Self-Test #1

1. What is Globalization and how does it occur subjectively?

Globalization refers to the increasing interdependence of the world's economies, cultures, and
populations as a result of cross-border trade in commodities and services, technology, and
investment, people, and information flows. Over the years, countries have formed economic
alliances to help these movements. However, after the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, the
world became more and more popular with the impact of these cooperative agreements on modern
life. This guide focuses on international commerce, and some investment flows among advanced
economies, with a particular focus on the United States.

Globalization's wide-ranging repercussions are complex and politically fraught. Globalization, like
other large technological advancements, benefits society as a whole while damaging specific
groups. Understanding the relative costs and advantages can help you solve challenges while
keeping the bigger picture in mind.
Globalization has demonstrated that international societies are today more interconnected than they
have ever been. It's a complicated process that results in a variety of paradoxical impacts in shifting
cultural and power dynamics. It refers to the extending and strengthening of social links that seem to
alter our current weakened social condition and nationality, according to Professor Manfred Steger.

The way countries, businesses, and individuals interact is changing as a result of globalization. It
alters the nature of international economic activity by extending commerce, creating global supply
chains, and allowing access to natural resources and labor markets.
Changing the way nations engage and commerce increases cultural interchange. It breaks down
geographical, political, and economic obstacles.

2. Why should we use the interdisciplinary approach in studying Globalization?

We must take an interdisciplinary approach to globalization in order to avoid a parochial

perspective, which will result in a rigid and restrictive way of thinking, particularly when it comes to
the growth and deepening of social ties, as well as the concept of time and place. Globalization and
the contemporary world will inevitably be interdisciplinary, as we will be able to understand the big
picture and thus make more accurate diagnoses of current events and the world as a whole. We will
be able to comprehend the social, economic, political, and cultural processes that build one's
structure and regard each part as a part of a bigger total as a result of this. This approach will also
take into account the different forms of social connection that influence how we view the world and
how we behave in it.

3. Why do we need to exercise our sociological imagination to make sense of the

Contemporary world?

A brief explanation of sociological imagination can help explain the subject in a more meaningful
way; it can also be a helpful first step toward understanding how sociological imagination can
benefit people who develop it in their personal and professional life.

The founder of the sociological imagination, C Wright Mills, discussed the ability to see the social
patterns that influence individuals, families, groups, and organizations. It is the person’s awareness
of the relationship between the individual and the wider society, both today and in the past. Also,
"Neither the life of a person nor the history of a community can be understood without
understanding both," Mills wrote at the time. However, it's also crucial to place Mills' beliefs in
context. He argues that understanding the collective interactions of systems and those within them,
as well as the social structures that arise from conflicts between different groups, requires
examining their balance. This perspective also allows sociologists to do more than observe; it
enables them to expose social injustice, take action, and change the world.
 And that`s important. Because, without sociological imagination, all our common-sense ideas come
from limited social experience. The sociological imagination is a framework for a social worldview
that goes beyond these limits. Develop the ability to understand how biography is the result of a
historical process and develops in a larger social context. So, sociological imagination requires us to
separate ourselves from the familiar reality of our personal environment and to look at social issues
in a broader context.

4. Explain the difference between the State and The Nation.

A state is both a political and a legal construct. A state is a group of people who occupy a certain
area of land, have their own government to which their citizens must submit, and exercise
sovereignty. A state cannot exist without even one of its constituent elements. It is the most
important political player in the global, political, and economic arenas. It is also recognized by other
countries, and it governs both international and domestic trade. A nation, on the other hand, is an
ethnic concept, a sociological connection that refers to a large group of people who believe they
belong together because they share similar values or a cultural and identity-based term who share a
common language, history, religion, or place.