Award Date

5-1-2020

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Political Science

First Committee Member

Christian Jensen

Second Committee Member

Jonathan Strand

Third Committee Member

John Tuman

Fourth Committee Member

Pierre Lienard

Number of Pages

192

Abstract

Different countries have varying levels of globalization. Many features, such as size, play a part in determining the level of globalization in countries. I argue that globalization is influenced by veto players in systematically different ways. To understand these different relationships, globalization must be broken apart into three dimensions (political, economic, and social). Political globalization is negatively affected by veto players. Economic globalization is not affected by veto players directly but is influenced by related phenomena. Social globalization is positively affected by veto players. To test my arguments, I employ a Time Series Cross Section (TSCS) method to analyze a data set covering 33 countries from 1970 to 2015. I find that as expected, each dimension of globalization has a fundamentally different relationship with veto players. My findings contribute to the growing understanding that globalization is more complex than previously thought. I link my findings to disagreements in the existing literature on globalization and show that some of this disagreement may have been due to failure to take the complexity of globalization into account.

Keywords

Comparative politics; Globalization; Institutions; OECD; Quantitative Methods; Veto Players

Disciplines

International Relations | Political Science

File Format

pdf

File Size

1.7 MB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

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