SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALISATION

                                     Lecturer: Dr Veronika Bajt

                                   Presentation: Bastien Courbon



                                             2005/2006



                                              TEXT 1:



                                  Has Globalisation gone too far?





                                            Dani Rodrik

                                              SUMMURY:

I: Introduction



II: Sources of tension



III: Role of nation state



IV: Conclusion

                                          I: Introduction

*      Globalisation creates 2 groups



                       *       Tension between global market & social groups



*      Nation state role: Insure citizen's futur

                                       II: Sources of tension

*      3 sources:

        -Economics decisions consequences



        -Problems between nations states



        -Nations states role in social insurance

                                     III: Role of nation state

                    *      Strike a balance between openness and domestic needs



*      Don't neglect social insurance



                 *      Don't use competitiveness as an escuse for domestic reforms



*      Don't abuse >> fairness << claims in trade



                                           IV: Conclusion



                               Globalisation is a part of the Economy







                               Government have to be carefull with it

                                              TEXT 2:



                         The Role of the State in the Age of Globalisation





                                             Kofi Annan

                                              SUMMURY:

I: The world is changing



II: Consequences



III:How to manage with Globalisation



IV: Conclusion

                                      I: The world is changing

*      The UN's main actors are Nation state



*      New fears



                       *      Economics change due to Globalisation phenomena

                                          II: Consequences

               *      Globalisation is creating new challenges for UN & Nation State



*      Role of Nation State



           *      Importance of well organized nation state to manage with Globalisation



                                III:How to manage with Globalisation

*      Globalisation=Result of technical changes



*      The economics aspects



*      The physicals & psychological aspects



                                           IV: Conclusion

                    *      Nation state=important part of globalisation process



                                  *      Need for robust policies



                                *      Need for new methods of works

                                             QUESTIONS:

                Do you think that we need nation state to manage with Globalisation?