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    (questions about yourself ina national contest. You study Riza examine primary readings in Philippine history and, inthe course Understanding the Set, section leads you to reflect 00 nations Identity. These courses are all necessary yourself and your country. This course, however, will a should reflect about you to think beyond your country and Citizen ofthe world Thus, most of the examples and cate studies will be about peoples and places outside of the Philipines Nevertheless, we acknowledge the need to connect the study of slobalization to local experiences. For this reason, we will use the boxed text withthe label "Localizing the Material” to provide ‘examples that are relatable tothe Filipino reader As for classroom activites, it will be Integrate, conduct, and facilitate them. After each eson, howeve wwe provide guide questions which you may wish to answer before the class. Ax you answer these questions ether on a notebook or just own mind, please do not lose sight of the man {question of the course: What does it mean to be a citien ofthe wor? The course will be challenging. Much of the materials you will find are new and unfamiliar. Despite this, we hope that you will enjoy reading this book and taking this course. This may be tne ofthe few times in your eas cllege student when you are explicitly challenged to transcend the borders of your nation your countrymen. and wltimstely, your imagination = LisandroE. Claw Patricio N. Abinales The Structures of Globalization This nit will introduce you to the various rivers of the globalization process, with specific focus on economics and politics. Although it emphasizes that you experience tlobaization on an “everyday” level, you must Also realize that there are big. institutions that create large-scale changes. This wnt will first trace the emergence ofthese institutions historically. It wil then move on to explain how they affect the countries and people today ‘The major learning outcomes ofthis unit + analyze the various contemporary Arivers of globalization: and + describe the emergence of global ‘economic and politcal systems Glowing oucomes ‘Ac theendotislesonyoushaulsbe zee: 1. agieronaworing dfnitonf bsltin ore cous 2. dierent the competing conceptions ofan and 3. raateapesonal experience of pobaliaton ‘Story: Gio, Latif, and theLaksa \When Gio was a second-yeatintemational ffs student in 2 university in Cebu City, he obtained funding to jin the schoo! team particpating in an Intemational Model UN competition In Sygney, Austral. At the height of the competition, Gio made plenty of new fiends and became particularly dose to Latif from the Malaysian team, The two fist tated taking when Lat asked ‘Gio where he was from. Upon discovering that the Go was from the Phillpines, Lat lt up and declared that he was a big fan of Filipino actors Jericho Rosales and Kristine Hermosa. Gio was pleasantly suprised to learn that Lai had seen every episode of the ABS-CBN telenovela Pangako sa Yo ("The Promise’). The show had aired on Malaysian TV few years back, and its two stars had developed a modest following ‘Ashamed that he did not know as much about Malaysia 2s Latif knew about the Philippines, Gio asked Latif what his country ‘waste, Latif he ascovered, as ftom a Muslim univers n Kula Lumpur Gio asked him what he liked best about ving In “K.” and Lat immediately mentioned the food. Latif explained thatin Kuala Lumpur, one ean find Chinese, indian, and Malay cuisines. He told Gio that this assortment of foodways was the resuit of at loboteaon? 3 how the Britsh reorganized Malaysian society during the colonial ties. The Brith dite to change the way of ife ofthe Malays ‘who were the original residents but brought in Chinese laborers to work inthe rubber plantations and tin mines, ant indians to help manage the bureaucracy and serve asthe inital professional core ofa potential middle clas. One ofthe ways that these ethic ‘70upS Were ideted was through thelr foodways. According to Lat, Malaysia eventually became famous for these cuisines which can be foundin the vaious hawker centers” cos the nations cies and towns. These fod stands are located in outdoor food parks where locals ad tours tate the best of Malaysia rom nas leak to laksa. Gio interupted Latif and ashe, “Whats laksa” He felt more ashamed at his ack of knowledge. “Ahi ..et me show you what it 'sand how itis prepared” repied Lat The nextday Latif ook Glo to 2 Malaysian restaurant afew blocks away from the univesty. Gio was suprised 1 discover that Malaysia food was readily avaible in Sydney, Having noticed this, Lat explained to his Filipino frend that, over the years, 35 ‘mote and more Malaysian students moved to Sydney to study, Malayan restaurants flowed sult Soon afte, they were catering not ony to these students, but to Austral-bom “ycneysiders” 35 well whose culinary tastes were Becoming more and more diverse, Gio finally ha his fst taste of aksa—a rice noodle soup in a spicy coconut curry sauce He found the flavors intense sinc, lke most Finos,he was not used to spcy food. However in eference to his end, he persisted and eventual found himself enjoying the hot sh, ‘AMter the meal, Gio and Latif went to 2 nearby café and: ‘ordered lat whites’—an espresso drink similar 0 late, whichis ‘sual served in cafés in Australia and New Zealand, Both knew ‘what flat whites were since there were Austalan-inspted cafés in both Kula Lumpur and Cebu. yD 4 The srctures of Globataation Wat isto? 1 5 = | | The new fiends promised to stay in touch after t ‘competition, and added each other on Facebook and instagram. (Over the next two years they exchanged e-mails and posts, ‘congratulated each other fr thet achievements, and commented ‘on and iked each othe’s photos, Lat sent his mother’ recipe to (Gio and the later began cooking Malaysian food in his home. ‘A few years after graduation, Glo moved to Singapore joining many other