Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Research topic
One topic that has been vital to globalization in the United States and globally in the twenty first century is Wal-Mart. To disagree that Wal-mart does not impact our global economy is crazy. Walmart serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week. Wal-Mart's international operations currently comprise 4,081 stores and 664,000 workers in 14 countries outside the United States.In 2010 the sales delivered outside the U.S. reached one hundred billion. Walmart had a fiscal year of $405 billion in sales, and Walmart employs more than 2 million associates worldwide. This number made Wal-mart number one on the Fortune 500 businesses.
My research topic or question is how does the mass globalization of Wal-mart impact the economy. For this I could look at both pros and cons of Wal-mart, both in the United States and in other courties. There is many things I can look at while also looking at the economic impact of the globalization of Wal-mart. For example, how it effects factory workers, food production, global factories, and global outsourcing. Another is the impact of shifting production to cheap labor markets overseas.
The reason I am so interested in this topic is I like how this effects the people of today and not something that has happened. The globalization of Walmart is happening, the company is growing and continues to grow every year. Another thing that interest me is how big Wal-mart actually is, and the impact it has on the global economy. Walmart that was created in 1962 grew to the number one business in fifty years.
Some smaller question I could bring up in my paper is:
· How does making production overseas effect the United States?
· What is the positives of Walmart globalizing?
· What are the negatives of Walmart globalizing?
· Why is China such important factor for Walmart?
· What countries did Walmart move to first and why?
· What does the future look like for walmart in the global perspective?
References
Fishman, Charles. 2006. The Wal-Mart effect: how the world's most powerful company really works-- and how it's transforming the American economy. New York: Penguin Press.
Smith, Hedrick, and Rick Young. 2005. Is Wal-Mart good for America? [Alexandria, Va.]: PBS Video.
Kammen, Glenn D., Robert B. Reich, Ruth Milkman, Edna Bonacich, Michael Mann, David A. Smith, Denise H. Froning, et al. 2005. Working world. Way we live : Introduction to sociology, 14. Pasadena, Calif: Intelecom.
"The Movement of Labor." New York Times 03 Aug. 2003: 7. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.
Gereffi, Gary, and Michelle Christian. "The Impacts of Wal-Mart: The Rise and Consequences of the World's Dominant Retailer." Annual Review of Sociology 35.1 (2009): 573-591. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.
First research proposal
For my paper, I will look to argue the nature of "law" and "city." Incorporated into this argument is this question of spatial reality and what inherently is "visible" and "invisible." The United States (a "city" in the relation to our discussion) is right in the center of the current debate of spatial reality. The argument of "visible invisibility" is perfect for our discussion of the United States and Globalization. The first article I read for my research is entitled, "From Space Immaterial: The Invisibility of the Lawscape." In this article's introduction, the two authors state that "invisible cities are slices of space through which visibility slides by." (438) This quote is perfect for the beginning framework of what my research is going to study; this notion of our visible "city," the United States, "shedding light onto and into blind spots, to reveal instead the resplendent floppiness the inevitably of the continuous production of further blind spots...thus confounding modernity's visibility with its very escape into invisibility." (440) The United States, the ultimate hegemonic power although slowly losing its grip on the rest of the globe, is attempting to "shed its light" onto the rest of the globe one last time, or onto one more "final frontier" - outerspace.
How is the United States able to pull such a bold move with the "weaponization of outerspace?" One argument is a "visible city and a visible law allow no space from which either of them is to be seen." In other words, nations that are under the spell of our intra-connected, capitalistic, globalized way of life, cannot see nor can they understand a "city saturated with control."
With this notion of "city" and "law" both coinciding with one another in their visible states an inherent invisibility of spatial relations, uniqueness, democracy, and opinion all become relative to the citizens of said "law" and "city." With the invisibility of "city" and "law," the United States is able to garnish enough momentum for arguably their final push to save American Exceptionalism, and ultimately, the capitalist style of world production (in other words, to save their self-interests); this final push of momentum to save the "American Dream" is the controlling of a new "frontier" or "city," outerspace. With the already facilitated notion of the fusion of "law" and "city," invisibility is the chief support system that can possibly help the United States add one final push to their hegemonic, controlling domination in our current globalized society - the sovereignty to control outerspace, and thus leading to its build up of military arms.
This is just the beginning to my proposal. I will have an updated proposal with a working bibliography published onto the blog sometime this weekend.
Thanks, JT Liverman
How is the United States able to pull such a bold move with the "weaponization of outerspace?" One argument is a "visible city and a visible law allow no space from which either of them is to be seen." In other words, nations that are under the spell of our intra-connected, capitalistic, globalized way of life, cannot see nor can they understand a "city saturated with control."
With this notion of "city" and "law" both coinciding with one another in their visible states an inherent invisibility of spatial relations, uniqueness, democracy, and opinion all become relative to the citizens of said "law" and "city." With the invisibility of "city" and "law," the United States is able to garnish enough momentum for arguably their final push to save American Exceptionalism, and ultimately, the capitalist style of world production (in other words, to save their self-interests); this final push of momentum to save the "American Dream" is the controlling of a new "frontier" or "city," outerspace. With the already facilitated notion of the fusion of "law" and "city," invisibility is the chief support system that can possibly help the United States add one final push to their hegemonic, controlling domination in our current globalized society - the sovereignty to control outerspace, and thus leading to its build up of military arms.
This is just the beginning to my proposal. I will have an updated proposal with a working bibliography published onto the blog sometime this weekend.
Thanks, JT Liverman
Research Paper proposal
Research Paper Proposal
History 433, Dr. Margolies
By John Cunningham
The Birth of Globalization in America: Virginia, England and
International Trade in the Early Seventeenth Century
When did the birth of globalization begin in America? Where did American globalization first show signs of growth? How did the early evidence of globalization first shape American culture and society? Most importantly, how did the early signs of globalization shape American political thought and foreign policy. These are the questions I will answer in my research paper.
