THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

● “THE INTENSIFICATION OF WORLDWIDE SOCIAL RELATIONS WHICH LINK

INTRODUCTION TO GLOBALIZATION DISTANT LOCALITIES IN SUCH WAY THAT LOCAL HAPPENINGS ARE SHAPED BY
EVENTS OCCURRING MANY MILES AWAY AND VICE VERSA” – Anthony Giddens
Learning Objectives:
● AS THE COMPRESSION OF THE WORLD AND THE INTENSIFICATION OF THE
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able:
CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE WORLD AS A WHOLE” – Prof. Roland Robertson

● Differentiate the competing conceptions of globalizations; CHARACTERISTICS OF GLOBALIZATION

● Identify the underlying philosophies of varying definitions of globalization; and ● THERE IS SOCIAL MOBILITY OF MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF
● Agree on a working definition for the course REASON
● THERE IS AN INTENSIFICATION OF INTERACTIONS
GLOBALIZATION
● IT’S AN ACTIVE PROCESS
● IS THE INCREASING INTERACTION OF PEOPLE, STATES OR COUNTRIES
● BORDERLESS INTERACTION
THROUGH THE GROWTH OF INTERNATIONAL FLOW OF MONEY, IDEAS, AND
CULTURE. THE GLOBALIZATION IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC ● SPREAD OF IDEAS, KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE, RELIGION, ETC.
PROCESS OF INTEGRATION THAT HAS SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS.
● IT IS THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF PEOPLE AND BUSINESSACROSS THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION OF TERM GLOBALIZATION
WORLD THAT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO GLOBAL, CULTURAL, POLITICAL, AND
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION. BEFORE THE AGE AGE OF 20th
1820’s 1900’s CENTURY
● IT IS THE ABILITY TO MOVE AND COMMUNICATE EASILY WITH OTHERS ALL OF DISCOVERY DISCOVERY
OVER THE WORLD IN ORDER TO CONDUCT BUSINESS INTERNATIONALLY.
● IT IS A FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, SERVICES, AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE ● 1830, THE WORD GLOBALIZE AS A NOUN APPEARED IN A PUBLICATION
WORLD IN A SEAMLESS AND INTEGRATED MANNER. ENTITLED “TOWARDS NEW EDUCATION” WHERE IT DENOTED A HOLISTIC
● IT IS THE LIBERALIZATION OF COUNTRIES OF THEIR IMPACT PROTOCOLS AND VIEW OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION
WELCOME FOREIGN INVESTMENT INTO SECTORS THAT ARE THE MAINTAYS OF ● 1897, CHARLES TAZE RUSSEL COINED THE TERM CORPORATE GIANTS,
ITS ECONOMY. REFERRING TO A LARGE NATIONAL TRUST AND OTHER LARGE ENTERPRISES OF
● IT REFERS TO THE COUNTRIES ACTING LIKE MAGNETS ATTRACTING GLOBAL THE TIME.
CAPITAL BY OPENING UP THEIR ECONOMIES TO MULTINATIONAL ● LATE 1970’s – GLOBALIZATION WAS COINED
CORPORATIONS.
● EARLY 1981 – GLOBALIZATION WAS USED AS AN ECONOMIC SENSE
GLOBALIZATION AS DEFINED BY OTHER AUTHORS
● LATE 1980’s – GLOBALIZATION WAS POPULARIZED BY THEODORE LEVITT
● “AS PROCESS BY WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD ARE INCORPORATED
● LATE 2000’s – THE IMF IDENTIFIED FOUR BASIC ASPECT OF GLOBALIZATION
INTO A SINGLE WORLD SOCIETY” – Martin Albrow and Elizabeth King
● 2013 – THE GLOBALIZATION WAS USED TO DEFINE BORDERLESS SOCIETY

● 2017 – GLOBALIZATION WAS OFTEN USED IN THE ACADEME

 ● 2018 – GLOBALIZATION WAS NOW USED IN ALL DISCIPLINES ● ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, TWCHNOLOGY, ETC.

INDICATORS OF GLOBALIZATION ● ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ACROSS BORDERS

● ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION, CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICAL

● INTERDEPENDENCE OF COUNTRIES IN DIFFERENT SOCIAL ASPECTS
GLOBALIZATION