Gringo M.

Corpuz
What is GLOBALIZATION?
• The expansion and intensification
of social relations and
consciousness across world-time
and across world-space (Manfred Expansion,
Steger, 2014) stretching and
acceleration of
The creation of new social networks social networks
and the multiplication of new
connections that cut across traditional
political, economic, cultural, and
geographic boundaries
What is GLOBALIZATION?
• The expansion and intensification
of social relations and
consciousness across world-time
and across world-space (Manfred
Steger, 2014)

People begin to feel that

the word is getting
smaller, closer (distance),
synced (time).
What is GLOBALIZATION?
• Economic, political,
social, cultural and
technological
integration
 GLOBALIZATION vs GLOBALISM
Globalization Globalism
•Process of expansion •Belief among powerful
and intensification of people that global
integration of economic
social networks or
markets is beneficial for
global connection everyone since it
spreads freedom and
democracy across the
world.
Globalization theories

World Systems Modernization

Theory Theory

Dependency
Theory
 Globalization theories
1. World systems
theory
 Defined by Immanuel Wallerstein
in “World Systems Analysis”
 The world as a unit divided into
three regions:
Core
Periphery
Source: https://medium.com/@kendallgrace15/periphery-role-in-the-world-systems-theory-
Semi-periphery
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 Globalization theories
1. World systems theory
Core
• Strong central government
• Economically diversified
• Industrialized
• Relatively independent of outside control
• Western European countries, USA, Canada, Japan
 Globalization theories
1. World systems theory
Periphery
• Relatively weak government
• Dependent on one-type of economic activity
• Has high percentage of poor and uneducated people
• Small upper class controls most of the economy
• Huge inequality in the population
 Globalization theories
1. World systems theory
Semi-periphery
• Middle ground
• Not dominant in the international trade but has a relatively
diversified and developed economy
• From periphery moving up or from core declined to semi periphery
• India, Brazil
The three regions

Source: http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/users/f/felwell/www/Theorists/Essays/Wallerstein1.htm
Globalization theories

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 Globalization theories
2. Modernization theory
• All countries follow a similar path of
development: from traditional to a
modern society.

• It assumes that with some help,

traditional societies can developed
into modern countries as the
countries adapts to modern
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technologies and the political and
social changes that occur.
 Globalization theories
3. Dependency theory
 Reaction to modernization
theory
 Uses the idea of core and
periphery form the World
Systems theory to look at the
Source: http://udel.edu/~jdeiner/depend.html
inequalities among countries
 Globalization theories
3. Dependency theory
• Characteristics of Third World countries
 They have their own structures and
features not seen in the developed
countries and will not accelerate to
become a developed nation.
They are in an unfavorable economic
position because don’t even have the
opportunity to improve and develop.
They remain poor and dependent on
Source: http://udel.edu/~jdeiner/depend.html wealthier nations.
 Globalization theories
3. Dependency theory
• Periphery(third world
countries/poor countries) export
resources to the wealthy core(first
world/rich countries) not because
they are in the early stage of
development but because they have
been integrated into the world
Source: http://udel.edu/~jdeiner/depend.html
system as an undeveloped country.
Globalization theories

INTEGRATION

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Group Activity
• Form 5 groups
• Each group will be assigned of an area:
– Group 1: Clothing
– Group 2: School supplies
– Group 3: TV Shows
– Group 4: Food
– Group 5: Gadgets
• List down as many as you can and identify the country where
each item came from.
• You have 10 minutes to do the task.
 Group Activity
• Analyze the list you have created, using the theories of
globalization.
• Answer the following:
– Do all items come from the same country?
– How did it happen?
– Describe the country where most of the items came from?
– Why are these not produced in the Philippines?
– What does it tell us about the Philippines and the Filipinos?
– Use one of the three theories to form a conclusion about it.
References:
• Claudio, L.E. & Abinales, P.N. (2018). The Contemporary World. Quezon City: C&E
Publishing, Inc.
• Robinson, W.I. (2007). Theories of Globalization
• ‘Globalization easily explained’ by Explainity.
• ‘Globalization theories’ by Khan Academy

Web references;
• https://medium.com/@kendallgrace15/periphery-role-in-the-world-systems-
theory-fa5d291cac55
• https://www.sociosite.net/sociologists/texts/wallerstein_summary.php
• http://steconomiceuoradea.ro/anale/volume/2010/n2/031.pdf
• http://steconomiceuoradea.ro/anale/volume/2010/n2/031.pdf
• http://www.economicsonline.co.uk/Global_economics/Dependency_theory.html
• http://udel.edu/~jdeiner/depend.html