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The document discusses the concepts of contemporary world and globalization, defining globalization as increased interconnectedness between countries through open borders and technology. It provides examples of different types of globalization like economic, cultural, and technological globalization and discusses some characteristics of globalization like creation of connections and intensification of connections.

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CONTEMPORARY WORLD

INTRODUCTION AND THE CONCEPT OF GLOBALIZATION

What is CONTEMPORARY WORLD?


 Refers to circumstances and ideas of the present age, where it deals with problems and issues
related to environment, population, wealth, power, tensions, and conflicts.
Why we need to study CONTEMPORARY WORLD?
 To be aware about Contemporary World problems and issues that all societies must concerned.
 To developed competencies and construct knowledge about problems and issues and become
aware of our roles and our responsibilities as citizen.
DEFINITION OF GLOBALIZATION
Globalization (Borderless) as defined by the World Health Organization
 It is the increased interconnectedness and interdependence of people and countries, through
opening of international borders to increasingly fast flows of goods, services, finance, people
and ideas and the changes in institutions and policies of national and international levels that
facilitates or promote such flows.
 With the birth of Information Technology and the widespread of these makes the world
interconnected to each other. Because of these that anything and everything becomes global,
Networking plays a pivotal role in establishing relationship between nations in the world
resulting to the introduction of new normal Globalization.
NETWORKING
 The action or process of interacting with others to exchange information and develop
professional or social contacts.

Differences: Globalization, Internationalization and Westernization


To understand better, we should distinguish Globalization from the term Westernization to
Internationalization?
Globalization – the speed up of movements and exchanges of human resources, goods and services
capital, technologies and cultural practices between countries in the world or expansion and
intensification of economic, political, and social relations and consciousness across the world.
Internationalization – describes designing a product in a way that it may readily consumed across
multiple countries.
Westernization – is a process whereby societies come under or adopt western culture in areas such as
industry, technology, politics, economics, lifestyle, law, norms, mores, customs and traditions.

EXAMPLES OF GLOBALIZATION

Economic Globalization – is the development of trade systems within transnational actors such as
multinational corporations or NGOs; Process in which business organization are starting to operate
internationally.
Cultural Globalization – refers to the interpenetration of cultures which as a consequence, the nations
adopt principles, beliefs, and customs of other nations, losing their unique culture.
Political Globalization – the development and growing influence of international organizations such as
UN and WHO means governmental action takes place at an international level.
Sociological Globalization – the integration of different cultures of different societies become possible.
Technological Globalization – the phenomenon by which millions of people are interconnected because
of the power of the digital world via platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Skype or Youtube.
Geographic Globalization – is the new organization and hierarchy of different regions of the world that
is constantly changing. Moreover, with transportation, flying made so easy and affordable, apart from a
few countries with demanding visas, it is possible to travel the world without barely any restrictions or
less restrictions.
Ecological Globalization- accounts for the idea of considering planet Earth as a single global entity. All
societies should protect since the weather affects everyone and we are all protected by the same
atmosphere. To this regard, it is often said that the poorest countries that have been polluting the least
will suffer the most from climate change.
The Benefits of Globalization
Globalization has benefits that cover many different areas. It reciprocally developed economies
all over the world and increased cultural exchanges. It also allowed financial exchanges between
companies. Many people are nowadays citizens of the world. The origin of goods became secondary and
geographic distance is no longer a barrier for many services to happen.

Forces and Drivers of Globalization


 Economics
 Technology
 Individuals and Institutions
 Politics
 Culture
 Environment

Characteristics of Globalization
According to Held and McGrew : A Globalization has several distinguishing characteristics

1. Creation and Multiplication of connections:


Development and increasing social network and cultural activities that led to the breaking of
traditional norms and practices in the political, economic, and cultural realism of most communities.

2. Expansion and Stretching of connections:


Social operations and corrections on how the financial markets and trading operate around the
globe like the operations of Economic Organizations like of WTO ASEAN Economic Community, World
Economic Forum and European Union that brought expansions throughout the world.

3. Intensification and Acceleration of connections:


Human activities where it describes how the process of world and individual connection works.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a concrete example where Digital machines widely used in reaching
every global events.

4. Consciousness and awareness of connections:


The people as the primary actors of Globalization is very important on how they impact the
growing outcomes and markers in globalization specially the implications of their actions to the norms
and practices of borderless world.

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