What are the Main Challenges to Liberalism in the Current Global Order?
What are the Main Challenges to Liberalism in the Current Global Order?
Introduction:
Liberalism: dominant ideological force shaping western political thought. Identified with western civilisation itself. Lib v. Popular inter-war period by idealists who believed warfare was an outdated way of settling events.
Heywood- the central theme of liberalism in all its forms is harmony
1) Peace is normal
2) Faith in HN
3) Democracy is necessary
Outline what Neo-Liberalism believes in
1) peace and security
2) Economy – capitalism, no government intervention, invisible hand, free trade, absolute advantages, relative advantages. David ricardo.
3) Democracy
Democracy and the USA ( link USA with liberalism)
Ability of USA to steer world order is diminishing
All about state capitalism: Rising powers are wanting a greater share of the spoils → challenging liberalism and thus USA → russia and china veto UN involvement in Syria
Newly powerful states are starting to advance their own agendas for the world order: weaker US will find it harder to defend liberalism
Todays rising states are large non-western developing countries. Brazil/China/India
HOWEVER: Most people believe India/Brazil likely to support liberalism e.g. India has a commitment to interdependence. India is a joiner – it wants to be included e.g.recently pushed for a permanent seat on the UN security council
Economy
The recession has bolstered this narrative. The economic crisis started US- tarnished American model of liberal capitalism
The more the West becomes involved in the organisation of developing states the less those states are accountable to their domestic constituencies – cuts link between people and govt which is key to liberalism (democ)
Economic crisis questions the resilience of liberal order PRSP&SAP →challenge liberal economy and political equality free market → (failure of capitalism = neo liberalism in economics ) → problem of unregulated market
Security & 9/11
Introduction:
Liberalism: dominant ideological force shaping western political thought. Identified with western civilisation itself. Lib v. Popular inter-war period by idealists who believed warfare was an outdated way of settling events.
Heywood- the central theme of liberalism in all its forms is harmony
1) Peace is normal
2) Faith in HN
3) Democracy is necessary
Outline what Neo-Liberalism believes in
1) peace and security
2) Economy – capitalism, no government intervention, invisible hand, free trade, absolute advantages, relative advantages. David ricardo.
3) Democracy
Democracy and the USA ( link USA with liberalism)
Ability of USA to steer world order is diminishing
All about state capitalism: Rising powers are wanting a greater share of the spoils → challenging liberalism and thus USA → russia and china veto UN involvement in Syria
Newly powerful states are starting to advance their own agendas for the world order: weaker US will find it harder to defend liberalism
Todays rising states are large non-western developing countries. Brazil/China/India
HOWEVER: Most people believe India/Brazil likely to support liberalism e.g. India has a commitment to interdependence. India is a joiner – it wants to be included e.g.recently pushed for a permanent seat on the UN security council
Economy
The recession has bolstered this narrative. The economic crisis started US- tarnished American model of liberal capitalism
The more the West becomes involved in the organisation of developing states the less those states are accountable to their domestic constituencies – cuts link between people and govt which is key to liberalism (democ)
Economic crisis questions the resilience of liberal order PRSP&SAP →challenge liberal economy and political equality free market → (failure of capitalism = neo liberalism in economics ) → problem of unregulated market
Security & 9/11