您好,欢迎访问三七文档
1、GLOBALIZATIONANDINTERNALCONFLICT**HåvardHegre(TheWorldBank)RanveigGissinger(NorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnology)NilsPetterGleditsch(PRIOandNTNU)AbstractThepaperoutlinesandcomparestwomodelsofhowglobalizationislikelytoaffecttheriskofcivilwar–aliberalmodelandstructuralistmodel.Overall,wefindconsiderablymoresupportforthelib-eralmodelthanforthestructuralist,anti-globalistmodel.Tradedoesappeartohaveacapacityforin-creasinginternalpeace–notdirectly,butviatrade’sbeneficialeffectsongrowthandincreas。
2、edpoliti-calstability.Overall,wefindeconomicopennesstobeassociatedwithhighergrowth.Ourresultsgivenosupporttotheideathatglobalizationreducesgrowth,notevenforpoorcountries.Wefoundsomeevidencethattradeincreasesincomeinequality.However,incontrasttherobustlinkestablishedbe-tweenincomeinequalityandviolentcrime,wedonotfindanyrelationshipbetweeninequalityandcivilwar.Insum,thebeneficialeffectoftradeandforeigninvestmentoutweighswhateverviolencemaybegeneratedbyincreasedinequality.Wefindthateconomicopenness。
3、isassociatedwithgreaterstabilityofpoliticalsystems.Thiseffectisparticularlystrongfordemocracies,butalsopositiveforinconsistentregimesandautocracies.Finally,inouranalysisofthefactorsincreasingthelikelihoodofcivilwars,wefindnodirectimpactofeconomicopenness.However,countrieswithahighincomepercapitaandastablepoliticalsystemhaveconsiderablylowerriskofcivilwarthanthosewithout.Hence,sincewefindeconomicopennesstoincreaseaverageincomeandpoliticalstability,wedofindanindirectconflict-reducingeffectofglobal。
4、ization.*ThepaperwillappearasachapterinGeraldSchneider,KatherineBarbieri&NilsPetterGleditsch,ed.,2002,GlobalizationandConflict.Boulder,CO:Rowman&Littlefield.ThetheoreticalpartofthischapterborrowsheavilyfromGissingerandGleditsch(1999).Theempiricalanalysisisnew.AnearlierversionwaspresentedtotheWorldBankConferenceonTheEconomicsandPoliticsofCivilWar:LaunchingtheCase-StudyProject,SoriaMoriaconferencecenter,Oslo,11–12June2001.Wearegratefulforcommentsfromtheparticipantsofthatmeeting,andfromIndradeSoysa。
5、,GunnarEskeland,ErikGartzke,JohnRanda,andErichWeede.Wealsoac-knowledgetheassistanceofNaimaMouhleb,HåvardStrand,andLarsWilhelmsen.Thefindingsandconclu-sionsexpressedinthechapterareentirelythatoftheauthors,anddonotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsoftheWorldBank.IntroductionTrade,foreigninvestment,andotherformsofeconomicinterdependencehavegrownthroughoutthepost-WorldWarIIperiod,alongwithastrongerglobalpoliticalconsciousnessandincreasedregionalcooperation.AftertheendoftheColdWar,notonlyhavethesephenomena。
6、accelerated,butthelackofanyopposingworldsystemhasalsogiventhemanear-universalcharacter.Inaculturalsense,too,theworldisbecomingasinglearena.Englishisspreadingrapidlyasaglobalmeansofcommunica-tionforscience,commerce,andthetransmissionofnews.Newinformationtechnologyhasdrasticallyreducedthecostsoftheworldwidedisseminationofknowledgeandopinion.‘Globalization’isem-ployedasanumbrellatermfortheseeconomic,political,andculturalprocesses.Weuseithereasavalue-neutralterm,incontrasttowordslikedependencyorinte。
7、gration,whichformanypeoplecarrynegativeorpositiveconnotations.Weusethetermglobalizationmainlyinthesenseofanincreasinglyopeneconomy.Duringtheperiodofemergingglobalization,economicgrowthhasgenerallycontinuedinthein-dustrialandpost-industrialcountries,whileanumberofnewlyindustrializedcountrieshavetakenoff.Atthepoliticallevel,the‘ThirdWave’hasbroughtdemocraticgovernmenttoagreaterpartoftheworldthaninanypreviousperiod.Manyseriousenvironmentalproblemsinhighlydevelopedcoun-triesarebeingtackledwithstrate。
8、giescombiningnationalactionandinternationalcollaboration.OntheotherhandtheformerSovietUnion,partsofAfrica,andwar-tornnationselsewhereareindeclineeconomically,andthemostsuccessfuleconomiesinAsiahaveshownclearsignsofeconomicstrain.Domesticeconomicinequalityisincreasinginmostpartsoftheworld.Politically,manynewdemocracieshaveapoorhumanrightsrecord,andtheirpoliticalsystemsappeartobeweaklyrootedincivilsociety.Environmentaldeclinecontinuesinmany,perhapsmost,third-worldcountries.Eveninthehighlydeveloped。
9、worldnewenvironmentalproblemssuchasglobalwarmingemergeasseriousthreatstohumanwelfare.Variousauthorshavelinkedallofthesephenomena,positiveaswellasnegative,toeffectsofglobalization.Indeed,globalizationisemergingasakeyformulaembodyingmostofthemodernworld’sills–oritspromises.Inthischapter,weconcentrateontheimplicationsofglobalizationforinternalarmedconflict.Thisisatopicthathasbeenstudiedlessintensivelythanthesocialandeco-nomicconsequences,evenlessthantheimplicationsofglobalizationforinterstateconfli。
10、ct.1Butthedisagreementsregardingtheconsequencesofglobalizationforinternalarmedconflictareassharpasinanyothersuchdebates.Economicdevelopmentwillbeanimportantinterveningvariableintheanalysis,butwearealsoconcernedwithpoliticaldevelopment,notablydemocratization.Thedebateonglobalizationhasmovedwaybeyondtheacademicarena,togovernmentandtocivilsociety.AstheviolentdemonstrationsinSeattle,Prague,Quebec,Gothenburg,andGenovaindicate,anti-globalizationforcesaregalvanizedintoactiononthestreets.MovementssuchasA。
本文标题:GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNAL CONFLICT Hvard Hegre (
链接地址:https://www.777doc.com/doc-3486140 .html