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LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. Agree on a working definition of globalization for the

course;
2. Differentiate the competing conceptions of globalization;
and
3. Narrate a personal experience of globalization
LEARNING OUTCOMES

Read the story entitled “Gio,

Latif and the Laksa” and find
the meaning of globalization
in the story.
GLO B A L E XP ER IEN C E S
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES
Gio and Latif’s story is fictional but very plausible
since it is, in fact, based on the real life
experience of one of the authors. The story shows
how globalization operates at multiple,
intersecting levels.
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES

Sydney is a global city that derives its

wealth and influence from the global
capital that flows through it. Sydney is
also a metropolis of families
international immigrants.
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES

Gio and Latif kept in touch through

Facebook, a global social networking
site that provides instant
communication across countries and
continents.
 WHAT IS
GLOBALIZ AT ION ?
WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION???

Globalization is the spread of

products, technology,
information, and jobs across
national borders and cultures.
WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION???

In economic terms, it describes

as an interdependence of
nations around the globe
fostered through free trade.
WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION???
According to Manfred Steger,
Globalization is the expansion and
intensification of social relations and
consciousness across world-time and
across world-space.
WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION???
Expansion refers to “both the creation of new
social networks and the multiplication of
existing connections that cut-across
traditional political, economic, cultural, and
geographic boundaries.”
WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION???
Intensification refers to the
expansion, stretching, and
deceleration of these networks.