization I: Globalization as dynamic concept Globalization as change in the conception of political sphere features and dimensions Globalization Historical process or social phenomenon? Globalization cause or effect? Held, David and Anthony McGrew, The Great Globalization Debate: An Introduction, in The Global Transformations Reader (Cambridge: Polity Press), 1-42. Rodrik, Dani. "Sense and nonsense in the globalization debate." Foreign Policy(1997): 19-37. 3. Conceptualization II: Democracy as dynamic concept From ancient Greece to global democracy democracy as a socio-historic concept What turns a political system to democratic The features of the contemporary (liberal)-democratic state What is non-statist democracy? How can we assess and measure democracy? How can we assess and measure changes in democracy? Schmitter, Philippe C., and Terry Lynn Karl. "What democracy is... and is not." Journal of Democracy 2.3 (1991): 75-88. Held, David. Democracy and the Global Order, Chapter 1 Stories of Democracy: Old and New (sections 1.1; 1.2). pp. 1-22. Saward, Michael. "Democratic theory and indices of democratization." Defining and Measuring Democracy (1994): 6-24. Diamond, Larry and Leonardo Morlino, Introduction in L. Diamond and L. Morlino (eds.) Assessing the Quality of Democracy (The John Hopkins University Press, 2005). page 3 / 8
Freedom House, Freedom in the World Survey: Methodology - http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world-2012/methodology 4. State I: the effects of economic liberalization on the democratic state How does economic liberalization challenge state autonomy? If and how does the capitalist state ensure the well-beings of (all) of its citizens? How do economic liberalization processes affect the level of equality within the state? Rodrik, Dani. "How far will international economic integration go?." The Journal of Economic Perspectives 14.1 (2000): 177-186. Scharpf, Fritz Globalization and the Political Economy of Capitalist Democracies in David Held & Anthony McGrew (eds.), The Global Transformations Reader, pp. 370-378. Brune, Nancy, and Geoffrey Garrett. "The globalization Rorschach test: international economic integration, inequality, and the role of government." Annual Review Political Science. 8 (2005): 399-423. 5. State II: The globalization of socio-democratic values The tension between globalization, liberalism and democracy: The end of states sovereignty? From non-intervention to Responsibility to Protect: promoting freedom or antidemocratic act? In the name of who/what it is just to conduct humanitarian intervention? Can we forcefully promote democracy? Is it right to forcefully promote democracy? Diamond, Larry "Can the Whole World Become Democratic? Democracy, Development, and International Policies," Center for the Study of Democracy, (2003). Grugel, Jean. "Democratization studies: Citizenship, globalization and governance. Government and Opposition 38.2 (2003): 238-264. The Responsibility to Protect. Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty IDRC Canada, 2001, Chapters 1 & 2 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and George Downs, Intervention and Democracy, International Organization (July 2006): 627-49. Eva Bellin, The Iraqi Intervention and Democracy in Comparative Historical Perspective," Political Science Quarterly (Winter 2004-2005): 595-608. 6. International I: International organizations as democracy promoters: The conditionality policy of the international economic institutions: from the Washington Consensus to the post-washington consensus Economic liberalization and state-level democratization: what precedes what? International organizations democratic socialization agents - deliberative democracy in the international arena page 4 / 8
Stiglitz, Joseph.Globalization and its Discontents (Penguin, 2002), Chapter 2. Pevehouse, Jon C. "Democracy from the outside-in? International organizations and democratization." International Organization 56.03 (2002): 515-549. Keohane, Robert O., Stephen Macedo, and Andrew Moravcsik. "Democracyenhancing multilateralism." International Organization 63.01 (2009): 1-31. 7. International II: Democracy in International Organizations The democratic deficit concept: Can international organizations should be democratic? Can international organizations be democratic? What are the legitimacy sources of the international organizations? Between power and democracy- (in-) equality and decision making processes in international organizations. Dahl, Robert A. "Can international organizations be democratic? A skeptics view. Democracys edges (1999): 19-36. Moravcsik, Andrew. "Is there a democratic deficit in World Politics? A Framework for analysis." Government and opposition 39.2 (2004): 336-363. Chowla, Peter, Jeffrey Oatham, and Claire Wren. Bridging the democratic deficit: Double majority decision making and the IMF. One World Trust, 2007. Executive summary: http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/doc/wbimfgov/doublemajority_imf.pdf Kahler, Miles. "Defining accountability up: The global economic multilaterals." Government and Opposition 39.2 (2004): 132-158. 