W10. Political Globalization / Jeong Myung Hee

2015048540 Jeong Myunghee

1. Summary

1)    The transformation of the public sphere and communication

    According to this part, communication is central to politics. And the global is not
    outside the social world but is inside it in numerous ways. So, it is possible to see political communication in the public sphere as increasingly framed by global issues. And it is different from global geopolitics.

2)    The centrality of civil society

    Below paragraphs are associated with the changing relationships between state, society and the individual. This part is about emerging reality of global civil society is necessary to give consideration to a related development which we can term the ‘civil societalization’ of politics. Global civil society holds the promise of resolving contradictory tendencies, which have become central to the experience globality.

3)    The transformation of spaces and borders

    There is the relationship between globalization and new political spaces and borders revolves around two key spatial dynamics. The first is associated with the work of Castells. He said the space of flows to social practices without geographical contiguity. And the second dynamic is best represented by beck’s idea of cosmopolitanization or globalization from within societies. He said nature of state and society is undergoing change as a result of globalization. And the globe can be experienced as a sing political space which can be the focus of political attachments and identities.

2.     Interesting points.

    I felt difficult when I first saw the title ‘political globalization’. And next, I guessed that it is associated with spreads of political system such as democracy or parliamentary politics. But there are multidimensional norms for it. The most interesting part for me is the last one ‘the transformation of spaces and borders’. After I read that part, I realized that have put globalization before politics during reminding ‘globalization’. However, I learned that can see nature of state and society is undergoing change as a result of globalization by the writing.

3.     Discussion points

     After I read it, I have some curious things. Is political globalization gives us advantages than disadvantages? It can make problems by spreading ideology, system of law and so on.