Most scholars and historians disagree with a precise time and place of the birth of globalization in America. Some claim that globalization first occurred when early man first made contact with a neighboring tribe and diffused their different characteristics to each other. Many others look at globalization as beginning when international trade first began within the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic trade routes along the African coast. Still others look at globalization as first occurring during the late nineteenth century after the birth of rapid transport and the telegraph. Finally, many historians look at the scientific advances of the twentieth century as being globalizations birthplace. In my research paper I will examine what I consider the birth of Globalization in America. I will examine the first signs of international trade and communication within the Chesapeake Colony in today’s current state of Virginia. This trade, particularly the sale of tobacco and the influx of slavery, diffused the cultures of many different peoples that include England, Spain, Portugal, France, the Netherlands and Denmark. Additionally, once slavery was established in the Virginia colony, the influence of African societies further fused into American culture. All of this contact between different cultures throughout the world helped to bring to life the early signs of American global power and influence.
While researching this topic I discovered a variety of different sources that can be examined. I first began my research by reading Atlantic Virginia by April Hatfield. This was an excellent book that explores the exact topic that I am researching. One of the subjects I will briefly cover in my writing is the question of why did Europeans first come to the New World. There are several primary documents that describe these reasons, one of which is the first charter of Virginia. This document I will be referring to in my research paper. Another great source is Captain John Smith’s history of Virginia. This book is a wealth of information that thoroughly describes the vast resources that were found in the Virginia colony.
As described above and in my Bibliography, I will use a variety of sources to answer a few simple questions. One of which, is how, why and where did globalization first occur in America? By answering this question I feel that many people will more fully understand Americas place in a global economy.
Bibliography
Coclanis, Peter A. The Atlantic Economy during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century. South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2005.
Deans, Bob. The River Where America Began. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
Hatfield, April Lee. Atlantic Virginia, Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.
Hawke, David. The Colonial Experience. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1966.
Kelso, William M. Jamestown, The Buried Truth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006.
Pestana, Carla Gardina. The English Atlantic in the Age of Revolution. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
Smith, John. The General History of Virginia. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Bedford: Applewood Books, First published in 1629.
Virginia Company of London. The First Charter of Virginia.
http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/organic/1606-fcv.htm, 1606.
History 433, Dr. Margolies
By John Cunningham
The Birth of Globalization in America: Virginia, England and
International Trade in the Early Seventeenth Century
When did the birth of globalization begin in America? Where did American globalization first show signs of growth? How did the early evidence of globalization first shape American culture and society? Most importantly, how did the early signs of globalization shape American political thought and foreign policy. These are the questions I will answer in my research paper.
Most scholars and historians disagree with a precise time and place of the birth of globalization in America. Some claim that globalization first occurred when early man first made contact with a neighboring tribe and diffused their different characteristics to each other. Many others look at globalization as beginning when international trade first began within the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic trade routes along the African coast. Still others look at globalization as first occurring during the late nineteenth century after the birth of rapid transport and the telegraph. Finally, many historians look at the scientific advances of the twentieth century as being globalizations birthplace. In my research paper I will examine what I consider the birth of Globalization in America. I will examine the first signs of international trade and communication within the Chesapeake Colony in today’s current state of Virginia. This trade, particularly the sale of tobacco and the influx of slavery, diffused the cultures of many different peoples that include England, Spain, Portugal, France, the Netherlands and Denmark. Additionally, once slavery was established in the Virginia colony, the influence of African societies further fused into American culture. All of this contact between different cultures throughout the world helped to bring to life the early signs of American global power and influence.
While researching this topic I discovered a variety of different sources that can be examined. I first began my research by reading Atlantic Virginia by April Hatfield. This was an excellent book that explores the exact topic that I am researching. One of the subjects I will briefly cover in my writing is the question of why did Europeans first come to the New World. There are several primary documents that describe these reasons, one of which is the first charter of Virginia. This document I will be referring to in my research paper. Another great source is Captain John Smith’s history of Virginia. This book is a wealth of information that thoroughly describes the vast resources that were found in the Virginia colony.
As described above and in my Bibliography, I will use a variety of sources to answer a few simple questions. One of which, is how, why and where did globalization first occur in America? By answering this question I feel that many people will more fully understand Americas place in a global economy.
Bibliography
Coclanis, Peter A. The Atlantic Economy during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century. South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2005.
Deans, Bob. The River Where America Began. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
Hatfield, April Lee. Atlantic Virginia, Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.
Hawke, David. The Colonial Experience. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1966.
Kelso, William M. Jamestown, The Buried Truth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006.
Pestana, Carla Gardina. The English Atlantic in the Age of Revolution. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
Smith, John. The General History of Virginia. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Bedford: Applewood Books, First published in 1629.
Virginia Company of London. The First Charter of Virginia.
http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/organic/1606-fcv.htm, 1606.
My Topic
I hope this makes sense - I have confused myself by reading too much about my topic :) When I cut and paste it looks messy on the blog- My papers are always very neat and orderly so excuse the ugly font, lack of bold and italics.
Extraterritoriality or immunity from regional laws poses discord among nation states. The United States has expanded its jurisdiction of judicial power which conflicts with the jurisdiction of the international courts. Congress has enacted statutes that expand the reach of the United State’s criminal code. This system of regulation criminalizes the conduct of United States citizens abroad in certain circumstances. At the same time, our government (most notably the executive branch) refuses to submit those same American citizens, for the same offences, to the jurisdiction of the international courts.
The International Court of Justice or World Court is the court of the United Nations which was formed on the basis of worldly cooperation in the international areas of security, humanity, economy and international law. Those countries belonging to the United Nations are under the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and the objective of the International Court is to represent each sovereign state when needed to find an end to any conflict that may arise between the two. Though these states fall under the International Courts jurisdiction, they do not have to submit to its jurisdiction nor abide by its rulings. When a state deems the charged offence, one of a national or internal nature then the state would chose not to submit to the jurisdiction of the International Court.
The Military Extraterritorial jurisdiction Act or MEJA was passed in 2000 which held non-military, United States civilians working abroad and alongside United States military, United States military contractors and civilian employees of the United States Department of Defense to the same standards and laws as if the offence was committed in the jurisdiction of the United States.
