Globalisation and its interpretations: an analysis of the motivations for the apparent reversal of roles between China and the US in their attitudes toward globalisation

Fernandes Roquete de Andrade, Rita

4. term

Development and International Relations, Master

2017

2017-05-15

84

I årtier blev USA set som globaliseringens frontfigur, forstået som mere handel, investeringer og udveksling på tværs af grænser. Efter Donald Trumps valg blev den amerikanske retorik mere skeptisk. Samtidig brugte Kinas præsident Xi Jinping scenen i Davos til at fremstille Kina som en forsvarer af globalisering. Dette speciale undersøger den tilsyneladende rolleombytning i, hvordan USA og Kina taler om og forholder sig til globalisering. Med to perspektiver fra international politik—liberalisme (der betoner samarbejde og regler) og realistisk konstruktivisme (der kombinerer magtpolitik med ideers og identiteters betydning)—analyserer specialet de indenrigs- og udenrigspolitiske motiver samt de to landes forskellige visioner for globalisering. Til sidst sammenlignes retorik med faktisk adfærd, og konsekvenserne for politik diskuteres.

For decades, the United States was seen as the main promoter of globalization—greater cross-border trade, investment, and exchanges. After Donald Trump’s election, U.S. rhetoric turned more skeptical. At the same time, China’s president Xi Jinping used the Davos stage to present China as a defender of globalization. This thesis examines the apparent role reversal in how the United States and China talk about and approach globalization. Using two international relations perspectives—liberalism (which emphasizes cooperation and rules) and realist constructivism (which combines power politics with the influence of ideas and identities)—it analyzes their domestic and international motivations and their respective visions of globalization. Finally, it compares rhetoric with actual behavior and discusses the policy implications of any gaps between words and actions.

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Globalisation ; China ; United States ; Realist Constructivism

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