ABSTRACT
Economic interdependence provides the core of another important issue which the subject of International Relations examines—globalization. Globalization can mean several things. It refers to a set of economic and technological processes by which the states and peoples of the world are becoming ever more closely linked. In addition to economic and technological processes, people associate the way news and information about the world travel quickly and cheaply nearly everywhere with globalization. As a consequence, national traditions of music, drama, literature, and art are transmitted everywhere but are influenced by similar transmissions from other states, peoples, and cultures. While social sciences like political science, sociology, psychology, economics, and communications dominate the academic subject of International Relations, it is important to note international relations can be studied in different ways. Historians, philosophers, theologians, and scholars of literature have shown great interest in international relations. The chapter also presents an overview of key concepts discussed in this book.