This paper will review relations and conflict between the United States and the International Court on issues such as:
A. MEJA
B. Our views of realism vs. functionalism : We like the idea of functionalism or institutionalism in international law, but only when it comes to other states, we want to maintain self-governing power which is realism
C. State equality: In the international community all states are self-governing and fall under the codes of the International Court of Justice. Every state that is except the United States. The United States view of exceptionalism has made for particular negotiations in international law. This perception leads to conflict in the international system.
The perception of exception: Why?
US history
geography
US entitlements of citizens by government
the role of our government in our everyday lives
US military / relative power
D. Because of the way our government has been established- officials elected by the people who represent them and their desires, the US is intolerant toward being governed in any way by other states or state actors. US power is evenly distributed among the fifty states and through each representative- this works very well for the US as a sovereign state but it suppresses the US in terms of taking part in a global community of common law.
E. The United States has monopolized the jurisdiction to persecute criminal conduct committed by
United States citizens outside the territorial boundaries of the United States.
Sources:
Books/ Essays in Books:
Anghie, Antony, Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law . New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Dratel, Joshua L., Greenburg, Karen J. The Torture Papers: the Road to Abu Ghraib. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Raustiala, Kal, Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? Territoriality and Extraterritoriality in American
Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 3 – 127.
Sean D. Murphy, “The United States and the International Court of Justice: Coping with Antinomies” in
The Sword and the Scales. ed. P. R. Romano. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 46 – 97.
Journal Articles:
Detter, Ingrid, “The Problem of Unequal Treaties.” The International and Comparative Law Quarterly,
Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1966.
Steyn, Johan, “Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole.” The International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2004.
Newspaper Article:
DeYoung, Karen. (October 14, 2008). Lacking an Accord On Troops, U.S. and Iraq Seek a Plan B. The
Washington Post.
Power Point Presentation:
Margolies, Daniel. (2010). Extraterritoriality, Empire, and Exception: U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia from
1844 to the Present [Power Point slide hard copy]. Retrieved from Dr. D. Margolies on 22 September 2010.
Various legal Documents:
(I am not sure how to cite these)
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 65 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 14
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 78 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 22
- International Convention on the regulation, Oversight and monitoring Of Private Military and Security Companies: Office of the United nations: 13 July 2009
- Department of justice Press Release: Two Individuals charged with Murder and Other Offences Related to Shooting Death of Two Afghan Nationals in Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 January 2010
Extraterritoriality or immunity from regional laws poses discord among nation states. The United States has expanded its jurisdiction of judicial power which conflicts with the jurisdiction of the international courts. Congress has enacted statutes that expand the reach of the United State’s criminal code. This system of regulation criminalizes the conduct of United States citizens abroad in certain circumstances. At the same time, our government (most notably the executive branch) refuses to submit those same American citizens, for the same offences, to the jurisdiction of the international courts.
The International Court of Justice or World Court is the court of the United Nations which was formed on the basis of worldly cooperation in the international areas of security, humanity, economy and international law. Those countries belonging to the United Nations are under the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and the objective of the International Court is to represent each sovereign state when needed to find an end to any conflict that may arise between the two. Though these states fall under the International Courts jurisdiction, they do not have to submit to its jurisdiction nor abide by its rulings. When a state deems the charged offence, one of a national or internal nature then the state would chose not to submit to the jurisdiction of the International Court.
The Military Extraterritorial jurisdiction Act or MEJA was passed in 2000 which held non-military, United States civilians working abroad and alongside United States military, United States military contractors and civilian employees of the United States Department of Defense to the same standards and laws as if the offence was committed in the jurisdiction of the United States.
This paper will review relations and conflict between the United States and the International Court on issues such as:
A. MEJA
B. Our views of realism vs. functionalism : We like the idea of functionalism or institutionalism in international law, but only when it comes to other states, we want to maintain self-governing power which is realism
C. State equality: In the international community all states are self-governing and fall under the codes of the International Court of Justice. Every state that is except the United States. The United States view of exceptionalism has made for particular negotiations in international law. This perception leads to conflict in the international system.
The perception of exception: Why?
US history
geography
US entitlements of citizens by government
the role of our government in our everyday lives
US military / relative power
D. Because of the way our government has been established- officials elected by the people who represent them and their desires, the US is intolerant toward being governed in any way by other states or state actors. US power is evenly distributed among the fifty states and through each representative- this works very well for the US as a sovereign state but it suppresses the US in terms of taking part in a global community of common law.
E. The United States has monopolized the jurisdiction to persecute criminal conduct committed by
United States citizens outside the territorial boundaries of the United States.
Sources:
Books/ Essays in Books:
Anghie, Antony, Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law . New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Dratel, Joshua L., Greenburg, Karen J. The Torture Papers: the Road to Abu Ghraib. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Raustiala, Kal, Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? Territoriality and Extraterritoriality in American
Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 3 – 127.
Sean D. Murphy, “The United States and the International Court of Justice: Coping with Antinomies” in
The Sword and the Scales. ed. P. R. Romano. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 46 – 97.
Journal Articles:
Detter, Ingrid, “The Problem of Unequal Treaties.” The International and Comparative Law Quarterly,
Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1966.
Steyn, Johan, “Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole.” The International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2004.
Newspaper Article:
DeYoung, Karen. (October 14, 2008). Lacking an Accord On Troops, U.S. and Iraq Seek a Plan B. The
Washington Post.
Power Point Presentation:
Margolies, Daniel. (2010). Extraterritoriality, Empire, and Exception: U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia from
1844 to the Present [Power Point slide hard copy]. Retrieved from Dr. D. Margolies on 22 September 2010.
Various legal Documents:
(I am not sure how to cite these)
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 65 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 14
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 78 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 22
- International Convention on the regulation, Oversight and monitoring Of Private Military and Security Companies: Office of the United nations: 13 July 2009
- Department of justice Press Release: Two Individuals charged with Murder and Other Offences Related to Shooting Death of Two Afghan Nationals in Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 January 2010
Extraterritoriality or immunity from regional laws poses discord among nation states. The United States has expanded its jurisdiction of judicial power which conflicts with the jurisdiction of the international courts. Congress has enacted statutes that expand the reach of the United State’s criminal code. This system of regulation criminalizes the conduct of United States citizens abroad in certain circumstances. At the same time, our government (most notably the executive branch) refuses to submit those same American citizens, for the same offences, to the jurisdiction of the international courts.
