Globalización y orden político: los orígenes de la integración económica mundial y sus consecuencias

In this article the author puts forth a series of considerations concerning globalization that include both a historical and theoretical analysis of this process. lt is argued that this new global reality is generated by several dynamics that go beyond the simple economic tendency towards market liberalization and integration. The text sustains that globalization is based upon a strong political component that is generally overlooked or undervalued, and that this process has persisted due to a tacit agreement that exists between developed democracies,among which sufficient levéis of mutual confidence exist. Finally, the author highlights the importance of those social and political institutions that pertain to the international order, whose mission ai present is to control the consequences of market globalization in lesser developed countries, and thus sustain the globalizing process.