Contemporary World

LESSON 2: INTRODUCTION TO GLOBALIZATION

I. Various Domains of Globalization
II Thoughts of Globalization
III. Five Dimensions of Global Cultural Flows
IV. Distinctive Definitions
V. The Five Core of claims of Globalism
VARIOUS DOMAINS OF GLOBALIZATION
WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION
● Globalization is a process of economic, political, and
cultural integration and unification.
● Globalization involves many countries and majority
huge of enterprises.
● Globalization is the debate and the debate is
globalization
● Globalization is a reality.
● There is no single definition of globalization.
● Filipinos are being affected by…
o Global Economic Imperialism- a situation in which
one nation assume economic power or influence
over the others.
● Filipinos are contemporarily adapting ideas and
behavior that are characteristics of the West and of
North America while relegating ideas and behavior
traditional in their culture.
● Filipinos have been alien to the Filipino products.
● Internet has made the world smaller and
communication faster.
● It is a phenomenon.
REICH (1998)
● States thatit is a term whose meaning is “OBSCURE”
SCHOTTLE ( 1995 )
● Posits that ‘globalization stands for quite a large
public spread across the world as one of the defining
terms of the 20th century social consciousness.
ROSENAU ( 1996 )
● “Globalization is not the same as globalism, which
points our aspiration for and end state of affairs
wherein values are shared by pertinent to all the
world’s five billion people, their environment, their
roles as citizens, consumers and producers with an
interest in collective action desgined to solve common
problems.”
MCGREW (1990)
● Globalization is described as something that is
comprised of multiple someness and
interconnectedness that go beyond the nation-states.
CERNY (1997)
● It is a cluster of economic and political framework and
procedures deriving from the changing marks of the
interests and assets that comprise the foundation of
the international and political economy.
FREEDEN
● He posits that “globalization” denotes a range of
processes nesting under one rather unwieldy epithet.
II. THOUGHTS OF GLOBALIZATION
● Some scholars argue that globalization is a process.
For some, it is a condition while for others it is an
ideology.
III. FIVE DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL CULTURAL
FLOWS
ETHNOSCAPES
● Refers to the flow of people across boundaries
● This includes migrants, refugees, exiles, and tourists,
among other moving individuals and groups.
TECHNOSCAPES
● Refers to flows of technology. Apple’s iPhone is just
one example of how the movement of technologies
across boundaries can radically affect day-to-day life
for people all along the commodity.
MEDIASCAPES
● Refers to the flow of ideas. This can be small-scale,
such as an individual posting her or his personal
views on Facebook for public consumption, or it can
be larger and more systematic.
FINANCESCAPES
● Refers to the flow of money across political borders.
Like the other flows discussed by Appadurai, this
phenomenon has been occurring for centuries.
IDEOSCAPES
● Refers to the flow of media across borders. In earlier
historic periods, it could take weeks or even months
for entertainment and education content to travel from
one location to another.
IV. DISTINCTIVE DEFINITIONS
GLOBALITY
● Talks about globalization as a “condition”
● Denotes “future social condition characterizes by
thick economic, political, and cultural interconnectins
and global flows.

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● The condition that many are experiencing is a result

of existence of multinational and transnational
companies.
GLOBALISM
● Talks about globalization as an “idealogy”
● For some it is dogmatic and connotes political
sophistication
● Dominant modes of thought
● A system of widely shared ideas, patterned beliefs,
guiding norms, values, and ideals accepted as truth
for some.

V. THE FIVE 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.

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