The International Court of Justice or World Court is the court of the United Nations which was formed on the basis of worldly cooperation in the international areas of security, humanity, economy and international law. Those countries belonging to the United Nations are under the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and the objective of the International Court is to represent each sovereign state when needed to find an end to any conflict that may arise between the two. Though these states fall under the International Courts jurisdiction, they do not have to submit to its jurisdiction nor abide by its rulings. When a state deems the charged offence, one of a national or internal nature then the state would chose not to submit to the jurisdiction of the International Court.
The Military Extraterritorial jurisdiction Act or MEJA was passed in 2000 which held non-military, United States civilians working abroad and alongside United States military, United States military contractors and civilian employees of the United States Department of Defense to the same standards and laws as if the offence was committed in the jurisdiction of the United States.
This paper will review relations and conflict between the United States and the International Court on issues such as:
A. MEJA
B. Our views of realism vs. functionalism : We like the idea of functionalism or institutionalism in international law, but only when it comes to other states, we want to maintain self-governing power which is realism
C. State equality: In the international community all states are self-governing and fall under the codes of the International Court of Justice. Every state that is except the United States. The United States view of exceptionalism has made for particular negotiations in international law. This perception leads to conflict in the international system.
The perception of exception: Why?
US history
geography
US entitlements of citizens by government
the role of our government in our everyday lives
US military / relative power
D. Because of the way our government has been established- officials elected by the people who represent them and their desires, the US is intolerant toward being governed in any way by other states or state actors. US power is evenly distributed among the fifty states and through each representative- this works very well for the US as a sovereign state but it suppresses the US in terms of taking part in a global community of common law.
E. The United States has monopolized the jurisdiction to persecute criminal conduct committed by
United States citizens outside the territorial boundaries of the United States.
Sources:
Books/ Essays in Books:
Anghie, Antony, Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law . New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Dratel, Joshua L., Greenburg, Karen J. The Torture Papers: the Road to Abu Ghraib. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Raustiala, Kal, Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? Territoriality and Extraterritoriality in American
Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 3 – 127.
Sean D. Murphy, “The United States and the International Court of Justice: Coping with Antinomies” in
The Sword and the Scales. ed. P. R. Romano. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 46 – 97.
Journal Articles:
Detter, Ingrid, “The Problem of Unequal Treaties.” The International and Comparative Law Quarterly,
Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1966.
Steyn, Johan, “Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole.” The International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2004.
Newspaper Article:
DeYoung, Karen. (October 14, 2008). Lacking an Accord On Troops, U.S. and Iraq Seek a Plan B. The
Washington Post.
Power Point Presentation:
Margolies, Daniel. (2010). Extraterritoriality, Empire, and Exception: U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia from
1844 to the Present [Power Point slide hard copy]. Retrieved from Dr. D. Margolies on 22 September 2010.
Various legal Documents:
(I am not sure how to cite these)
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 65 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 14
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 78 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 22
- International Convention on the regulation, Oversight and monitoring Of Private Military and Security Companies: Office of the United nations: 13 July 2009
- Department of justice Press Release: Two Individuals charged with Murder and Other Offences Related to Shooting Death of Two Afghan Nationals in Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 January 2010
Extraterritoriality or immunity from regional laws poses discord among nation states. The United States has expanded its jurisdiction of judicial power which conflicts with the jurisdiction of the international courts. Congress has enacted statutes that expand the reach of the United State’s criminal code. This system of regulation criminalizes the conduct of United States citizens abroad in certain circumstances. At the same time, our government (most notably the executive branch) refuses to submit those same American citizens, for the same offences, to the jurisdiction of the international courts.
The International Court of Justice or World Court is the court of the United Nations which was formed on the basis of worldly cooperation in the international areas of security, humanity, economy and international law. Those countries belonging to the United Nations are under the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and the objective of the International Court is to represent each sovereign state when needed to find an end to any conflict that may arise between the two. Though these states fall under the International Courts jurisdiction, they do not have to submit to its jurisdiction nor abide by its rulings. When a state deems the charged offence, one of a national or internal nature then the state would chose not to submit to the jurisdiction of the International Court.
The Military Extraterritorial jurisdiction Act or MEJA was passed in 2000 which held non-military, United States civilians working abroad and alongside United States military, United States military contractors and civilian employees of the United States Department of Defense to the same standards and laws as if the offence was committed in the jurisdiction of the United States.
This paper will review relations and conflict between the United States and the International Court on issues such as:
A. MEJA
B. Our views of realism vs. functionalism : We like the idea of functionalism or institutionalism in international law, but only when it comes to other states, we want to maintain self-governing power which is realism
C. State equality: In the international community all states are self-governing and fall under the codes of the International Court of Justice. Every state that is except the United States. The United States view of exceptionalism has made for particular negotiations in international law. This perception leads to conflict in the international system.
The perception of exception: Why?
US history
geography
US entitlements of citizens by government
the role of our government in our everyday lives
US military / relative power
D. Because of the way our government has been established- officials elected by the people who represent them and their desires, the US is intolerant toward being governed in any way by other states or state actors. US power is evenly distributed among the fifty states and through each representative- this works very well for the US as a sovereign state but it suppresses the US in terms of taking part in a global community of common law.
E. The United States has monopolized the jurisdiction to persecute criminal conduct committed by
United States citizens outside the territorial boundaries of the United States.
Sources:
Books/ Essays in Books:
Anghie, Antony, Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law . New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Dratel, Joshua L., Greenburg, Karen J. The Torture Papers: the Road to Abu Ghraib. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Raustiala, Kal, Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? Territoriality and Extraterritoriality in American
Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 3 – 127.
Sean D. Murphy, “The United States and the International Court of Justice: Coping with Antinomies” in
The Sword and the Scales. ed. P. R. Romano. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 46 – 97.
Journal Articles:
Detter, Ingrid, “The Problem of Unequal Treaties.” The International and Comparative Law Quarterly,
Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1966.
Steyn, Johan, “Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole.” The International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2004.
