T H E C O N T E M P O RA R Y

WO R LD

PREPARED BY:
KENNETH PAUL C.
MOJICA
Instructor
Contemporary World
“modern world”
“present times”
 GLOBALIZATION
 refers to the process by which more people across
large distances become connected in more different
ways.
 process of interaction and integration of
people/citizen, government of other nations and
business corporations through international trade
and relation with the help of information and
communication technology.
 THREE MAIN ASPECTS OF
GLOBALIZATION
 POLITICAL – the degree of political cooperation and
the political relationship of one state to another.
 ECONOMIC- the interconnectedness of economies
and trade of product and other resources.
 SOCIO-CULTURAL- transmission and sharing of
values, ideas, culture and information through media,
technology, tourism, language, religion, cuisines, and
education.
THEORIES OF GLOBALIZATION
WORLD SYSTEM

Immanuel Wallerstein- Wallerstein Theory

 a perspective that globalization is essentially the
expansion of the capitalist system around the world (world
capitalist economy)
the relationship between developed and underdeveloped
country.
Core, Semi-Periphery, Periphery country.
CORE
-wealthy, industrialized, developed countries
-dominate, exploit, take advantage peripheral countries
for labor and raw materials.
-high standards of living
- strong military power
- no dependency upon other countries
- serve the needs of higher class
SEMI-PERIPHERY
-newly-industrialized, developing countries
-median standards of living
-significant gaps between rich and poor
- a core region under decline or periphery undergoing
development
- both manufacture and export variety of goods
PERIPHERY
- poor countries or underdeveloped industries
- export raw materials to core
- dependent upon core countries for capital/money
- lack of strong central government
- may be controlled by another state
- low skill, labor intensive production(cheap labor)
WORLD POLITY

state remains an important component of world society

but primarily attention goes to the global cultural and
organization environment in which states are
embedded.
the application of World System Theory
influence of norms and culture
international organizations/fundamental principles
WORLD CULTURE

this perspective agrees that world culture is new and

important.
Globalization compresses the world into a single
entity.
 GLOBAL RELATION/
GLOBAL DIVIDES
• Richer countries are almost all located in the Northern Hemisphere, with
the exception of Australia and New Zealand.
• Poorer countries mostly located in tropical regions and in the Southern
Hemisphere.
 STATE- POLITICAL
NATION- ETHNICITY
COUNTRY-GEOGRAPHICAL
CRITERIA FOR STATEHOOD
As stated in 1933 Monteviedo Convention on the Rights
and Duties of the States, there are four qualifying
elements or the legal basis of the modern statehood
(Doctrine of Sovereign Statehood).
PEOPLE
TERRITORY
GOVERNMENT
SOVEREIGNTY
THANK YOU!
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