oversees Filipino workers (OWS) in the city-state The culture was new to hie, but one thing was familiar the food served in Singapore was no different from the Malesian food he had discovered through Lai, He would late lear fiom Singaporean coleagues thatthe island country was once part of the Britsh colony of Malay and the postwar independent Federation of Malaysia, Singapore, however, separated from the Federation in August 1965 and became a nation-state. Today they may be two distinct countries in this part ofthe world, but ‘Singapore and Malaysia stil share the same cuisine | After he settled down in his apartment, Gio sought out and found a favorite laksa stalin Newton Hawker Center. He would spend his weekends there with with fends eating laksa and other | iss. (One Saturday, while Gio was checking his slong the very busy Orchard Road—Singapore’s main coms road-—he noticed that Latif had just posted somet tater. It was a picture fom Orchard Road. Surprised but aso excited, Gio sent Lata private message. Latif replied immediately saying that he too had moved to Singapore and was, at that roment, standing in font a department store just afew blocs | ‘away from where Gio was. The two friends met up, and after 2 | Tong hug and quick questions as to what each was up to, they ducked into a café and renewed their international fendship..by ‘ordering a pai of fiat whites. Global Experiences Gio and Latif story is fctional but very plausible since its fn fact, based on the real-life experience of one of the authors. ‘was through such friendships that one was abe to appreciate the ‘meaning and impact of globalization. We begin our definition of globalization with this narrative to illustrate hove concrete the phenomenon is. The story shows hhow globalization operates at_multiple, intersecting levels: ‘The spread of Filipino TV into Malaysia suggests how fast this popular culture has proliferated and crisscrossed all over Asia 6 | The Strtures of iobalzation ‘The Model UN activity that Glo and Latif participated in is tn international competition about international politics. Gio met Latif (a Malaysian involved in the model UN) in Sydney, « soba city that derives its wealth and influence from the global ‘capital that flows through it. Sydney is also a metropolis of families of fatrnationa immigrants or foreigners working inthe industries that also sel thei products abroad. After the two had gone back to their home countries, Gio and Latif kept in touch through Facebook, a global social networking site that provides instantaneous communication across countries and continents “They preserved their friendship online and then rekindled this faceto-face in Singapore, another hub for global commerce, with 40 percent ofthe population being classified as foreign talents” ‘What other ints of globalization did you find in the story? Some Description Cur discussion should begin with this intuitive sense that something is happening, and iti not affecting everyone in the Same way, Gi’ story is a very privileged way of experencing ‘lob flows, bt for other people, the shrinking of the world may fot be st exciting and edifying. For example, itis very common for young women in developing countries to be recruited fn the Internet at “mail-order brides” for foreign men living in other ‘countries. After being promised a good life once married to a kind Inusband in ich iy, they end up becoming sexual and domestic servants in foreign lands. Some were even sold off by thei “Shasbands” to gangs which ran prostue rings in these cities. Like Gio, they too have experienced the shrinking of the world, albeit negatively. ‘Governments that decide to welcome the foreign investments ‘on the bli that they provide jobs and capital forthe country fee public lands as factory or industrial sites. In the process, poor peopl ving in these lands, also called “urban poor communities” fre being evicted by the government. The irony is that these people sm thei “slums” are aio the labor force sought Priorign companies. They had tobe Kicked out of ts OE, or rses tld that they could take an hour orto of Dus U4 tn ar mloeated communities back to the “old home” fer ‘minimam-wage work ‘Because diferent people encounter globalization {9 variety of wpe i is deemed uaefl to ask simple questions Uke: 18 Shattion good or bad Is it beneficial or detrimental?” The seuasion begins with two premises. First, globeliztion is = cmeplex phenomenon that oecurs at multiple levels. Second, ie sm uneven process that affects people diferent. forcibly removed fo Globalization: A Working Defi Most accounts view globalization as primarily an economic process When a newspaper reports that nationalists are resisting fobelizaton? it usualy refers to the integration of the national rrorkets toa wider global market signified by the increased free fade, When activists refer to the “anti-globalization” movement ‘ofthe 1990, they mean resisting the trade deals among countries facilitated and promoted by global organizations like the World “Trade Organization. Globalization scholars do not necessarily disagree with people who criticize uniir international trade deals or global economic ‘rpanizatlons Infact, many are sympathetic to the critique of conomic globalization, Academics differ from journalists and poltical activists, however, because they se globalization in much broader terms, They view the process through various lenses that Consider multiple theories and perspectives. Academics cal this fn interdisiptinary approach, and ts this approach used by the {general education (GE) courses that you willbe taking alongside this one, ‘The best scholarly description of globalization is provided by Manfred Steger who described the process as “the expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across ee ek 8 | Thestuctue of Globalization Wotiime and across wold-space™ Expansion refers to “bth

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