Newspaper Article:
DeYoung, Karen. (October 14, 2008). Lacking an Accord On Troops, U.S. and Iraq Seek a Plan B. The
Washington Post.
Power Point Presentation:
Margolies, Daniel. (2010). Extraterritoriality, Empire, and Exception: U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia from
1844 to the Present [Power Point slide hard copy]. Retrieved from Dr. D. Margolies on 22 September 2010.
Various legal Documents:
(I am not sure how to cite these)
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 65 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 14
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 78 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 22
- International Convention on the regulation, Oversight and monitoring Of Private Military and Security Companies: Office of the United nations: 13 July 2009
- Department of justice Press Release: Two Individuals charged with Murder and Other Offences Related to Shooting Death of Two Afghan Nationals in Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 January 2010
Extraterritoriality or immunity from regional laws poses discord among nation states. The United States has expanded its jurisdiction of judicial power which conflicts with the jurisdiction of the international courts. Congress has enacted statutes that expand the reach of the United State’s criminal code. This system of regulation criminalizes the conduct of United States citizens abroad in certain circumstances. At the same time, our government (most notably the executive branch) refuses to submit those same American citizens, for the same offences, to the jurisdiction of the international courts.
The International Court of Justice or World Court is the court of the United Nations which was formed on the basis of worldly cooperation in the international areas of security, humanity, economy and international law. Those countries belonging to the United Nations are under the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and the objective of the International Court is to represent each sovereign state when needed to find an end to any conflict that may arise between the two. Though these states fall under the International Courts jurisdiction, they do not have to submit to its jurisdiction nor abide by its rulings. When a state deems the charged offence, one of a national or internal nature then the state would chose not to submit to the jurisdiction of the International Court.
The Military Extraterritorial jurisdiction Act or MEJA was passed in 2000 which held non-military, United States civilians working abroad and alongside United States military, United States military contractors and civilian employees of the United States Department of Defense to the same standards and laws as if the offence was committed in the jurisdiction of the United States.
This paper will review relations and conflict between the United States and the International Court on issues such as:
A. MEJA
B. Our views of realism vs. functionalism : We like the idea of functionalism or institutionalism in international law, but only when it comes to other states, we want to maintain self-governing power which is realism
C. State equality: In the international community all states are self-governing and fall under the codes of the International Court of Justice. Every state that is except the United States. The United States view of exceptionalism has made for particular negotiations in international law. This perception leads to conflict in the international system.
The perception of exception: Why?
US history
geography
US entitlements of citizens by government
the role of our government in our everyday lives
US military / relative power
D. Because of the way our government has been established- officials elected by the people who represent them and their desires, the US is intolerant toward being governed in any way by other states or state actors. US power is evenly distributed among the fifty states and through each representative- this works very well for the US as a sovereign state but it suppresses the US in terms of taking part in a global community of common law.
E. The United States has monopolized the jurisdiction to persecute criminal conduct committed by
United States citizens outside the territorial boundaries of the United States.
Sources:
Books/ Essays in Books:
Anghie, Antony, Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law . New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Dratel, Joshua L., Greenburg, Karen J. The Torture Papers: the Road to Abu Ghraib. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Raustiala, Kal, Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? Territoriality and Extraterritoriality in American
Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 3 – 127.
Sean D. Murphy, “The United States and the International Court of Justice: Coping with Antinomies” in
The Sword and the Scales. ed. P. R. Romano. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 46 – 97.
Journal Articles:
Detter, Ingrid, “The Problem of Unequal Treaties.” The International and Comparative Law Quarterly,
Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1966.
Steyn, Johan, “Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole.” The International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2004.
Newspaper Article:
DeYoung, Karen. (October 14, 2008). Lacking an Accord On Troops, U.S. and Iraq Seek a Plan B. The
Washington Post.
Power Point Presentation:
Margolies, Daniel. (2010). Extraterritoriality, Empire, and Exception: U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia from
1844 to the Present [Power Point slide hard copy]. Retrieved from Dr. D. Margolies on 22 September 2010.
Various legal Documents:
(I am not sure how to cite these)
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 65 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 14
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 78 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 22
- International Convention on the regulation, Oversight and monitoring Of Private Military and Security Companies: Office of the United nations: 13 July 2009
- Department of justice Press Release: Two Individuals charged with Murder and Other Offences Related to Shooting Death of Two Afghan Nationals in Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 January 2010
Extraterritoriality or immunity from regional laws poses discord among nation states. The United States has expanded its jurisdiction of judicial power which conflicts with the jurisdiction of the international courts. Congress has enacted statutes that expand the reach of the United State’s criminal code. This system of regulation criminalizes the conduct of United States citizens abroad in certain circumstances. At the same time, our government (most notably the executive branch) refuses to submit those same American citizens, for the same offences, to the jurisdiction of the international courts.
The International Court of Justice or World Court is the court of the United Nations which was formed on the basis of worldly cooperation in the international areas of security, humanity, economy and international law. Those countries belonging to the United Nations are under the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and the objective of the International Court is to represent each sovereign state when needed to find an end to any conflict that may arise between the two. Though these states fall under the International Courts jurisdiction, they do not have to submit to its jurisdiction nor abide by its rulings. When a state deems the charged offence, one of a national or internal nature then the state would chose not to submit to the jurisdiction of the International Court.
The Military Extraterritorial jurisdiction Act or MEJA was passed in 2000 which held non-military, United States civilians working abroad and alongside United States military, United States military contractors and civilian employees of the United States Department of Defense to the same standards and laws as if the offence was committed in the jurisdiction of the United States.
This paper will review relations and conflict between the United States and the International Court on issues such as:
A. MEJA
B. Our views of realism vs. functionalism : We like the idea of functionalism or institutionalism in international law, but only when it comes to other states, we want to maintain self-governing power which is realism
C. State equality: In the international community all states are self-governing and fall under the codes of the International Court of Justice. Every state that is except the United States. The United States view of exceptionalism has made for particular negotiations in international law. This perception leads to conflict in the international system.
The perception of exception: Why?
US history
geography
US entitlements of citizens by government
the role of our government in our everyday lives
US military / relative power
D. Because of the way our government has been established- officials elected by the people who represent them and their desires, the US is intolerant toward being governed in any way by other states or state actors. US power is evenly distributed among the fifty states and through each representative- this works very well for the US as a sovereign state but it suppresses the US in terms of taking part in a global community of common law.
