JAYBOY M.

SARTORIO
Lecturer
Department of Political Science
COURSE DESCRIPTION
 COURSE
DESCRIPTION

This course introduces students to the contemporary

world by examining the multifaceted phenomenon of
globalization. Using the various disciplines of the social
sciences, it examines the economic, social, political,
technological, and other transformations that have
created an increasing awareness of the
interconnectedness of peoples and places around the
globe.
 COURSE
DESCRIPTION

To this end, the course provides an overview of the

various debates in global governance, development, and
sustainability. Beyond exposing the student to the world
outside the Philippines, it seeks to inculcate a sense of
global citizenship and global ethical responsibility.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
 COURSE LEARNING
OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students are able to:

• Explain the various concepts, processes and
approaches in understanding globalization and its
effects
• Analyze the challenges brought about by the
processes of globalization
• Apply the concepts of globalization in understanding
diversity, identity, and transnational processes
 COURSE LEARNING
OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students are able to:

• Present case studies about the impact and the
responses with the issues arising from globalization
• Reflect on the effects of globalization to self and the
interconnectedness of communities
COURSE OUTLINE
 COURSE
OUTLINE

Introduction and Orientation

General Introduction and Course Overview
Introduction to the Study of Globalization
Definitions of Globalization
Theories of Globalization
History of Globalization
 COURSE
OUTLINE

Structures of Globalization
Economic Dimension
Political Dimension

A World of Regions
The Global Divides: The North and South
Asian Regionalism
 COURSE
OUTLINE

A World of Ideas
Cultural Dimension
The Globalization of Religion

Global Population & Mobility

Global City
Global Demography
Global Migration
 COURSE
OUTLINE

Towards a Sustainable World

Ecological Globalization
Sustainable Development
Food Security

Global Citizenship
COURSE REQUIREMENTS &
GRADING SYSTEM
 COURSE
REQUIREMENTS

Class Attendance Recitation - 20%

Class Participation Major Exams - 40%
Major Examinations Quizzes/Activities - 30%
Quizzes/Activity Attendance - 10%
Academic Paper/Reporting TOTAL 100%
COURSE POLICIES
 COURSE
POLICIES

• Students are requested to come on time.

• Attendance is a component in the grading system
in this class.
• Class participation points are given to students to
encourage active learning.
• Students shall take the examination on the
scheduled date.
JAYBOY M. SARTORIO
Lecturer
Department of Political Science
CONTEMPORARY WORLD
(GEC 103)

JAYBOY M. SARTORIO
Lecturer
Department of Political Science
GLOBALIZATION
• Globalization is global movement
towards integration of the economy,
finance, commerce, and
communication.
• Globalization means opening local and
nationalistic perspectives to a broader
view of an interconnected and
interdependent world with free transfers
of capital, goods, and services across
national borders.
• “The expansion and intensification of social relations
and consciousness across world-time and across
world-space. The creation of new social networks and
the multiplication of existing connections that cut
across the traditional political, economic, cultural and
geographic boundaries refers to expansion. These
various connections occur at the different levels. “

-Manfred Steger
• Solidity refers to barriers
that prevent or make
difficult the movement of
things. Furthermore, solid
can either be natural or
man-made.
• Liquidity refers to the
increasing ease of
movement of people,
things, information, and
places in the
contemporary world.
 ASSIGNMENT

• Read and comprehend the material that I will be

posting in our VLE. We will have a graded recitation
next meeting.
• Read as well about advantages and disadvantages of
globalization.

• Guide Question
• What the stolen iPhone story can tell us about the forms,
qualities, and dimensions of globalization?
ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF
GLOBALIZATION
• Hardwired proposes that globalization originated from
the basic motivation of human beings to seek a better
life (Chanda, 2007).

• Cycles: it explains that there is no single point of origin

in globalization but it is a long term cyclical process.
• Epochs: if cycles explain a continuous long-term
cyclical process, the epochs explain that there are
waves of globalization that took place in the past and
each of them has its own origin.

• Events: this perspective is different from cycles and

epochs as it specifies the event that is somehow
responsible for the origin of globalization.
• Broader, more recent Changes: this perspective views
that the origin of globalization has taken place during
the recent changes that happened in the 2nd half of
the 20th century.