Contemporary World

SS033
Zk Guevarra
Introduction to
Globalization
1) Formulate a personal diagnostic definition of globalization (CO1)

2) Enumerate the descriptions of globalization (CO1)

3) Agree on a working definition of globalization for the course (CO1)

• Interdisciplinary Approach
• Economic
• Political
• Cultural
• Sociological

• 7 Description of Globalization
 As a Phenomenon

• It is an event
• It manifest on its own. “it show itself”

The Ancient Silk Road

Is a Process
Has drivers
• There are reasons why Globalization
takes place.
• We call them drivers.
• These can be events, people, etc that
served as stimuli or spark for the
Globalization process to start rolling.
• There is no single one driver of
globalization, it is a combination of
several factors
 Collapsing of Boarder
• Not necessarily borderlines
between countries

• Breaking down of figurative walls

that divide interaction between and
among individuals, nations and
governments
Is Geographic
Is Inevitable

• Globalization spreads from one place

into another.

• But since Globalization is a process,

there will come a time when all places
and people on earth will experience it.

• It cannot be avoided.
Is Inevitable

• Globalization spreads from one place

into another.

• But since Globalization is a process,

there will come a time when all places
and people on earth will experience it.

• It cannot be avoided.
Globalization

• An event
• A process
• Driven by many factors
• Collapsing of borders
• Shrinking of the world
• Geographic
• Inevitable
Introduction to
Globalization