8. Regional I Globalization, Under-development and democracy in the Third World Do No Harm? The role and contribution of external actors in democratization processes in Third World. Democratization processes in the Third World - a catalizator for peace or an incentive to conflict escalation. Democracy before statehood: If and how can we promote democracy in areas of limited statehood Fukuyama, Francis. "The imperative of state-building." Journal of Democracy 15.2 (2004): 17-31. Collier, Paul, Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places. (Bodley Head,2009) Introduction, pp.1-14. Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, and George W. Downs. "Development and Democracy. Foreign Affairs 84 (2005): 77. Rudra, Nita. "Globalization and the Strengthening of Democracy in the Developing World." American Journal of Political Science 49.4 (2005): 704-730. Krastev, Ivan. "The Balkans: democracy without choices." Journal of Democracy 13.3 (2002): 39-53. Hippler, Jochen. "Democratization after Civil WarsKey Problems and Experiences. page 5 / 8
Democratisation 15.3 (2008): 550-569. 9. Regional II Democratic governance and regional integration The European Union: From national demos to regional demos? Who is the responsible adult accountability in the regional arena and in times of financial crisis Civil participation and institutional legitimacy in the regional level If and under which conditions can regional institution replace the state? Dahl, Robert A Democratic Dilemma: System Effectiveness versus Citizen Participation, Political Science Quarterly (Spring 1994): 23-34. Zrn, Michael. "Democratic governance beyond the nation-state: The EU and other international institutions." European Journal of International Relations 6.2 (2000): 183-221. Schmidt, Vivien A. "The European Union: Democratic Legitimacy in a Regional State?*." JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 42.5 (2004): 975-997. Moravcsik, Andrew. "Reassessing legitimacy in the European Union." JCMS:?*." JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 40.4 (2002): 603-624. 10. Transnational I non-state actors A leverage for profits or moral commitment: TNCs and CSR Naming and Shaming can negative publication and public shaming affect human rights policies? To whom non-state actors account to? What is the role of accountability in the trans-national arena? Macdonald, Terry, and Kate Macdonald. "Non-Electoral Accountability in Global Politics: Strengthening Democratic Control within the Global Garment Industry." European Journal of International Law 17.1 (2006): 89-119. Hafner-Burton, Emilie M. "Sticks and stones: Naming and shaming the human rights enforcement problem." International Organization 62 (2008): 689-716. Kobrin, Stephen J. "Sovereignty@ bay: Globalization, multinational enterprise, and the international political system." The Oxford handbook of international business (2001): 181-205. KoenigArchibugi, Mathias. "Transnational corporations and public accountability. Government and Opposition 39.2 (2004): 234-259. 11. Transnational II: The Global Civil Society The third sector 2.0 What is the global civil society: featurs, actors, intersts What is global in the global civil society? Who does it represent? What values does it promote? The global civil society and the international community compete or complete? Anheier, Helmut, Marlies Glasius, and Mary Kaldor. "Introducing global civil society." Global civil society 4 (2001). Kaldor, Mary, The idea of global civil society. International Affairs, 79 (2003):583593. page 6 / 8
Anderson, Kenneth, and David Rieff. "'Global civil society': a sceptical view." Global Civil Society, Helmut Anheier, Marlies Glasius, Mary Kaldor, eds., Sage (2005): 2008-69. Pasha, Mustapha Kamal, and David L. Blaney. "Elusive paradise: The promise and peril of global civil society." Alternatives Global, Local, Political 23.4 (1998): 417-450. 12. Global I: Democratic aspects of global governance Under which conditions global governance can be democratic? Can we apply the indicators and criteria of democracy at the state level to the global one? How? Is there an inherent conflict between the idea of nation-state and democratic values in the context of globalization? Does, normatively, democracy can only be constituted at the supra-national level? Bolton, John Should We Take Global Governance Seriously? Chicago Journal of International Law (Fall 2000). Held, D., The Global Covenant (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2004), Chapter 6&7 Held, D., Models of Democracy (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2006), Chapter 11, 290-311. 13. Global II: global democracy a feasible vision or utopia? The cosmopolitan perspective of global democracy what are its normative principles? How can these principles be apllied practically? What are the limits of global democracy? How can we manage the world democratically? Archibugi, Daniele. "Cosmopolitan democracy and its critics: a review." European Journal of International Relations 10.3 (2004): 437-473. Held, David. Cosmopolitanism: ideas, realties and deficits: in Governing Globalization, 304-324. Gצrg, C. and Hirsch, J., 'Is International Democracy Possible?' Review of International Political Economy 5, no. 4 (1998): 585-615. 14. Summary Required Reading: Additional Reading Material: page 7 / 8
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