Case studies of national cultural protection in the era of globalization
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام ساير پديدآوران
;supervisor Aronson, Jonathan
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
University of Southern California: United States -- California
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
: 2008
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
282 pages
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جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
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, University of Southern California: United States -- California
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متن يادداشت
This dissertation explores national cultural protection in the era of globalization. As the pace of globalization increases, national leaders, with the support of concerned and sometimes radicalized citizenry, are "defending the local" by trying to shield their cultures from the impact of international trade. Given its apparent disruptive influence on the global political economy, national cultural protection should be of concern to politicians and academicians alike. However, much of the literature available to understand the phenomenon is incomplete. The goal of this dissertation is to provide a more complete understanding of national cultural protection than is available today.The study is focused on the following centering question: Why does a nation engage in cultural protection when liberal economic theory that suggests it would be far more profitable to open its markets? To answer the question the dissertation first examines the phenomenon of national cultural protection as a component of globalization. This is key because as post-war economies have become more intertwined, nations have tried to promote and protect their respective cultures. Next, the dissertation provides a critical view of national cultural protection from the vantage point of international political economy, the most robust body of knowledge on issues related to trade and trade policymaking. At the same time, it gives consideration to culture as a causal variable.The study then examines closely two instances of national cultural protection involving France and the global audiovisual industries, and Japan and trade in rice, through a broad, political-economic lens. In both cases, the countries' leaders risked the collapse of multinational negotiations to protect their nations from outside cultural influence. Ironically, those very negotiations were themselves intended to help lower international trade barriers.Taking a political-economic perspective, broadened to allow for consideration of culture as an independent variable, the dissertation provides an answer to the centering question: culture itself, or more accurately put, concerns over its decline or demise, plays a role at least equal to that of economics and politics. The study thus challenges a more "obvious" or conventional understandings of the issue.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Political science
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اصطلاح موضوعی
Political economy
اصطلاح موضوعی
International relations
اصطلاح موضوعی
Protection
اصطلاح موضوعی
Globalization
اصطلاح موضوعی
Cultural protection
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