CONTEMPORARY

WORLD
 Are you aware of the latest updates in the
world? Can you give me at least one current
event?
 If you heard the word “globalization” what
concepts come first in your mind? Is it a
new concept or term to you?
 Can you provide me with your own
definition of globalization?
 DEFINITION OF
GLOBALIZATION
MARTIN ALBROW
 “… all those processes
by which the peoples
of the world are
incorporated into a
single world society.”
ANTHONY GIDDENS
 “Globalization can thus
be defined as the
intensification of
worldwide social
relations which link
distant localities in such
a way that local
happenings are shaped
by events occuring
many miles away and
vice versa.”
PETER DICKEN
 “…globalization is
‘qualitatively different’
from
internationalization… it
represents ‘a more
advanced and complex
form of
internationalization
which implies a degree
of functional dispersed
economic activities.’ ”
PETER DICKEN
 “ ‘the degree of
interdependence and
integration between
national economies.’ ”
 KENICHI OHMAE
 “…globalization
means the onset of
the bounderless
world…”
 OECD
 “…understood as the
phenomenon by which
markets and production
in different countries are
becoming increasingly
interdependent due to
the dynamics of trade in
goods and services and
the flows of capital and
technology.”
 ROBERT COX
 “The characteristics of
the globalization trend
include the
internationalizing of
production, the new
international division of
labor, new migratory
movements from South
to North, the new
Internationalizing of the
state… making states
into agencies of the
globalizing world.”
 CHARLES OMAN
 “ ‘Globalization’ is the
growth, or more precisely
the accelerated growth, of
economic activity across
national and regional
political boundaries. It finds
expression in the increased
movement of tangible and
intangible goods and
services, including
ownership rights, via trade
and investment, and often
of people, via migration.
 CHARLES OMAN
 It can be and often is
facilitated by a lowering of
government impediments
to that movements, and/or
by technological progress,
notably in transportation
and communications. The
actions of individual
economic actors, firms,
banks, people, drive it,
usually in the pursuit of
profit, often spurred by the
pressures of competition.
 CHARLES OMAN
 Globalization is thus a
centrifugal process, a
process of economic
outreach, and a
microeconomic
phenomenon.”
JAN AART SCHOLTE
 “…an ensemble of
developments that
make the world a
single place, changing
the meaning and
importance of
distance and national
identity in world
affairs.”
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
 “Globalization refers to
the growing economic
interdependence of
countries worldwide
through the increasing
volume and variety of
cross-border transactions
in goods and services and
of international capital
flows, and also through
the more rapid and
widespread diffusion of
technology.”
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
 “Economic
‘globalization’ is a
historical process, the
result of human
innovation and
technological progress.
It refers to the
increasing integration
of economies around
the world, particularly
through trade and
financial flows.
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY
FUND
 The term sometimes also
refers to the movement
of people (labor) and
knowledge (technology)
across international
borders. There are also
broader cultural, political
and environmental
dimensions of
globalization that are
not covered here.”
WEBSTER’S ONLINE DICTIONARY

 “Growth to a global or
worldwide scale.”
 4 CHARACTERISTICS OF
GLOBALIZATION

1. Creation of new and multiplication of

existing social networks.
2. Expansion and stretching of social
activities, relation, interdependence.
3. Intensification and acceleration of social
exchanges and activities.
4. Global becomes the frame of reference for
thought and action.
DIMENSION OF GLOBALIZATION

1. Economic
2. Political
3. Cultural
4. Ecological
VOCABULARY

 CONCEPT – a general notion or idea

 GLOBAL – pertaining to the whole world
 APPROACH – a way of dealing with
something
 DIMENSION – an aspect or feature of a
situation, problem, or thing
 INTENSIFICATION – the action of making or
becoming more intense
 SYNTHESIZE – to form by combining parts or
elements
CONCEPT OF GLOBALIZATION

 Lorenz is a college student. He drinks Milo

with his usual corned beef, egg, and rice for
breakfast every school day. While eating, he
watches Cartoon Network on cable TV to
make his morning light. Afterwards, he
rushes to brush his teeth using Colgate.
Then, he is good to go. Once inside the
university campus, he sends an I-am-at-
school message to his mom using his new
iPhone X.
 Likewise, he sends his “Hi” message to his
special friend via his Samsung Galaxy S9. More
so, Lorenz and his friends love to wear Vans
shoes and use Vans schoolbags. They love to
hang out in their favorite fast food store,
McDonalds, and happily eat their favorite
burger, chicken nuggets, and Coke float. He
talks to his dad who works in Dubai via Skype
on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday nights.
CONCEPT OF GLOBALIZATION

 Global Economic Imperialism

 Westernization
 Americanization
 Globalism
 Global Village