UNDERSTANDING

GLOBALIZATION
Globalization ( Fulcher & Scott)
• A complex of interrelated processes , which have in
common the idea that relationships and
organizations have increasingly spread across the
world.
Four Key Components
1. Destruction of distance
2. Stretching of relationships beyond national boundaries
3. Growing awareness of the world
4. Increasing interdependence between different parts of
the world
 State,
and Nations
 State
A political unit that has :
1. A national Citizen
2. A national Territory
3. A National
Administration
 State
Based on the idea that their citizens are members of a
nation that lives within a defined territory .
It is based on the objective realities that define a
country.
Defined objectively by territorial boundaries and
administrative structure
 Nation
Nation states are based on the idea that a
political unit corresponds nations
• A People with a sense of identity
“ Community of sentiment with a specific sentiment of
solidarity in the face of other groups” – Max Weber
“Imagined Community”- Benedict Anderson
Subjectively defined based on the members sense of
commonality that distinguishes them from others.
 Giddens (1985)
A nation did not exist until the
state had constructed a national
administration that stretched over
its territory
It was the state’s unification of its
citizens that created the nation
 State and Nations
You can also watch this on YouTube for other explanation.
ANO ANG STATE AT NATION? : KAHULUGAN AT PAGKAKAIBA NG STATE AND
NATION by Ser Ian's Class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt2ew7YMWw
Contemporary World
Lesson 1 Assessment
 
INSTRUCTION:
In this section of the module, your general knowledge and understanding of the subject so
far will be tested. Please answer each question using the following format- Arial 11, single-
spaced. Indicate the Assessment #_ and write your name (Last Name, First Name, M. I) and
your Course and Section.

Specific Instruction:
1. Fill up the Problem Tree attached (see updated module) for a specific contemporary
problem faced by the Philippines. Afterwards, Identify the problem’s: (1) Root Cause, (2)
Secondary Causes and (3) Effects. Take note of Sociological Imagination.
2. Provide a Short Explanation to explain the relationship of the contemporary problem’s
root cause and effects. [MIN: 5 sentences]
 Problem Tree by
Schiefer and Dobel
(2001:74)