political globalization

1.Summary
Political Globalization emphasize the decline of the nation-state under the impact of global political forces, the development of transnational networks and flows, processes of re- and deterritorialization. Political globalization can be understood as a tension between three processes which interact to produce the complex field of global politics: global geopolitics, global normative culture and polycentric networks. First dimension of political globalization is the global geopolitics. There are the most universal form of political globalization is the parliamentary system. Second dimension of political globalization is the global normative culture. Global normative culture is a result of global communication and popular culture. Global normative culture has come into existence beyond the state system and exists in a relation of tension with states. Third dimension of political globalization is polycentric networks. A polycentric network is forms of non-territorial politics which emanate from a multiplicity of sites. Polycentric networks are associated with emerging forms of global governance. These three dimensions of political globalization are associated with the concept of global civil society. This concept corresponds to new spaces beyond the state and the inter-governmental domain. Also, it can go to various grass-roots organizations and social movements of all kinds ranging from globally organized anti-capitalist protests and global civil society movements.
Globalization has pressured on the relationship between political community and the exercise of legitimate violence. The resulting crisis of the nation-state is apparent in the transformation of nationality. Two kinds of decoupling processes are the decoupling of nationality and citizenship and the decoupling of nationhood and statehood. The decoupling of nationality and citizenship can be attributed to the impact of global normative culture, which has led to a blurring of the boundary between national and international law. And the result of nationhood is new and recalcitrant forms as reflected in the rise of the extreme right.
Emergence of a global public discourse is the important issue. The global public is the always ever present sphere of discourse that contextualizes political communication and public discourse. Global normative culture is a leading role in shaping political communication. Global normative culture is diffused in many ways within public spheres and is carried by many different kinds of social agents, including states.
Social movements and grass-roots politics increasingly became faint national boundaries. The civil societalization of politics both reinforces the idea that politics is increasingly informed by a normative global culture and points to the transformation of the nation-state as a site of political struggle. And global civil society is can define a natural realm that governed by natural law. The growth of global civil society is the result of increasing opportunities for interaction between domestic and international politics.
Globalization is a continuum with the local at one end and the global at the other. Moving beyond the national politics as a consequence of globalization has caused a major reassessment of the role and meaning of borders and spaces in the construction of polities. Rebordering should not be taken to imply that existing patterns of territorial borders are simply reproduced. borders do not necessarily map directly onto territory and states and they are becoming ‘dispersed’ throughout society.


2.What was interesting
From this article, I learned about the concept of global geopolitics, global normative culture and polycentric networks. Three concepts are really interesting to me. All three dimensions of political globalization are interconnected. And those are associated with the concept of global civil society. Civil society is the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens. And I’m interested in the concept of deterritorialization. This concept was mentioned a few times before.


3.Discussion point
In future, will the concept of borders is really disappearing?, Can we define ourselves as a global citizen?