Clarification The global polity is stateless The global polity is stateless But the global polity is composed of nation-states But the global polity is composed of nation-states What gives? What gives?

Review: Application – Hotel Rwanda Our discussion of political globalization helps us understand why the global intervention in Rwanda was so late and so weak Our discussion of political globalization helps us understand why the global intervention in Rwanda was so late and so weak In our global polity, nation-states retain ultimate sovereignty – control over what happens within their borders In our global polity, nation-states retain ultimate sovereignty – control over what happens within their borders

Looking Back at Rwanda Genocide, Christiane Amanpour CNN 2004 With machetes, machine guns and clubs, Hutu extremists on their murderous rampage killed nearly a million people in just 100 days. It was perhaps the fastest genocide in history, and yet the international community would not call it genocide until May 1994, a month after it started….[G]enocide imposes a legal obligation on the world to try to stop it…. With machetes, machine guns and clubs, Hutu extremists on their murderous rampage killed nearly a million people in just 100 days. It was perhaps the fastest genocide in history, and yet the international community would not call it genocide until May 1994, a month after it started….[G]enocide imposes a legal obligation on the world to try to stop it….

Review: Application – Hotel Rwanda Our discussion of political globalization helps us understand why the conflict arose in the first place Our discussion of political globalization helps us understand why the conflict arose in the first place Rwanda is a colonial invention; it does not readily fit the definition of nation- state Rwanda is a colonial invention; it does not readily fit the definition of nation- state Still we see its form is utterly conventional Still we see its form is utterly conventional

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Cultural Globalization: Products/Images/Forms Chile Chile 1. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" 2. “The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three" 3. “The Orphan” 1. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" 2. “The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three" 3. “The Orphan” Ghana Ghana 1. “The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three " 2. “G-Force" 3. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” 1. “The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three " 2. “G-Force" 3. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” Box Office 9/25/09 Box Office 9/25/09 Lebanon Lebanon 1. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs " 2. “Inglourious Basterds" 3. “The Ugly Truth" 1. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs " 2. “Inglourious Basterds" 3. “The Ugly Truth"

Cultural Globalization: Products/Images/Forms

Cultural Globalization: Values/Norms “our mission to promote liberty around the world” (Bush on Iraq 2003) “our mission to promote liberty around the world” (Bush on Iraq 2003) “Reports of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other eating disorders recently have increased in both Western and non-Western regions” (Edquist 2004). “Reports of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other eating disorders recently have increased in both Western and non-Western regions” (Edquist 2004).

Cultural Globalization: Values/Norms

Cultural Globalization: Definitions/ Assumptions What exists What exists What existents can do What existents can do How existents interrelate How existents interrelate