The Globalisation of Peripheries


Abstrakt

The author attempts to investigate connections and interdependencies between periphery countries and the globalisation process, including the attitude of these countries to unification blocs, such as the European integration project. The basic research tool used in this work is a systemic analysis, as well as the core-periphery method, derived from social sciences. Its fundamental hypothesis is that the decline of the liberal architecture of the globe may translate into the periphery’s tendency to abandon real convergence in favour of the fragmentary imitation of supranational bodies, potentially leading to intensified disintegration tendencies within phenomena, such as the consolidation of Europe. In the past, the powerless core of the community only contemplated the imitative Europeanisation of marginal territories. Today, however – because the idea to construct a homogeneous polity has collapsed – postulates of “multi-speed” integration can lead to the reconstruction of the historical division into the core and periphery of the old continent.


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Opublikowane : 2019-12-30


Niedźwiecki, A. (2019). The Globalisation of Peripheries. Civitas. Studia Z Filozofii Polityki, 25, 43-60. https://doi.org/10.35757/CIV.2019.25.03

Artur Niedźwiecki 
Bridges within Europe Association, Łódź  Polska
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2683-5319

PhD in political science, a legal adviser, a manager and an academic lecturer. He is a member of the Bridges within Europe Association (Stowarzyszenie Mosty Europy). His research interests relate in particular to the legal, political and philosophical aspects of the unification of Europe. He is the author of a monograph entitled Polska polityka zagraniczna wobec integracji europejskiej po 2004 roku (Polish foreign policy towards European integration after 2004), among others.