E. The United States has monopolized the jurisdiction to persecute criminal conduct committed by
United States citizens outside the territorial boundaries of the United States.
Sources:
Books/ Essays in Books:
Anghie, Antony, Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law . New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Dratel, Joshua L., Greenburg, Karen J. The Torture Papers: the Road to Abu Ghraib. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Raustiala, Kal, Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? Territoriality and Extraterritoriality in American
Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 3 – 127.
Sean D. Murphy, “The United States and the International Court of Justice: Coping with Antinomies” in
The Sword and the Scales. ed. P. R. Romano. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 46 – 97.
Journal Articles:
Detter, Ingrid, “The Problem of Unequal Treaties.” The International and Comparative Law Quarterly,
Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1966.
Steyn, Johan, “Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole.” The International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2004.
Newspaper Article:
DeYoung, Karen. (October 14, 2008). Lacking an Accord On Troops, U.S. and Iraq Seek a Plan B. The
Washington Post.
Power Point Presentation:
Margolies, Daniel. (2010). Extraterritoriality, Empire, and Exception: U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia from
1844 to the Present [Power Point slide hard copy]. Retrieved from Dr. D. Margolies on 22 September 2010.
Various legal Documents:
(I am not sure how to cite these)
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 65 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 14
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 78 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 22
- International Convention on the regulation, Oversight and monitoring Of Private Military and Security Companies: Office of the United nations: 13 July 2009
- Department of justice Press Release: Two Individuals charged with Murder and Other Offences Related to Shooting Death of Two Afghan Nationals in Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 January 2010
Extraterritoriality or immunity from regional laws poses discord among nation states. The United States has expanded its jurisdiction of judicial power which conflicts with the jurisdiction of the international courts. Congress has enacted statutes that expand the reach of the United State’s criminal code. This system of regulation criminalizes the conduct of United States citizens abroad in certain circumstances. At the same time, our government (most notably the executive branch) refuses to submit those same American citizens, for the same offences, to the jurisdiction of the international courts.
The International Court of Justice or World Court is the court of the United Nations which was formed on the basis of worldly cooperation in the international areas of security, humanity, economy and international law. Those countries belonging to the United Nations are under the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and the objective of the International Court is to represent each sovereign state when needed to find an end to any conflict that may arise between the two. Though these states fall under the International Courts jurisdiction, they do not have to submit to its jurisdiction nor abide by its rulings. When a state deems the charged offence, one of a national or internal nature then the state would chose not to submit to the jurisdiction of the International Court.
The Military Extraterritorial jurisdiction Act or MEJA was passed in 2000 which held non-military, United States civilians working abroad and alongside United States military, United States military contractors and civilian employees of the United States Department of Defense to the same standards and laws as if the offence was committed in the jurisdiction of the United States.
This paper will review relations and conflict between the United States and the International Court on issues such as:
A. MEJA
B. Our views of realism vs. functionalism : We like the idea of functionalism or institutionalism in international law, but only when it comes to other states, we want to maintain self-governing power which is realism
C. State equality: In the international community all states are self-governing and fall under the codes of the International Court of Justice. Every state that is except the United States. The United States view of exceptionalism has made for particular negotiations in international law. This perception leads to conflict in the international system.
The perception of exception: Why?
US history
geography
US entitlements of citizens by government
the role of our government in our everyday lives
US military / relative power
D. Because of the way our government has been established- officials elected by the people who represent them and their desires, the US is intolerant toward being governed in any way by other states or state actors. US power is evenly distributed among the fifty states and through each representative- this works very well for the US as a sovereign state but it suppresses the US in terms of taking part in a global community of common law.
E. The United States has monopolized the jurisdiction to persecute criminal conduct committed by
United States citizens outside the territorial boundaries of the United States.
Sources:
Books/ Essays in Books:
Anghie, Antony, Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law . New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Dratel, Joshua L., Greenburg, Karen J. The Torture Papers: the Road to Abu Ghraib. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Raustiala, Kal, Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? Territoriality and Extraterritoriality in American
Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 3 – 127.
Sean D. Murphy, “The United States and the International Court of Justice: Coping with Antinomies” in
The Sword and the Scales. ed. P. R. Romano. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 46 – 97.
Journal Articles:
Detter, Ingrid, “The Problem of Unequal Treaties.” The International and Comparative Law Quarterly,
Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1966.
Steyn, Johan, “Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole.” The International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2004.
Newspaper Article:
DeYoung, Karen. (October 14, 2008). Lacking an Accord On Troops, U.S. and Iraq Seek a Plan B. The
Washington Post.
Power Point Presentation:
Margolies, Daniel. (2010). Extraterritoriality, Empire, and Exception: U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia from
1844 to the Present [Power Point slide hard copy]. Retrieved from Dr. D. Margolies on 22 September 2010.
Various legal Documents:
(I am not sure how to cite these)
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 65 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 14
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 78 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 22
- International Convention on the regulation, Oversight and monitoring Of Private Military and Security Companies: Office of the United nations: 13 July 2009
- Department of justice Press Release: Two Individuals charged with Murder and Other Offences Related to Shooting Death of Two Afghan Nationals in Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 January 2010
Extraterritoriality or immunity from regional laws poses discord among nation states. The United States has expanded its jurisdiction of judicial power which conflicts with the jurisdiction of the international courts. Congress has enacted statutes that expand the reach of the United State’s criminal code. This system of regulation criminalizes the conduct of United States citizens abroad in certain circumstances. At the same time, our government (most notably the executive branch) refuses to submit those same American citizens, for the same offences, to the jurisdiction of the international courts.
The International Court of Justice or World Court is the court of the United Nations which was formed on the basis of worldly cooperation in the international areas of security, humanity, economy and international law. Those countries belonging to the United Nations are under the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and the objective of the International Court is to represent each sovereign state when needed to find an end to any conflict that may arise between the two. Though these states fall under the International Courts jurisdiction, they do not have to submit to its jurisdiction nor abide by its rulings. When a state deems the charged offence, one of a national or internal nature then the state would chose not to submit to the jurisdiction of the International Court.
