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CASE STUDIES OF
NATIONAL CULTURAL PROTECTION IN
THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
by
Brian K. Dennehy
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Brian K. Dennehy
Object Description
| Title | Case studies of national cultural protection in the era of globalization |
| Author | Dennehy, Brian K. |
| Author email | dennehy@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | International Relations |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 24 June 2010. |
| Date published | 2010-06-24 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Aronson, Jonathan |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lamy, Steven Wilkie, Simon Bar, Francois |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Keyword | globalization; international trade; protection |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1287 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Dennehy, Brian K. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Dennehy-20080624 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Dennehy-20080624.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | CASE STUDIES OF NATIONAL CULTURAL PROTECTION IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION by Brian K. Dennehy A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS) May 2008 Copyright 2008 Brian K. Dennehy |
