The Pros And Cons Of Nationalism

The idea of nationalism is one that sparks within many people of a nation. Nationalism is the driving force behind what most people get influenced to support, or in some cases not support. Even though nations have this bonding experience through nationalism, the government, and international organizations do not always listen to the opinions of those that are banded together through nationalism. International organizations, and national groups may have different opinions on the right steps to approach a problem or challenge.

In the first source the ideological perspective that is perceived is that the World Trade Organization’s main goal is to create economic prosperity for themselves without any regard to things like the environment, or
In September of 2008, the economy started to crash due to the effects of globalizing and free trade. When free trade was set into motion and globalization was started, it caused many people to either make less money, or lose their job completely. In the quote Zoelick says, “... As always, the poor are the most defenseless...” and this statement clearly demonstrates the third-world countries, and the people that were affected by free trade in efforts to globalize the economy. The government’s that were governing people, as well as the international organizations were pursuing the idea that free trade was going to benefit all of the people. Through change of foreign policy and free trade, people’s rights were different and they lost their wages, and in some cases total job loss. The people of the nations were convinced that free trade was in their best interest and also within their national interest. It would help to promote and build other undeveloped countries, while providing economic stability to those striving to produce more for free trade. In developing countries, they were placed at a disadvantage because they were placed in the same economic stream as the big corporations, which caused the corporations to get goods for cheaper and
In all three sources, an international organization is at the source of each problem that was discussed. In source 1, the WTO was at fault for only benefiting the already wealthy people. In source 2, free trade that was governed by international organizations caused an economic downfall for the people. In source 3, NATO was the root problem of the people in Kosovo to lose their homes. In all three there are people representing that the people have shared collective identity, and they are expressing their beliefs all unified. Another relationship between these three sources is the response of the nation to the crises’ that happened. In all three sources the nations responded in a manner that was calling out what the international organizations were doing, and why it was wrong. There is a shared relationship between source 1 and 2 as well, and that is that the government is not doing enough to provide economic stability for people and protect them in the way that is proper. All three sources are not the exact same situation, but they do relate to each other in one way or another. They all relate to a sense of nationalism because they all have a collective identity present in the way that people have shared