CONTEMPORARY CHARACTERISTICS OF A

DEVELOPING WORLD
 Recent.
 Belonging to or occuring in the  Little access to technology
present. Based in this definition,  Weaker economy
contemporary is not static style.  Often dependent solely on one crop
Instead, it is changing. or one type of work
 Weak education systems
 High illiteracy rates
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY WORLD?
 High population growth b/c:
 It is the circumstances and the 1. Less family planning
ideas of the present age. knowledge
 All the countries of the seven 2. More kids needed to
continents belong to the work on farms
contemporary world. 3. High infant mortality rate
makes people try to have more kids
 Often controlled by dictators and
THE CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD  Rarely have free
markets/capitalism
 Asia  Women have traditional role -
 North America homemaker, caregiver
 South America  People often do not realize what it
 Europe means to truly have liberty
 Australia
 Antarctica
 Africa FACTORS AFFECTING THE
ENVIRONMENT

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE  Rapid population growth

DEVELOPED WORLD  Economic development

 Better access to technology

 Stronger more diverse economies ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
 Higher literacy rates/better
education  Pollution
 Better access to good health care  Loss of habitat
 Slower population growth because  Ozone depletion
of family planning/birth control  Global climate change
 Usually have capitalism & free
markets
 Women tend to have equal rights
and often work outside the
home/get educations
 As countries become developed
their citizens want more liberty and
rights
GLOBALIZATION brought about by the growing
“porosity” of global limitations.
 Is the increasing interaction of
people, states, or countries through
the growth of the international flow
of money, ideas and culture, thus,
globalization is primarily focused
on economic process of integration
that has social and cultural aspects
 It is the interconnectedness of
people and business across the
world that eventually lead to
global, political, cultural and
economic integration
 It is the ability to move and GLOBALIZATION THEORIES
communicate easily with others all HOMOGENEITY
over the world in order to conduct
business internationally  The increasing sameness in the
 Can be defined as a process of world as cultural inputs, economic
rapid economic, cultural, and factors, and political orientations of
institutional integration among societies expand to create common
countries practices, same economies, and
 Globalization makes the world similar forms of government.
accessible to anyone
 It is the spread of products, HOMOGENEITY IS CLOSELY LINKED
technology, information, and jobs TO
across national borders and
cultures. In economic terms, it  Cultural imperialism
describes an interdependence of  Neoliberalism, capitalism, and the
nations around the globe fostered market economy in the world
through free trade.  Media imperialism
 Mcdonaldization

METAPHORS OF GLOBALIZATION
HETEROGENEITY
Solidity and liquidity
 The creation of various cultural
 Solidity refers to barriers that practices, new economies, and
prevent or make difficult political groups because of the
movement of things. Solids can interaction of elements from
either be natural or man-made. different societies in the world.
 Liquidity refers to the increasing
ease of movement of people,
things, information, and places in
the contemporary world.
 Flows are the movement of people,
things, places, and information

ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF
GLOBALIZATION
HARDWIRED
 It is because of our human basic
need to make our lives better that
made globalization possible.
CYCLES
 Globalization is a long term
cyclical process and thus, finding
its origin will be a daunting task.
EPOCH
 Globalization of religion
 European colonial conquests
 Intra-european wars
 Heyday of european imperialism
 Post-word war ii period
 Post-cold war period
EVENTS
 Specific events are also considered
as part of the fourth view in
explaining the origin of
globalization.
BROADER, MORE RECENT CHANGES
 The emergence of the united states
as the global power
 The emergence of multinational
corporations
 The demise of the soviet union and
the end of the cold war
CHARACTERISTICS OF
GLOBALIZATION
 There is mobility of movement of
people regardless of reason
 There is an intensification of
interactions
 It's an active process
 Borderless interaction
 Spread of ideas, knowledge,
technology, culture, religion, etc.
TYPES OF GLOBALIZATION
ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION
 The interconnectedness of
economies through trade and the
exchange of resources.
SOCIAL GLOBALIZATION
 Sharing of ideas and information
between and through different
countries.
POLITICAL GLOBALIZATION
 The amount of political co-
operation that exists between
different countries.
CAUSES OF GLOBALIZATION
1. Trade liberalizations
2. Improvements in technology
3. Reduced cost/improvement of
communications and transportation
4. Deregulation of financial markets
5. Increased significance of
TNCS/MNCs
EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION
 Increase in competition
 Exchange of technology
 Increase in investment levels and
rise in opportunities
 Multinational and multicultural
management
 Procurement and outsourcing
 Economic development

ADVANTAGES OF GLOBALIZATION
 Cheaper goods and better product
quality
 Increase in skilled workers
 Lower cost of production
 Improvement in education
 Cultural diversity
 Poverty reduction
 Transportation

DISADVANTAGES OF
GLOBALIZATION
 Increased commodity price
 Exploitation of cheap labor
 Cause of disease
 Increased relative poverty and
inequality
 Increased vulnerability and
instability
 Disparity and uneven wealth
distribution