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The document discusses the evolution of globalization from the 1980s to the present, highlighting its impact on communication, economy, society, and politics. It defines various types of globalization, including economic, social, political, financial, technological, ecological, and geographical, while also addressing the positive and negative effects on different nations. Additionally, it emphasizes the interconnectedness of people and nations through technology and collaboration.

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HUMSS Module-5a.

The document discusses the evolution of globalization from the 1980s to the present, highlighting its impact on communication, economy, society, and politics. It defines various types of globalization, including economic, social, political, financial, technological, ecological, and geographical, while also addressing the positive and negative effects on different nations. Additionally, it emphasizes the interconnectedness of people and nations through technology and collaboration.

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Global Networks (Part 1)

Did you know that in the early and late 1980’s, one most popular means of
reaching out to loved ones from abroad to their families in the Philippines was
through “voice tapes?” You might not be aware of it though, but it takes about a
month or months for a taped recorded voice message to be played by their families
using cassette tape players.
Well, that was prior to our era of today when almost anything can be accessed in
real time despite global distance. Now, that gave birth to the present concept of
globalization. Generally, globalization was born out of the inter-linkages of nation –
states which has in varied ways influenced the life of people worldwide.
As cited in the Revisitadestatica (2012), the term globalization refers to the
emergence of an international network, belonging to an economic and social
system. One of the earliest uses of the term "globalization", as known, was in 1930
- in a publication entitled “Towards New Education” to designate an overview of the human
experience in education.
Since the invention of the concept, globalization has inspired numerous definitions
and has had a history going back in time to the great commercial and imperialist
movements throughout Asia and the Indian Ocean since the fifteenth century.
Roland Robertson, a professor of sociology at the University of Aberden, was the first
person who defined globalization as "the understanding of the world and the increased
perception of the world as a whole."
Martin Albrow and Elizabeth King, sociologists, define globalization as "all those
processes by which the peoples of the world are incorporated into a single world society.
It can be linked to the local, the , the national and the regional. On the one hand, a
connection is made between social and economic relationships and networks, organized
on a local or national, on the other hand, it connects social and economic relationships and
networks formed on wider scale the regional and global interactions.
It is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and
governments of different nations. A process driven by international trade and
investment and aided by information technology.
This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on
economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being on
societies around the world. For many developing nations, globalization has led to
an improvement in standard of living through improved roads and transportation,
improved health care, and improved education due to the global expansion
of corporations.
However, globalization has had a negative effect on individuals who live in
developed nations. Some of the factors that cause globalization are migration and
labor.
Migration is a movement to another place, often of a
large group of people. Labor is defined as work,
especially hard physical work.

People are more willing to move between different


countries today in search for work. Remittances now play a
large role in transfers from developed countries to
developing countries.
Types of Globalization

Economic Globalization is the increasing economic


integration and interdependence of national, regional, and
local economies across the world through an intensification
of cross boarder movement of goods, services,
technologies and capital.

Examples:
• Trans-national trades are companies that extend beyond the
borders of one country example of these are Unilever and
McDonalds
• Foreign Direct Investment is an investment in the form of a
controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in
another country. It is thus distinguished from a foreign portfolio
investment by a notion of direct control. In 2019, China and South
Korea followed Singapore as the largest investors in the Philippines.
Social Globalization is a social transformation or process
leading to the achievement of people-centered
development. Human-centered development concept is
offered as an alternative strategy to bring about a more
equity development outcome.

Examples:
• UN General Assembly
• Partnership of International Development Programs
• Social Integration, Gender Equity and access to Social
Services
• HIV/AIDS Awareness
Political Globalization refers to an increasing trend toward multilateralism
in an emerging transnational state apparatus and the emergence of national and
international non-governmental organizations that act as watchdogs
over governments. The government has four distinct roles in addressing
sustainability concerns. These roles are as follows:
1. Policy development
2. Regulation
3. Facilitation
4. Internal sustainability management

Financial Globalization is a collective concept that refers to increasing


global linkages created through cross-border financial flows. Financial
integration refers to an individual country's linkages to international capital
markets.
Technological Globalization is accelerated in large part by technological
transmission, the spread of technology across borders. Although the Philippines is not the
world's least technologically advanced country, it is far from leading. It ranks 83rd out
of 138 countries in terms of technological readiness, according to the Department of
Science and Technology (DOST).

Ecological Globalization occurs when ecosystems are constantly


exchanging materials through the movement of air in the atmosphere, the flow of water
in rivers and the migration of animals across the landscape. The world is also becoming
highly interconnected through the movement of people and the transport of goods locally
to globally (EurekAlert.com).

Geographical G lobalization is defined as the set of processes (economic, social,


cultural, technological, and institutional that contributes to the relationship between
societies and individuals around the world. It is a progressive process by which
exchanges and flows between different parts of the world are intensified.
Positive and Negative Effects of Globalization
Positive Negative
It creates opportunities for countries to The growth of international trade has
connect to other countries for larger worsened income inequalities between
markets. developed, developing and underdeveloped
countries.
This can lead to more access capital flows, Global commerce is increasingly dominated
technology, human capital, by transnational
cheaper imports and larger export markets. corporations which seek to maximize profits
without regard for the
development needs of individual countries.
It allows businesses to become part of Competitions among developing
international production networks and countries are races which dangerously
supply chains of different countries. lower environmental standards.
It allows workers to migrate from their Parents and children can spend a
homelands in poorer countries to more decade apart, where they pass their
developed countries to find work. responsibilities to grandparents.
Technologies are introduced to make a Many developing countries do not have
narrower product more efficiently. strict rules about environmental protection,
resulting in serious air,
Interconnections of People and Nations
Globalization leads to interconnectedness of people and nations,
where people refer to a group of people with commonality, such as
religion, culture and language who lives in a specific area, while nation
refers to a larger group of people organized in a specific place, which
embodied an independent government of its country where they can
decide on their own.
Try to imagine how can we connect to our loved ones especially in
this time of pandemic without technologies? Cell phones connect people
all over the world like never before. There are a multitude of platforms
through which people can communicate too, including Facebook
Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Snapchat.
Collaboration means to work together with others to achieve a common goal.
Unconditionally sharing everything and helping each other while mutually working together in
cohesive “collective” in unusual roles embracing talents of each person to synergize or invent
something new in a way that:
a. benefits all the groups,
b. serves the whole team’s goal, and
c. may result to creative innovation.

Cooperation is the process of working together to the same end. It is an active help from a
person, organization etc. such as an orderly sharing of space and resources. Cooperation means
conditionally sharing information and resources while functioning together within an
independent “connective” in typical roles with workloads accepted as unequal to change
something in a way that:
a. benefits some individuals in a group,
b. meets their personal needs, and
c. may result in disrupted innovation.

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