Global-Local Tradeoffs, Order-Disorder Consequences: 'State' No More An Island?

The book explores how technological developments and populist pressures interact to reinvent the state in unexpected ways, examining the impact of international organizations, grass-roots movements, and crises on global developments. It highlights the struggle between state strength and state porosity, the decline of global order, and the lack of control over globalizing/localizing dynamics.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 330 pages
Publication date: 02 April 2023
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

In this comprehensive book, ten substantive chapters delve into the intricate interplay between technological advancements (globalizing forces) and the growing pressures of populism (localizing dynamics), resulting in a continuous and unpredictable reshaping of the state. The reader gains insights into the performance of international organizations and the extent to which grassroots grievances have influenced global developments across diverse regions worldwide. By examining unfolding crises in a systematic order, the book offers valuable policy-solving observations. These crises revolve around various aspects, including adjusting international institutions, addressing current populist outbursts, transitioning from peacekeeping to peacemaking, engaging in espionage in the global south, accommodating displaced persons, implementing Rwandan land reform, responding to pandemics and RMG adjustments, facilitating Bangladesh's democratic transition, addressing the Rohingyan-Syrian refugee crisis, and experiencing Mexico's 1990s liberalization. While the book provides a broad overview, its observations emphasize the dynamic struggle between state strength and state porosity, the decline of global order, and the absence of effective mechanisms to counter the forces of globalization and localization in the everyday lives of individuals. Furthermore, the book maintains a sense of uncertainty on the analytical plane, reflecting the ongoing challenges and complexities of navigating these rapidly evolving dynamics.

Weight: 473g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811694219
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022