The Military Extraterritorial jurisdiction Act or MEJA was passed in 2000 which held non-military, United States civilians working abroad and alongside United States military, United States military contractors and civilian employees of the United States Department of Defense to the same standards and laws as if the offence was committed in the jurisdiction of the United States.
This paper will review relations and conflict between the United States and the International Court on issues such as:
A. MEJA
B. Our views of realism vs. functionalism : We like the idea of functionalism or institutionalism in international law, but only when it comes to other states, we want to maintain self-governing power which is realism
C. State equality: In the international community all states are self-governing and fall under the codes of the International Court of Justice. Every state that is except the United States. The United States view of exceptionalism has made for particular negotiations in international law. This perception leads to conflict in the international system.
The perception of exception: Why?
US history
geography
US entitlements of citizens by government
the role of our government in our everyday lives
US military / relative power
D. Because of the way our government has been established- officials elected by the people who represent them and their desires, the US is intolerant toward being governed in any way by other states or state actors. US power is evenly distributed among the fifty states and through each representative- this works very well for the US as a sovereign state but it suppresses the US in terms of taking part in a global community of common law.
E. The United States has monopolized the jurisdiction to persecute criminal conduct committed by
United States citizens outside the territorial boundaries of the United States.
Sources:
Books/ Essays in Books:
Anghie, Antony, Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law . New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Dratel, Joshua L., Greenburg, Karen J. The Torture Papers: the Road to Abu Ghraib. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Raustiala, Kal, Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? Territoriality and Extraterritoriality in American
Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 3 – 127.
Sean D. Murphy, “The United States and the International Court of Justice: Coping with Antinomies” in
The Sword and the Scales. ed. P. R. Romano. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 46 – 97.
Journal Articles:
Detter, Ingrid, “The Problem of Unequal Treaties.” The International and Comparative Law Quarterly,
Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1966.
Steyn, Johan, “Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole.” The International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2004.
Newspaper Article:
DeYoung, Karen. (October 14, 2008). Lacking an Accord On Troops, U.S. and Iraq Seek a Plan B. The
Washington Post.
Power Point Presentation:
Margolies, Daniel. (2010). Extraterritoriality, Empire, and Exception: U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia from
1844 to the Present [Power Point slide hard copy]. Retrieved from Dr. D. Margolies on 22 September 2010.
Various legal Documents:
(I am not sure how to cite these)
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 65 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 14
- Case: 2:10-cr-00001-RGD-FBS Doc. 78 Filed 05/19/10 p. 1- 22
- International Convention on the regulation, Oversight and monitoring Of Private Military and Security Companies: Office of the United nations: 13 July 2009
- Department of justice Press Release: Two Individuals charged with Murder and Other Offences Related to Shooting Death of Two Afghan Nationals in Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 January 2010
Its national coffee day- lets call it international coffee day for the sake of globalization though :)
Its National Coffee DAY!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! Just in time because I stayed up all night reading tons of stuff on my topic only to produce a 2 page essay- my mind is boggled now- its all interesting to me so i keep reading then get overwhelmed and confused as to what my topic is and then frustrated because alot of the wording is hard for me to understand in what I am reading. I am not so good with vocab :) Anyway happy COFFEE DAY Guys!! Lets have coffee in class today :)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Another Long One- Sorry Guys :)
I am sorry guys that this is sooooo long again! I thought I had posted the 1st last weekend- but I didnt- maybe I just thought about it-
I enjoyed “dominion from Sea to Sea” – obviously because after every chapter read, I wanted to change my paper topic- it was very interesting and easy to read and understand for me. It really gave a different perspective in all topics covered. My whole outlook on globalization has changed! Our country has an outlet (as Cumings put it) to every place on Earth- when I sit back and think about that, it is amazing to me. I have always known that- but never really put any real thought into it.
The cotton industry was how the US became dominate in world trade and it could not have been as successful as it if it were not for the slaves- I think this was paper topic # 4 for me. Texas notable contributed to the cotton trade as well as the slave trade. After the Civil War, Texas became a Jim Crow state. Once the cotton gin came about the plantation owners could have their cotton ginned (I guess you would call it) but huge plantations that never made a comeback after the civil war. Southern states like Texas began a new type of farming- cattle production- what we think of as the wild west- cowboys and cattle. This was an easy way to make money because you could buy some cattle and turn them out into the wide open- they are pretty rugged and eat almost anything that grows from the ground. Cattle driving came and went quickly. Oil was next for Texas, generating 4/5 of US production. This is where it gets confusing for me because if I am correct, whoever finds the oil, owns the oil. Now- what is it is no one’s land- if you struck oil- was it yours?? Was the land then yours aswell? I think I may be thinking too much into it and straying away from Cumings main points. The rails and telegraph shrunk time and space, people were free to move about and free to venture where ever they pleased- from gold, to cattle and oil- if you could find it- it was yours for the taking!
As I read Cuming’s book, I always remember a section of Scholte’s book (p5) – Globalization is “a progressive increase in the scale of social processes from a local or regional to a world level “the heart of globalization is the transcending of established boundaries and boarders of time, space, & territory, an increasing interdependence & interaction of peoples and an emerging consciousness of what’s happening.
- This to me is the essence of Dominion from Sea to Sea – it makes me think of the colonist, Lewis & Clark, Native Americans, Cotton, Slave Trade, World Trade, Steam Engines, Continental Travel, Oceanic Travel, Military, Military Bases Abroad and most of all America.
America is everywhere- I never thought about it much until I read Scholte’s book and especially now after reading the last few chapters of Cumings book. To me, bases abroad was the norm- I kind of even (I am totally embarrassed to saw) looked at those countries who accommodated US bases as fortunate to have us. I saw or still see, just in a different light US bases abroad as defense for all those who fall under the idea of “good order” or good morals. Even after living in Japan and frequenting Korea as a Marine and seeing both the good and loved side of being a Marine and seeing the hated side of being a Marine- from those we called “the Japanese Mafia” or some people called the “Nips” not me- sounds racist to me- I was stationed 30 min train ride from Hiroshima- that’s where we would go to party all weekend- and the younger generation LOVED us and the older seemed to hate us. I never really thought that much about it other than WWII but it goes so much farther than that- we really have taken over so much of their land. I don’t think anyone who has not been to every US base on mainland Japan really know how much land we occupy on the mainland- not to mention Okinawa which is 75% US bases. We even have a base at the foot of Japans highest mountain- Mt. Fuji where marines train in various areas, as well as climb the mountain- it is very “Americanized” anything is when you put 500 Marines in uniform around it.
