THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD Google. The mass media also allows for connections 1.

so allows for connections 1. The one offered by Olmae in 1992 stated,

among people, communities, and countries all over the ...-globalization means the onset of the borderless
Prepared by: Ms. Melry Joy Cabahug
globe. world..."
What is the subject The Contemporary World about?
SO WHAT ISGLOBALIZATION? 2. Robert Cox's definition, the characteristics of
What is the purpose of this subject in your course? globalization trend include the internationalizing of
• Many scholars gave and tried to formulate its definitions.
production, the new international division of labor, new
What is globalization? migratory movements from South to North, the new
• It cannot be contained in a specific time frame, all
What do you think is the importance of defining people, and all situations ( Al- Rhodan, 2006) competitive environment that accelerates these processes,
globalization? and the internationalizing of the state... making states into
•Globalization encompasses a multitude of processes that agencies of the globalizing world
What are the advantages and disadvantages of involves the economy, political systems, and culture.
globalization? No matter how one classifies a definition of globalization,
• Therefore, social structures are directly affected by the concept is complex and multifaceted as the definitions
PURPOSE globalization. deal with either economic, political or social dimensions.
The K-12 program of DepEd shows that globalization is a •Over the years, globalization has gained connotations A more recent definition, Ritzer 2015), " globalization is a
thriving topic today. Students need to know how pertaining to progress, development, transplanetary process or a set of processes involving
globalization can help us understand ourselves, our increasing liquidity and the growing multidirectional flows
and integration.
experiences, our communities, our country, and our of people, objects, places, and information as well as the
culture, • Some view globalization as a positive phenomenon. structures they encounter and create that are barriers to,
• Demonstrate to students that they already possess many *For instance, Swedish journalist Thomas Larsson (2001) or expedite, those flows..."
of the characteristics of a scholar, such as curiosity and saw globalization as the process of world *This assumes that globalization could bring either or both
ambition. integration and/or fragmentation
shrinkage, of distances getting shorter things moving
CHAPTER 1: DEFINING GLOBALIZATION closer IF SO, WHY ARE WE GOING TO SPEND TIME STUDYING
Introduction •Some see it as occurring through and with regression, THIS CONCEPT?
colonialism, and destabilization. HOW CAN WE APPRECIATE THESE DEFINITIONS?
Much has changed since the immemorial Human beings
have encountered many changes over the last century • In mid-1990s, Martin Khor, former president of TWN in HOW CAN THESE HELP US UNDERSTAND
especially in their social relationships and social structures. Malaysia, once regarded globalization as GLOBALIZATION?
Of these changes, one can say that globalization is a very
colonization. 1.The perspective of the person who defines globalization
important change, if not, the most important" ( Bauman,
2003). The reality and omnipresence of globalization THE TASK OF DEFINING GLOBALIZATION shapes its definition.
makes us see ourselves as part of what we refer to as the The overview of definitions implies that globalization is
global age" (Albrow. 1996). The Internet, for example Definitions could be classified as (1)broad and inclusive or
(2) narrow and exclusive many things to many different people. In 1996, Arjun
allows a person from the Philippines to know what is Appadurai said, " globalization is a 'world of things that
happening to the rest of the world simply by browsing have different speeds, anes, points of origin and
termination, and varied relationships to institutional The epochs that preceded today's globalization paved way which means that a financial crises in a given
structures in different regions, nations, or societies. In a for people, things, information, and places to harden over country can bring ramifications to other regions of
more recent study, Al-Rbodan (2006) wrote the definitions time. Solidity refers to barriers that prevent or make the world.
suggest the perspective of the author on the origins and difficult the movement of things. It can either be natural or
* Poor illegal migrants flooding many parts of the world *
the geopolitical implications of globalization. It is a starting mat-made.
The virtual flow of illegal infes, such as blogs and child
point that will guide the rest of any discussions. In effect,
* Landforms and bodies of water pornography
one's definition and perspective could determine concrete
steps in addressing the issues of globalization * Great Wall of China and Berlin Wall SHORT QUIZ
2. To paraphrase the sociologist Cesare Poppi: Liquidity refers to the increasing ease of movement of 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using
Globalization is the debate and the debate is people, things, information, and places in the
globalization. (a) broad and inclusive definitions and
contemporary world
One became part and parcel of the other. As Poppi (1997) (b) narrow and exclusive definitions of globalization?
*Zygmunt Bauman's ideas, first, today's liquid phenomena
wrote: The literature stemming from the debate on change quickly and their aspects, spatial and temporal, are 2. What do you think is the importance of defining
globalization has grown in the last decade beyond any in continuous fluctuation. This means that space and time globalization?
individual's capability of extracting a workable definition of are crucial elements of globalization.
the concept. In a sense, the meaning of a concept is self- 3. Do you agree with the idea that the contemporary
evident, in another, it is vague and obscure as its reaches * Their movement is difficult to stop world is characterized by high liquidity? Why or why not?
are wide and constantly shifting. * The forces the liquid ones) made political boundaries
3. Globalization is a reality. more permeable to the flow of people and things.

It is changing as human society develops. It has happened Ritter, most important characteristic of liquid: it tends to
before and is till happening today. We should expectit to melt whatever strands in its path (especially solids)."
continue to happen in the future. Liquidity and solidity are in constant interaction.
..- OVERALL - However, liquidity is the one increasing and proliferating
today. Therefore, the metaphor that could best describe
Globalization is a concept that is not easy to define globalization is liquidity.
because in reality, globalization has a shifting nature. It is
complex, multifaceted, and can influenced by the people • Flow
who define it. In his article, The Globalization of Nothing," Flows are the movement of people, things. places, and
Ritzer (2003) said, " attitudes toward globalization information brought by the growing porosity" of global
depend , among other things, on whether one gains or limitations (Ritzer, 2015)
loses from it".
Toreign cuisines patronized and consumed by Filipinos
METAPHORS OF GLOBALIZATION
* Global financial crises As Landler put it: "In global
• Solid and Liquid financial system, national borders are porous."