What is Globalization?
создатель Valeria Gutierrez
1. In a geographical context...
1.1. we talk about globalization - since people go from one place to another....we are all migrants - since >1900s - space and place reduced, relativity of space
1.2. Key words: global-local distances shrank, transportation (on foot, on animals, by boat, by train, by car, by airplane, by space shuttle)
2. In a historical context...
2.1. since 5000 BC - cross-cultural trade, technologies, mass migrations, world religions
2.2. global flows, movements, widening cooperation & spread of new technologies
3. In a cultural context...
3.1. 1) Cultural Differentialism (national, language, ethnic, political, religious) - lasting difference - "Clash of civilizations" - rivalry & conflict, natural fault lines
3.2. 2) Cultural Convergence - which brings along standardization & uniformization
4. In a political context...
4.1. leaking of state authority, downwards decentralization
4.2. leaking of state authority, upwards formation of international public sector
5. In history:
5.1. "Globalization is a long term historical process of growing worldwide interconnectedness"
6. In sociology:
6.1. "Globalization...refers both to the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole
7. Definitions
7.1. In economics:
7.1.1. "Economic globalization refres to the intensification and stfrecthing of economic connections across the globe."