Americanization is more of a word to me know- I guess in a way we are Americanizing everything and every place we can. We can’t really help it due to the fact that we are everywhere and our military readiness is first class. US military men and women are plentiful, unfortunately expendable and ready to deploy with only 72 hours notice- that’s for the average marine- they expect you to have a family care plan in order to care for dependents, always have a sea bag packed and dog tags on. They continually practice redness exercises- its packing allllllllllll you and your commands shit up, staging it, putting it on float (boat) or in a bird (plane) taking it wherever and then unloading it alllllllll and setting it up. That’s allllllll we did in Iwakuni Japan because there was nothing else to do- practice being ready to deploy – I was a logistical embarker – the name says it all- shit packer, shit shipper and shit set-er- upper – and honorary hole digger of frozen ground. Woo- sorry to get off track- I am just really realizing now just how “everywhere” we are –
we even practice to go everywhere when there is nowhere to go!!
A friend sent this to me not long ago- in remembrance of all our crazy ass 2 am hole digs- I just goggled it and found it. It’s a perfect example of our readiness to be anywhere alllll the time- we are everywhere even when there’s nowhere to go :)
http://www.marines.mil/unit/mcbjapan/Pages/2010/100730-invincible.aspx
-
I enjoyed “dominion from Sea to Sea” – obviously because after every chapter read, I wanted to change my paper topic- it was very interesting and easy to read and understand for me. It really gave a different perspective in all topics covered. My whole outlook on globalization has changed! Our country has an outlet (as Cumings put it) to every place on Earth- when I sit back and think about that, it is amazing to me. I have always known that- but never really put any real thought into it.
The cotton industry was how the US became dominate in world trade and it could not have been as successful as it if it were not for the slaves- I think this was paper topic # 4 for me. Texas notable contributed to the cotton trade as well as the slave trade. After the Civil War, Texas became a Jim Crow state. Once the cotton gin came about the plantation owners could have their cotton ginned (I guess you would call it) but huge plantations that never made a comeback after the civil war. Southern states like Texas began a new type of farming- cattle production- what we think of as the wild west- cowboys and cattle. This was an easy way to make money because you could buy some cattle and turn them out into the wide open- they are pretty rugged and eat almost anything that grows from the ground. Cattle driving came and went quickly. Oil was next for Texas, generating 4/5 of US production. This is where it gets confusing for me because if I am correct, whoever finds the oil, owns the oil. Now- what is it is no one’s land- if you struck oil- was it yours?? Was the land then yours aswell? I think I may be thinking too much into it and straying away from Cumings main points. The rails and telegraph shrunk time and space, people were free to move about and free to venture where ever they pleased- from gold, to cattle and oil- if you could find it- it was yours for the taking!
As I read Cuming’s book, I always remember a section of Scholte’s book (p5) – Globalization is “a progressive increase in the scale of social processes from a local or regional to a world level “the heart of globalization is the transcending of established boundaries and boarders of time, space, & territory, an increasing interdependence & interaction of peoples and an emerging consciousness of what’s happening.
- This to me is the essence of Dominion from Sea to Sea – it makes me think of the colonist, Lewis & Clark, Native Americans, Cotton, Slave Trade, World Trade, Steam Engines, Continental Travel, Oceanic Travel, Military, Military Bases Abroad and most of all America.
America is everywhere- I never thought about it much until I read Scholte’s book and especially now after reading the last few chapters of Cumings book. To me, bases abroad was the norm- I kind of even (I am totally embarrassed to saw) looked at those countries who accommodated US bases as fortunate to have us. I saw or still see, just in a different light US bases abroad as defense for all those who fall under the idea of “good order” or good morals. Even after living in Japan and frequenting Korea as a Marine and seeing both the good and loved side of being a Marine and seeing the hated side of being a Marine- from those we called “the Japanese Mafia” or some people called the “Nips” not me- sounds racist to me- I was stationed 30 min train ride from Hiroshima- that’s where we would go to party all weekend- and the younger generation LOVED us and the older seemed to hate us. I never really thought that much about it other than WWII but it goes so much farther than that- we really have taken over so much of their land. I don’t think anyone who has not been to every US base on mainland Japan really know how much land we occupy on the mainland- not to mention Okinawa which is 75% US bases. We even have a base at the foot of Japans highest mountain- Mt. Fuji where marines train in various areas, as well as climb the mountain- it is very “Americanized” anything is when you put 500 Marines in uniform around it.
Americanization is more of a word to me know- I guess in a way we are Americanizing everything and every place we can. We can’t really help it due to the fact that we are everywhere and our military readiness is first class. US military men and women are plentiful, unfortunately expendable and ready to deploy with only 72 hours notice- that’s for the average marine- they expect you to have a family care plan in order to care for dependents, always have a sea bag packed and dog tags on. They continually practice redness exercises- its packing allllllllllll you and your commands shit up, staging it, putting it on float (boat) or in a bird (plane) taking it wherever and then unloading it alllllllll and setting it up. That’s allllllll we did in Iwakuni Japan because there was nothing else to do- practice being ready to deploy – I was a logistical embarker – the name says it all- shit packer, shit shipper and shit set-er- upper – and honorary hole digger of frozen ground. Woo- sorry to get off track- I am just really realizing now just how “everywhere” we are –
we even practice to go everywhere when there is nowhere to go!!
A friend sent this to me not long ago- in remembrance of all our crazy ass 2 am hole digs- I just goggled it and found it. It’s a perfect example of our readiness to be anywhere alllll the time- we are everywhere even when there’s nowhere to go :)
http://www.marines.mil/unit/mcbjapan/Pages/2010/100730-invincible.aspx
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