Seminar series The evolution of global cleavages The territoriality-functionality continuum of global cleavages over the past 180 years Add to calendar 2024-04-16 16:00 2024-04-16 17:30 Europe/Rome The evolution of global cleavages Sala Triaria Villa Schifanoia YYYY-MM-DD Print Share: Share on Facebook Share on BlueSky Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email Scheduled dates Apr 16 2024 16:00 - 17:30 CEST Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia Organised by Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies the Robert Schuman Centre Seminar Series Join Prof. Daniele Caramani as he presents the latest research from his ERC Advanced Grant GLOBAL This seminar presents a macro-historical perspective of the cleavages that structure world politics since the 19th century. By extending cleavage theory from the national and European levels to the globe, the seminar addresses the replacement of territorial core-periphery, North-South and civilisational cleavages with functional alignments that cut across world regions. Exit–voice models of social closure and boundary building are used to develop a typology of how actors politicise inequalities. Ideologies that cut across world regions facilitate the emergence of global dimensions of contestation, membership groups and solidarity bonds. Bridging comparative politics and International Relations (IR), the approach allows conceptualisation of supra-national integration in politicised, rather than technocratic, terms. The seminar features measures of the territoriality-functionality continuum of global cleavages over the past 180 years. The presentation covers topics from the ERC Advanced Grant GLOBAL.