Abstract

KOFF, Harlan  and  MEJIA IDARRAGA, Santiago. Explaining the Impacts of Globalization on Borderlands through Quality of Democracy. A Comparative Cross-Regional Framework. Estud. Polit. [online]. 2021, n.62, pp.294-321.  Epub Dec 17, 2021. ISSN 0121-5167.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.espo.n62a12.

Globalisation has significantly affected the ability of States to govern flows. Important questions which have recently emerged in international relations ask: how has globalisation affected border regions and what explains these impacts? Employing a comparative, cross-regional research design, this article proposes two originalresponses to these questions: first, it questions whether border communities benefit or suffer from globalization and, in doing so, it addresses the impacts of globalization on border communities. Second, an attempt is made to explain these impacts by studying the democratic quality of border integration processes. Thus, globalization is examined as a system in which the benefits are distributed or concentrated according to the quality of the integration processes.

Keywords : International Relations; Borders; Globalisation; Regional Integration; Comparative Method; Quality of Democracy.

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