Understanding, Definition & Theories of Globalization

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Creation of a “Borderless World”`

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Globalization

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The quality or state of being all the same or all of the same kind.

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Homogeneity

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It is a broad concept that describes various methods employed by one country to gain control of another country and then to exercise control, especially political, economic, and territorial, over that country, and perhaps many other countries.

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Imperialism

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The “acceleration and intensification of economic interaction among the people, companies, and governments of different nations.”

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Globalization

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The quality or state of being diverse in character or content.

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Heterogeneity

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It is the blending of the elements from different cultures.

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Cultural Hybridization

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It is an accelerating set of processes involving flows that encompass ever-greater numbers of the world’s spaces and that lead to increasing integration and interconnectivity among those spaces.

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Globalization

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It is the concept that in a global market, a product or service is more likely to succeed when it is customized for the locality or culture in which it is sold.

It is the practice of conducting business according to both local and global considerations.

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Glocalization

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It means more than just mixture; it involves the creation of new cultures.

It is the process in which Creole cultures emerge in the New World

It is the process of language mixing to produce new one, used especially to refer to mixtures of local languages with European languages.

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Creolization

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The process in which separate organizations unite to form a larger organization.

It is the process by which a minority group and a majority group combine to form a new group.

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Amalgamation

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Wallerstein’s World System Theory Model has classified the countries into three, what are these?

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• Core
• Semi-periphery
• Periphery

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Rich & developed states

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Core

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The ‘in-between; semi-industrialized states

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Semi-Periphery

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Poor & dependent states

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Periphery

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The model involves Transnational Practices (TNPs) at three levels, name these:

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The economic, political, and the cultural-ideological

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One of the levels of Transnational Practices whose agent is a transnational capitalist class

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The political

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One of the levels of Transnational Practices whose agent is transnational capital

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The economic

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One of the levels of Transnational Practices whose agent is cultural elites

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The cultural-ideological

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“technologistic approach to globalization or “Age of information” or “informationalism”

digital connectivity and empowerment of the internet and the World Wide Web

Generation Z or Gen Z (also known as Generation or iGen and Post-Millenials

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Network Society

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• Gives emphasis on Welfare and Freedom
• sees the process of globalization as market-led extension of modernization.
• it is a result of ‘natural’ human desires for economic welfare and political liberty.

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Liberalism

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• Power
• Importance of sovereign states (balance of power, dominant state at a particular moment; consequent interests)
• stressing the uneven nature of globalization

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Political Realism

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• Equality
• Abolish capitalism and private ownership of property
• Class relations conflict between Bourgeious (rich/elite) and Proletariat (workers/laborers)
• Production & distribution should be owned by the Government
• Excessive emphasis on class conflict

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Marxism

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Transplanetary connectivity due to the importance of symbols, language, interpretation, etc. in constructing the social world.

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Constructivism

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• emphasize relativity or Subjectivism and individuality

- Critique include universalist notions of objective reality, morality and truth

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Postmodernism

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• Subordination/ marginalization of women
• feminization of poverty
• according to study (Rios, 2015) women are poorer than men in every state, regardless of education or geographic location.

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Feminism

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does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories

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Eclecticism