THE

CONTEMPORARY
WORLD
WITH THESE
REALITIES/EXAMPLES, IS
GLOBALIZATION HAPPENING IN
TODAY’S WORLD?
 WHAT IS
GLOBALIZATION?
 GLOBALIZATION:

 Thomas Larsson (2001): “the process of world

shrinkage, of distances getting shorter, things
moving closer. It pertains to the increasing ease with
which somebody on one side of the world can
interact...”

WHY AND HOW?

GLOBALIZATION
 Globalize: creation of international network of economic
systems where there is the establishment of
interdependence and interconnectedness between the
varied socio-cultural, economic, and political components
of the world

interdependence relying on each other is a necessity

Increased interconnectedness opening of international
borders allowing flows of goods, services, finance, people,
and ideas
 “global age”
(Albrow, 1996)
Globalization:

Global alliance and

dependence in terms of Global network
business, political,
economic, and cultural
practices Global village
(Marshall
McLuhan)
Isglobalization a reality that has
been only present in today’s
society? Or globalization has
been already present in the past?
Four General
Approaches to Dating
Globalization

When did globalization

begin?
 1.It started in 1989 with the
collapsed of communism and the
Fall of Soviet Union that ended the
Cold War

 Communism (no to private

ownership) vs. Capitalism (private
ownership)
 2. It started in 19th century with the start
of Industrial Revolution with the
increase of science, production, and
trade all over the world for materials
 (coaland iron machines and means of
production)
 3. Globalization starts with modernity of capitalism 500
years ago in the 16th century when Europe dominated the
trade and the Silk Road was used and the slave trade.
 4. Globalization started thousand
of years ago when people started
interacting with other tribes and
groups of people and traded items
for other goods they needed
 METAPHOR
 Solid: Barriers that make difficult the movement of
WHICH BEST things.
DESCRIBES  Natural (geography, bodies of water, land itself)

GLOBALIZATIO  man-made (policies, UNCLOS, West Philippine Sea

caused the difficulty of our fishermen)
N IS LIQUIDITY
 METAPHOR  Liquid: increasing ease of movement of people, things,
info, and places in the contemporary world.
WHICH BEST  Space and time are crucial elements of globalization. (e.g.
DESCRIBES global finance, stocks are a matter of seconds)

GLOBALIZATIO  Movement is difficult to stop (e.g. once viral, it’s difficult

to stop)
N IS LIQUIDITY  DIFFICULTY TO REGULATE TRANSACTIONS
AND MOVEMENTS
  Flows are the movement of people, things, places, and
METAPHOR information brought about by the growing “porosity” of
global limitations.
WHICH BEST  e.g. food such as ramen, sushi, fries, burger
DESCRIBES  global financial systems- financial crisis of one country
affects another,
GLOBALIZATIO  Immigrants
N IS LIQUIDITY  virtual flow of legal and illegal information such as
pornography
 1. Homogeneity

Theories of Increasing sameness in the world as cultural inputs, economic factors,

and political orientations of societies expand to create common
Globalization see practices, same economies, and similar forms of government

it as a process of
increasing: Often refers to cultural imperialism where one culture influences other
cultures

E.g. Christianity by the Spaniards, Americanization (images, behavior),

in terms of economy, the spread of neoliberalism
 2. Heterogeneity

Theories of
Globalization
see it as a Creation of various cultural practices, new
economies, and political groups because of the
interaction of elements from different societies

process of in the world

increasing:
Preserving or strengthening cultural identity (ex.
Bollywood vs Hollywood, Kpop vs American
Pop)