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Intro To Globalization

The document provides an overview of globalization, including its definitions from various experts and the different approaches to understanding it. It outlines the core claims of globalism, the main drivers of globalization, and its various dimensions. The content emphasizes the importance of studying globalization in the context of contemporary social relations and cultural exchanges.

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Intro To Globalization

The document provides an overview of globalization, including its definitions from various experts and the different approaches to understanding it. It outlines the core claims of globalism, the main drivers of globalization, and its various dimensions. The content emphasizes the importance of studying globalization in the context of contemporary social relations and cultural exchanges.

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MODULE I:

Introduction
to
Globalization
The Contemporary
World
Learning Outcomes:
 Examine the various conceptions of globalization.
 Distinguish the different definitions of globalization from

experts and;
 Adopt a working definition of globalization.
 Discuss varying approaches to globalization.
 Identify the drivers of globalization.
 Discuss the different dimensions of globalization.
Why do we have to
study the world?
What is
globalization?
DEFINITIONS OF
GLOBALIZATION:
 Anthony Giddens: globalization pertains to the
intensification of world-wide social relations which connects
distant localities in such a way that local happenings are
shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa.

 Roland Robertson & Kathleen White: globalization is


composed of two directional tendencies: increasing global
connectivity and increasing global consciousness.
DEFINITIONS OF
GLOBALIZATION
Globalization was also defined differently depending on
someone else’s expertise, experience and perspective:

 Political Scientist: globalization serves as a challenge to


nation-states

 Economists: globalization means increase of free trade,


speed of trade, global economic organization and regional
trade blocks

 Culture & Communication Experts: globalization refers to


the concept of global village
DEFINITIONS OF
GLOBALIZATION
According to Manfred Steger: the process of the expansion
and intensification of social relations and consciousness
across world-time and across world-space.
He also uses the term globality to mean globalization as a
condition.
Likewise, he used the term globalism to mean globalization
as an ideology.
5 CORE CLAIMS OF
GLOBALISM
1. Globalization is about the liberalization and
global integration of markets.
2. Globalization is inevitable and irreversible.
3. Nobody is in-charge of globalization.
4. Globalization benefits everyone.
5. Globalization furthers the spread of democracy
in the world.
APPROACHES TO
GLOBALIZATION
1. World Systems Model
-it discusses the growth and progress of capitalism that
has engulfed almost all facets of development in the
past several decades.

2. Global Culture Model


- centers on the growth and expansion of culture across
national boundaries. It sees the development of a
universal culture as a potential problem to the national
identities of several countries in the world.
APPROACHES TO
GLOBALIZATION
3. Global Society Model
- believes that the creation of a global society is not
impossible to happen in the modern time.

4. Global Capitalist Model


- sees capitalism as the peak of the development
that transpired among the different countries in the
world.
DRIVERS OF
The GLOBALIZATION
World Trade Organization (WTO) argued that
globalization is primarily influenced by three
remarkable events that accelerated the development
of several countries in the contemporary world. These
events served as the main drivers of globalization:

1. Political Developments
2. Technological Innovations
3. Economic Policies
DIMENSIONS OF
GLOBALIZATION
1. Technological
2. Economic
3. Political
4. Cultural
5. Geographical
DIMENSIONS OF
GLOBALIZATION
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