Bangayan, Rudyard D.

BSEE_1C

“GLOBALIZATION”

AUTHOR/S DEFINITION
Anthony Giddens “Globalization can thus be defined 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.”
Robert Spich “Globalization is a conceptualization of the
international political economy which
suggests and believes essentially that all
economic activity, whether local, regional or
national, must be conducted within a
perspective and attitude that constantly is
global and worldwide in its scope.”
David Steingard and Dale Fitzgibbons “Globalization as an ideological construct
devised to satisfy capitalism’s need for new
markets and labor sources and propelled by
the uncritical ‘sycophancy’ of the
international academic business community.”
Mark Ritchie “Globalization as the process of corporations
moving their money, factories and products
around the planet at ever more rapid rates of
speed in search of cheaper labor and raw
materials and governments willing to ignore
or abandon consumer, labor and
environmental protection laws. As an
ideology, it is largely unfettered by ethical or
moral considerations.”
Jan Aart Scholte “Globalization refers to processes whereby
social relations acquire relatively distance less
and borderless qualities, so that human lives
are increasingly played out in the world as a
single place.”