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Globalization, political costs, and strategic decisions

Posted on:2005-02-14Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Michigan State UniversityCandidate:Hwang, WonjaeFull Text:PDF
GTID:1456390008998899Subject:Political science
Abstract/Summary:
The "third wave of democratization" along with the ongoing economic globalization in the last two decades has made domestic politics important in the modern society. Characterized by the advent of new actors and new global issues, globalization or economic interdependence mandates that scholars in international relations look carefully at the process of decision-making in international politics. With the growing importance of domestic politics and domestic actors, a structural proposition that international structural factors dominate states' behavior has been weakened. In fact, international political events are basically determined by the interaction between these multiple levels: the state level, the dyadic state level, and the international system level. In this regard, this dissertation assesses multilevel structures in decisions on international political events.; Investigating political leaders' strategic consideration on political cost, it attempts to explain the varying effect of economic liberalization on interstate conflict. Contrary to the liberal peace, the effect of economic interdependence on the onset of international conflict is not constant but heterogeneous, depending on domestic political situation. The effect of economic globalization on national welfare should be examined not only by overall economic growth but also by inequality within countries. If economic globalization is associated with the increase of inequality within countries, the pacifying effect of trade on interstate conflict can be offset.; In sum, this study explores a theoretically and empirically proper way of analyzing the effect of economic globalization on international relations and political leaders' strategic decisions.
Keywords/Search Tags:Globalization, Political, Strategic, International, Effect, Domestic
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