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Defining Globalization and Its Impact

This document provides an introduction to the concept of globalization and the interdisciplinary approach needed to study it. It discusses why globalization should be examined through a broad lens, looking at the perspectives of different fields like political science, economics, and culture/communication. Globalization refers to the expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across time and space. It has various forms of connectivity, intensifies social exchanges, and occurs subjectively for individuals. An academic definition of globalization looks at it as a process rather than taking sides, and various "globalities" represent different facets of globalization that depend on the specific context.

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Defining Globalization and Its Impact

This document provides an introduction to the concept of globalization and the interdisciplinary approach needed to study it. It discusses why globalization should be examined through a broad lens, looking at the perspectives of different fields like political science, economics, and culture/communication. Globalization refers to the expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across time and space. It has various forms of connectivity, intensifies social exchanges, and occurs subjectively for individuals. An academic definition of globalization looks at it as a process rather than taking sides, and various "globalities" represent different facets of globalization that depend on the specific context.

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Introduction and Defining

Globalization
Why this course?

 Avoid parochialism
– A limited or narrow outlook, especially
focused on a local area

 World teaches us more about our society

 Filipinos increasingly interacting with the world


– OFW 4,018 Filipinos per day in 2009, 6,092
in 2015
– Internet, cheaper travel, presence of MNCs
The course’s approach: The Study
of Globalization

 Globalization: inherently interdisciplinary


The course’s approach: The Study
of Globalization

 See contemporary world through a broad


lens

 Allows us to examine various globalizing


processes

 Forces us to ask questions re. global


citizenship
The course’s approach: The Study
of Globalization

 See contemporary world through a broad


lens

 Allows us to examine various globalizing


processes

 Forces us to ask questions re. global


citizenship
Academic definition

 As opposed to popular/activist definition:

 Not “neoliberal globalization”/ “market


globalism”
 What is Neoliberal Globalization
– Neoliberal policies desire to create a
framework for the economy that makes
it possible to raise profits by minimizing
costs of investment.
The need for an interdisciplinary
approach

– We need to transcend our disciplinary


boundaries… Otherwise, we won’t talk!
For a political scientist

 Political scientist: “Challenge to the nation


state.”
– Strength of regional blocks
– Emergence of global political norms
For a political scientist

 Political scientist: “Challenge to the nation


state.”
– Emergence of corporations
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than-norway-25
For the economist…

 Increased free trade


 Free Market Capitalism
– “Laissez faire: leave alone”- economic system that is
opposed to any government intervention to business
affairs.
– “ natural order”- self regulating
Against: minimum wages, duties , trade restrictions and
corporate taxes
For the economist…

 Speed of trade (milliseconds to trade


shares)
 Global economic organizations
 Regional trade blocks
Increased free trade
Global Economic Organizations
Global Economic Organizations
Global Economic Organizations
Global Economic Organizations
Regional Trade Blocs
For the scholar of culture and
communication

 “Global village”
 Communications technology as “shrinking”
our world
 “Cultural imperialism”
They are ALL correct.
How do we bring these various
perspectives together?

 Working definition of globalization:

Steger: “Globalization refers to the


expansion and intensification of social
relations and consciousness across world-
time and world-space”
Attributes of Globalization

1. Various forms of connectivity


2. Expansion and stretching of social
relations
3. Intensification and acceleration of social
exchanges and activities
4. Occurs subjectively
1. Various forms of connectivity

 They are diverse (can be economic,


political, cultural, etc.)

 They are enabled by various factors,


pressures, media, etc.

 They are uneven (different degrees of


interconnection)
2. Expansion and Stretching of
Social Relations

 1. NGOs
 2. Friendships/Relationships
 3. Government associations
 4. MNCs
3. Intensification and Acceleration
of Social Exchanges and Activities

 1. From snail mail to Facebook


 2. Live television
 3. Increased travel (cheap flights)
4. Occurs Subjectively

 1. We think about the world (#PrayforParis


for example)
 2. We associate ourselves with global
trends (fan of K-Pop)
 3. Hopefully, we feel some sense of
responsibility (climate change)
 THIS PROCESS IS UNEVEN
Helpful question: What is being
globalized?

 The different forms of connectivity and


flows are different facets of globalization

 Different “globalities” represent different


forms of globalization – Flusty (2004)

 Depending on the globality, you see a


different dynamic
What is your globalization story?

 How have you experienced globalization?


Activity

Sharing of one’s globalization stories


This Power Point Presentation is adopted
from Dr. Lisandro Elias E. Claudio.

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