Memo+20+Abstract+(Dan+F)

Globalization has defined foreign affairs over the last few decades and will continue to shape interactions in the future. The premise that this is the best course and the most effective means of resource and technology transfer can be said to be on shaky ground. It is not that resources, various technologies, and information are not being shared, but rather that the full impact of the current system fails to account for an entirely fair exchange of these inputs when groups of varying monetary wealth interact. Despite constant reform to attempt to account for the social components that the current economic hegemony has failed to address, very little overall progress has been made in governing interactions in a way that allows for a socially and morally acceptable exchange for the acquisition of components that embody a practically sustained future.

Understanding growth and its limits in the current global system is crucial to developing a better approach, as is outlining proper interaction based on more context specific definitions that allow for a compromise between dependency and complete protectionism. As the current approach to globalization is unlikely to be cast aside for a new system of economic exchange is it necessary to attempt to effectively adjust the system for the protection of global citizens of every standing. While it is often sought to show that the current global system is either highly beneficial or rather ineffective, it is acknowledged here that it is rarely ever so clear as to encourage decisive change.

This paper will seek to explore the flaws and benefits of the current system, study the implications of global movements to invoke positive social change through the lens of the clean cook stoves movement, explore the need for some higher level of governance over such interactions, and attempt to redefine what transfers of materials and technological systems are appropriate given the context of introduction. An in depth analysis of the current body of literature and a set of interviews with professionals of the clean cookstove movement will inform my argument.