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00 Summaries Reviewer Contemporary-World.2

This document provides definitions and concepts related to globalization. It discusses globalization as a complex phenomenon that affects people in different ways and provides both economic opportunities and challenges. Key aspects of globalization discussed include the integration of national markets into a global market through increased free trade (economic globalization), the expansion and intensification of social and cultural connections across borders, and the circulation of ideas, technology, people, and money on a global scale.

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00 Summaries Reviewer Contemporary-World.2

This document provides definitions and concepts related to globalization. It discusses globalization as a complex phenomenon that affects people in different ways and provides both economic opportunities and challenges. Key aspects of globalization discussed include the integration of national markets into a global market through increased free trade (economic globalization), the expansion and intensification of social and cultural connections across borders, and the circulation of ideas, technology, people, and money on a global scale.

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Chapter 1

Introduction
- A global experience.
Globalization
- It is a real life experience (Culture, Politics, Social Network).
SOME DEFINITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION
A complex phenomenon
that occurs at multiple - It is complicated in different levels
level.
An uneven process that
- It can change a person’s life whether in a positive or negative
affects people
way.
differently.
Provides economic
- It provides free flow of importation and exportation.
development
It is composed of
different divisions
WORKING DEFINITION OF GLOBALIZATION
- Integration of national markets to a wider global market signified
Economic Globalization by the increased free trade.
- Integration of international market freely.
- The expansion and intensification of social relations and social
consciousness across world time and across world space.
Manfred Steger
- Social relations and consciousness of people to people and
government to government worldwide
- Refers to both the creation of new social networks and the
multiplication of existing connections that cut across traditional,
Expansion political, economic, cultural and geographic boundaries.
- Because of population growth we needed the connections to
other nations to be able to provide the needs of our country.
- Refers to expansion, stretching and acceleration of these
networks.
Intensification
- We have strong financial market to many countries (China,
America) a symbiotic relationship.
- Globalization processes do not occur merely at an objective
material level but they also involved the subjective plane of human
Steger Notes consciousness.
- We may adapt to the consciousness of other country, their good
traits and knowledge
- Involves different processes that allow for the expansion and
Globalization
intensification of global connections.
- Widespread belief among powerful people that the global
Globalism integration of economic market is beneficial to everyone since it
spreads freedom and democracy across the world.
- It is beneficial to everyone but not in Globalization because of
Economic Market
human trafficking and other problems.
- Different kinds of globalization occur on multiple and
Arjun Appadurai
intersecting dimensions of integration.
SCAPES
- Global movement of people.
Ethnoscape - People travel from places to places.
- Migration
- Flow of culture.
Mediascape
- We adapt cultures of other countries through media like TV.
- Circulation of mechanical goods and software.
- Not all mechanical goods used for a gadget is from the country
Technoscape
where it was manufactured.
- Continous flow of technology despite delays
- Denotes global circulation of money.
Financescape - When you travel, you’ll exchange the money you have to the
money they use.
- Realm where political ideas move around.
Ideoscape - We are now a democratic because we adapt from western
ideologies.
World Trade
For Trading concerns and purposes.
Organization
World Bank and
Institution that is formed to support the families devastated by
International Monetary
WW2
Found

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