THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

A PRESENTATION FOR THE

CONTEMPORARY WORLD

PRESENTED BY:

SHINJI L. YAMAMOTO
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Facts:

• The WTO has 164 members and 23 observer

governments
• With WTO, countries can buy and sell goods from
one another without placing taxes on import or
tariffs
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Facts:

• NAFTA – Stands for North American Free Trade

Agreement
• An economic treaty between the United States,
Canada and Mexico in which the three countries
trade freely without taxing each other.
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GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBALISM

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GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBALISM

GLOBALIZATION WHEN
COMPARED TO
GLOBALISM WOULD BE
BETTER DESCRIBED AS THE
“INCREASE OR DECLINE
IN THE DEGREE OF
GLOBALISM”

WHAT IS GLOBALISM?
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GLOBALISM REFERS TO THE NETWORK OF CONNECTIONS

THAT TRANSCENDS DISTANCE OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD. IN OTHER WORDS, THE LINKS AMONG
COUNTRIES AND PEOPLE ARE BETTER ASSOCIATED WITH
GLOBALISM WHILE THE SPEED IN WHICH THEY BECOME
LINKED WITH ONE ANOTHER IS GLOBALIZATION
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IF WE MAKE A CONTRAST BETWEEN GLOBALISM

AND GLOBALIZATION BY SAYING THAT
GLOBALIZATION MEANS CONNECTEDNESS
WHILE GLOBALIZATION IS NOT,IT WILL LEAD TO A
CONFUSION THAT THE PRESENT IS THE ONLY TIME
IN WHICH PEOPLE GET CONNECTED WHILE IN
THE PAST, THEY WERE NOT. BUT EVEN BEFORE THE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, THE WORLD WAS
THROUGH THE CONQUEST OF ALREADY
DIFFERENT
CONNECTED.
EMPIRES, SUCH AS THOSE OF THE ROMANS,
MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD BECAME UNDER
ONE RULE
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TODAY, HOWEVER THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD IS

CHARACTERIZED BY BEING CONNECTED THROUGH
THE INTERNET, MODERN TRANSPORTATION, AND
ADVANCE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES. THIS IS
TO SAY, THEREFORE, THAT SOCIETIES IN THE WORLD
HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONNECTED – WHAT MAKES THE
CONTEMPORARY WORLD DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST
IS THE TYPE AND SPEED OF COMMUNICATION THAT
PEOPLE AND SOCIETIES EXPERIENCE.
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WE CAN ALSO DIFFERENCIATE

GLOBALISM AND
GLOBALIZATION IN TERMS OF ITS
THICKNESS. GLOBALISM IS THIN,
AS IT BECOMES THICKER,
GLOBALIZATION HAPPENS. THIS
MEANS THAT BEING ABLE TO
CONNECT COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD THROUGH A MORE
DYNAMIC AND FASTER WAY IS
GLOBALIZATION.
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IF WE LOOK AT THE GLOBAL TRADE TODAY, IT

HAS REACHED A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD. FOR EXAMPLE,
THE SELLING PRODUCTS ARE NOT SOLELY DONE
THROUGH PHYSICAL TRANSACTIONS BUT CAN BE
DONE ONLINE AS WELL

THIS ALLOWS ONE, WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE

COMPUTER AND WORLD WIDE WEB TO BE
CONNECTED WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD.
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ASIDE FROM THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THE SPEED

WAS ALSO AFFECTED BY THE TRANSITION FROM
THIN GLOBALISM TO THICK GLOBALISM. IN THE
PAST, IF YOU WERE A EUROPEAN TRADER TAKIN
THE SILK ROAD GOING TO CHINA, THIS WOULD
TAKE YOU DAYS OR WEEKS TO SELL YOUR
PRODUCTS. BUT TODAY, IT WOULD TAKE ONLY
SECONDS OR RATHER, MINUTES TO SELL, BUY OR
EXCHANGE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES WITH
OTHER PEOPLE EVEN IF THEY ARE A THOUSAND
MILES AWAY FROM YOU.
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ALTHOUGH GLOBALISM AND GLOBALIZATION ARE OFTEN

UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMY, NYE (2000) GAVE
FOUR DISTINCT DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALISM

ECONOMIC MILITARY ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL

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