INTRODUCTION TO GLOBALIZATION

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“Intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa”

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GIDDENS (1990)

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“Refers both to the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole..

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ROBERTSON (1992)

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introduced globalization as the compression of time and space and the annihilation of distance.

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HARVEY (1989)

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looks at globalization as a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology.

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THE SUNNY LEVIN INSTITUTE

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This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well- being in societies around the world

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FOR STEGER (2005)

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takes outside the formal structure of the nation-state

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Globalization

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marks the increasing irrelevance of the nation-state

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Globalization

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the word globalization was first employed in the

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1930

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Globalization

It entered the Merriam-Webster dictionary in____.

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1951

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It was widely used by economists and social scientists by the

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1960s

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, a Canadian who analyzed the impact of mass media on society, coined the term “global village” in 1962.

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MARSHALL MCLUHAN

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is usually credited with its coining through the article he wrote in 1983 for the Harvard Business Review entitled “Globalization of markets”.

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THEODORE LEVITT

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Globalization scholars adherence to________ viewpoint, arguing that the phenomenon is dominated by global _______ activities like the neoliberal regime, the reduction of tariffs, the creation of transnational corporations, and improvement of multilateral trade organization

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economic

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Scholars of the field in different disciplines have different analyses and ideas about the phenomenon

_______ are more interested in determining whether globalization is really a modern phenomenon

_____ look into the changing patterns of international trade and commerce as well as the unequal distribution of wealth

_________focus more on the impact of the forces of globalization, such as international non-governmental organizations and international organizations, on the state and vice versa

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Historians

Economists

Political scientists

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Globalization as a______

Is viewed as a multidimensional set of _______ that generate and increase “worldwide social interdependencies and exchanges while at the same time fostering in people a growing awareness of deepening connections between the local and the distant” (Steger 2005)

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process

social processes

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Another variant on this periodization refers to_———-, 1980 -2000

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neoliberal globalization

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In______, began in modernity during the period of Rennaisance, Enlightenment, French Revolution and lasted until the period of Industrialization in the late 1700s and throughout the 1800s

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sociology

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In____ economy, it can be traced back to the 1500s, following Marx’s dictum, “the conquest of the world market marks the birth of modern capitalism”

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political

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emphasize the beginning of globalization in the 1820s when commodity prices across continents converged, and other theorists believed that globalization is synonymous to permanent global trade, which began when all the major regions of the world “exchange products continuously..and on a scale that generated deep and lasting impacts on all trading partners.

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Economists

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Emergence of world economy that started in the 1500s and others say it is 1200s and______ (2004) dates it much earlier than 3500 BCE

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John Hobson

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Globalization is also referred to by scholars a

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globality

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Scholte (2008) refers to_______ as social condition characterized by transplanetary (the establishment of social links between people at different places of our planet) connectivity and supra-territoriality (social connections that transcend territorial geography)

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globality

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globalization as a social condition is characterized by thick economic, political and cultural interconnections and global flows that render political borders and economic barriers irrelevant

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Scholte

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Six (6) core claims of globalization as an ideology

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Globalization is about the liberalization and global integration of markets.

“Globalization is about the triumphs of market over governments” (Steger 2005)

Globalization is inevitable and irreversible.

Nobody is in charge of globalization

Globalization benefits everyone in the long run

Globalization furthers the spread of democracy in the world

Globalization requires a global war on terror

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Impacts of Globalization on the Academe

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1970s gained the interest and attention of most social scientists surge in the number of scholarly works about globalization enrichment of literature on globalization such as studies on transnational sexualities, global tourism, evolution of state institutions, the restructuring of work and the improvement of working conditions, transnational caregiving, transnational crime syndicates and global media, etc. Globalization’s impact on human lives

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Globalization literature suggests two major branches of research: Those studying specific problems or issues as they relate to globalization Those studying the concept of globalization itself - theorizing the very nature of the process

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Domain questions that help understand better globalization

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When did globalization begin? Is the core of the process, economic, political or cultural? Does globalization refer to a process or a condition? What is the relationship between globalization and the nation-state? To what extent is the relationship between social structure and territoriality being redefined by globalization?

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Theoretical paradigms associated with globalization Global capitalism paradigm - also known as capitalist globalization. They focus on new global production and financial system The Network society school of thought - technology and technological change are the underlying causes of the several processes that comprise globalization Space, time and Globalization - Giddens, time-space distanciation as the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa. Global City of Sassen and Glocalization of Robertson Transnationality and Transnationalism Global culture paradigm - the theorists emphasize the rapid growth of the mass media and resultant global cultural flows and images in recent decades

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World systems paradigm

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Misconceptions about Globalization

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Globalization as internationalization Globalization as liberalization Globalization as universalization and westernization

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Globalization scholars non-subscription to_______ viewpoint but argue that internationalization and multinationalization are phases that precede globalization because the latter heralds the end of the state system as the nucleus of human activities

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sociological

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MARSHALL MCLUHAN, a Canadian who analyzed the impact of mass media on society, coined the term “_____” in 1962.

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global village

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They focus on new global production and financial system

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Global capitalism paradigm - also known as capitalist globalization

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- technology and technological change are the underlying causes of the several processes that comprise globalization

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The Network society school of thought

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- Giddens, time-space distanciation as the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa. Global City of Sassen and Glocalization of Robertson

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Space, time and Globalization

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- the theorists emphasize the rapid growth of the mass media and resultant global cultural flows and images in recent decades

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Global culture paradigm

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MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT GLOBALIZATION

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Globalization as internationalization Globalization as liberalization Globalization as universalization and westernization