Politics

Political globalization is the relationship between global politics and social power. This discipline studies the political relationship between cities, states, and countries. This idea has become the new normal. Americans are not surprised to hear that companies have merged, or that the president is meeting with the leaders of other countries to decide the fate of both countries. Elected political leaders spend time building relationships with leaders from around the world, so that they can negotiate peace in time of conflict and maintain a stable relationship with other countries. Another part of the globalization of politics is the trade between countries. In the last thirty years, trade has greatly increased. This is most likely due to the improvements in transportation and communication. A downfall of the globalization of politics is that sometimes when a new leader comes into office, they cannot build and maintain the same relationships as the former leader did and political ties between the two countries are severed. Another downfall is that when large countries make negotiations, sometimes the developing countries are left behind and the agreement made by the larger countries does not provide for the needs of the developing countries. This can lead to the developing countries being stifled and being left with whatever is not taken over by the larger countries.