An extensive literature has been
dedicated to globalization. The history of globalization and alternative
doctrines and theories about how to manage the process have been widely
discussed.
This book does not purport to
provide a ready-to-use-recipe for better globalization. Rather, it
proposes to look at globalization from a new perspective. The need for
this new perspective results from the following interpretation of the
evolution of globalization. The first phase of globalization consisted in
opening borders as a result of coordinated, but country-centered, choices.
As a result, new challenges have emerged that call on countries to look
beyond their borders. In many cases, to achieve national objectives,
countries now need to cooperate—national public goods have become
interlocked and have "gone global." Hence, as the chapter
analyses suggest, we are now entering a second phase of globalization—one
where mutually beneficial international cooperation is vital.
