The master frames of globalization and the G7

This chapter intends to shed light on the transforming conceptual landscape that draws the boundaries of the current political debate at both the national and international levels. It does so by focusing on the normative debate on globalization and by examining the principal master frames that have been developed in the last decades with reference to global politics. It first presents a general understanding of the nature and role played by global master frames in today’s global politics. It then identifies four master frames that delimit the boundaries of the current ideational debate on global politics, especially after the financial crisis. Two approaches are pro-globalization (neo-liberalism and cosmopolitanism) and two are against globalization ( localism and civilizationism). It concludes by suggesting that this set of master frame helps us in understanding the current political scenario and the potential transformation that may occur within the G7 in the forthcoming years.