THEORIES OF

GLOBALIZATION
ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
GLOCALIZATION
 A. Imperialism
B. Colonialism
C. Development
D. Americanization
E. Neoliberalism
F. Neo-Marxian Theories
IMPERIALISM
Methods employed by one
nation-state to gain power
over an area(s) and then to
exercise control over it.

Vladimir Lenin introduced

Imperialism and described it
"as a parasitic system, and
one that part of- and
reflected the decay of
capitalism.
COLONIALISM
Creation by a colonial power of
an administration in an area
that has been colonized to run
its internal affairs. DECOLONIZATION - the
process of revealing and
dismantling colonialist power
in all its form.
COLONIALISM
Creation by a colonial power of
an administration in an area
that has been colonized to run
its internal affairs.
NEOCOLONIALISM - efforts at
control over the former
colonies and other nation-
states grew much more
indirect and subtle and
focused on economic control
and exploitation.
COLONIALISM
Creation by a colonial power of
an administration in an area
that has been colonized to run
its internal affairs.

POST-COLONIALISM
nation-states facing issues
like gaining identity and
development.
development
A project primarily concerned with
the economic development of
specific nation-states is not
regarded as sufficient development.

IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION
Encouraging countries to
develop their own industries,
instead of producing for
export and relying on imports.
development
A project primarily concerned with
the economic development of
specific nation-states is not
regarded as sufficient development.
AMERICANIZATION
Imports by non-Americans of that which is
closely associated with America/Americans.
NEOLIBERALISM
The liberal commitment to individual
liberty combined with a belief in the
free market and opposition to state SHOCKED DOCTRINE:
intervention in it. privatization
deregulation of the economy
reduction of spending on social
wefare
political arena - laws and
regulation were dismantled
nation's capitalists gaining
NEO-MARXIAN THEORIES
Emphasis on transnational practices that are able to cut
across boundaries – through TNCs, the transnational
capitalist class, and the culture‐ideology of capitalism.

TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
The idea is that capitalism has moved away
from being an international system to being a
globalizing system that is decoupled from any
specific geographic territory or nation-state.
NEO-MARXIAN THEORIES
NEO-MARXIAN THEORIES
Emphasis on transnational practices that are able to cut
across boundaries – through TNCs, the transnational
capitalist class, and the culture‐ideology of capitalism.

PRECARIAT - fighting Neoliberalism

The growing number of part-timer workers,
temporary workers, and others living
precariously without stable jobs,
occupational identities, or social protection.