GEC 3 -The Contemporary World

University of Antique
Sibalom, Antique
February 15, 2024
• This course introduces students to the contemporary
world
. Using the various disciplines of the social
sciences,

. To this end, the course

Beyond exposing the student to the

world outside the Philippines,
Finland Sweden
China

USA South Korea

Philippines

Taiwan
“Let me begin with . [...] Narrowly defined, it is meant to mean

Its larger connotations, however, are less

innocent, encompassing as
Toni Morrison
In This Lesson
Develop a nuanced definition of globalization in order to begin to understand the processes of
globalization.
View a video and develop their own definition of globalization.
Understand the key features of globalization.
Identify the pros and cons of globalization.
 The Meaning of Globalization
The noun
. But three decades passed
before globalization was developed in social sciences as a
paradigm or example.

Every day we hear the term globalization on the

news, read it in the papers, and overhear people talking about
it.
The Meaning of Globalization
 defined globalization as
―

• As a complex and multifaceted phenomenon,

 Geographical Economic

Technological Military

Political Cultural

Ecological
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Factors That Have Contributed to Globalization
Factors That Have Contributed to Globalization
• Workers can lose their
competitiveness when
companies build
in low wage countries,
making them as productive as
those in the developed countries.
• A number of experts argue that both the anti-globalization and
the pro-globalization stances are exaggerated.
• Those in the middle ground tend to argue that economic
globalization is indeed unavoidable. They point out that even the
anti-globalization movement is made possible by the Internet and
is, therefore, itself an expression of globalization.
• Further contend that globalization can be managed, at both the
national and international levels, to reduce economic inequalities
and protect the natural environment.
• Such scholars
s (such as the UN, World Bank, and
IMF), along with networks of watchdog environmental, labor, and
human rights groups.

(Rowntree, Lewis, Price & Wyckoff, 2008