THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Socio 101

PRELIM TOPICS
IDEOLOGIES OF GLOBALIZATION
Theories of Globalization
6 core claims
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ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION OF THE WORLD
International Trading Systems
The Bretton Woods System
Neoliberalism and Its Discontents
The Challenges of Neoliberalism
The Global Financial Crisis
Economic Globalization Today

MIDTERM TOPICS
INTERNATIONAL ORDER
Attributes of Global System Today
The Interstate System
Internationalism
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
International Organization
The United Nations
Challenges of the United Nations
WORLD OF REGIONS
Countries, Regions, and Globalization
Non-State Regionalism
Challenges to Regionalism

SEMI-FINALS TOPICS
GLOBALIZATION OF RELIGION
The Role of Religion in Globalization
Religion FOR and AGAINST Globalization
The truth about the AFGHAN WAR
MEDIA AND GLOBALIZATION
Media and its Functions
The Global Village and Cultural Imperialism
Critiques of Cultural Imperialism
Social Media and the Creation of Cyber Ghettos
GLOBAL CITY
Defining Global City
Indicators of Globality
The Challenges of Global Cities
The Global City and The Poor
FINALS TOPICS
GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHY
The “Perils” of Overpopulation
Theories of Population
Women and Reproductive Rights
The Feminists Perspective
Population Growth and Food Security
GLOBAL MIGRATION
What is Migration?
Benefits and Detriments for the Sending Countries
The Problem of Human Trafficking
ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The World’s Leading Environmental Problems
Man-Made Pollution
Climate Change
Combating Global Warming
COVID-19 and GLOBALIZATION
What is a pandemic?
How did the world got infected?
How is globalization affected by this pandemic?
Name the international organizations involved.
What is the current administration of the country handle the crisis?