HANDOUT-NO-1_INTRODUCTION_Contemporary-World.docx

Course Title: **THE CONTEMPORARY WORL0D** Course Code: **GCAS03** Prepared by: Prof. Adrian B. Regalado, MAEd, LPT A. **COURSE DESCRIPTION** This course emphasizes Globalization and its impact on individuals, societies and communities, challenges and responses. The course aims to in...

Course Title: **THE CONTEMPORARY WORL0D** Course Code: **GCAS03** Prepared by: Prof. Adrian B. Regalado, MAEd, LPT A. **COURSE DESCRIPTION** This course emphasizes Globalization and its impact on individuals, societies and communities, challenges and responses. The course aims to introduce students to the state of the world today and the new global order. What does "globalization" mean both theoretically and from the perspective of individuals and societies affected by global firms, processes, and movements? The phenomenon of globalization is thus examined from a variety of perspectives as well as its effects on traditional cultures and communities, nations and political institutions, and local, national and regional economies. Students will be asked to identify the challenges posed by globalization and consider responses to these challenges as demonstrated by experiences on the ground. For this purpose, students will produce case studies of communities (in the Philippines and other countries) experiencing the impact of globalization and their respective responses to issues that arise. There are global civic societies engaged in advocacies relating to climate and environmental protection, for example, human trafficking across borders, the application of advances in science and technology to serve some of the world's poorest communities, and so on. There are, too, communities that have managed, in varying degrees of success, to deal with the effects, good and bad, of globalization. The course will focus on contemporary global conditions from a Filipino perspective primarily and also as a member of the global community. Through a combination of readings, class discussions, writing and group presentations, the students are expected to formulate an understanding on globalizations that is theoretically informed and rooted in the experiences of communities and nations. Moreover, students are also expected to formulate academic proposals such as research capsules and sustainable development economic models by the end of the course. B. **COURSE OUTCOMES** At the end of the course, the students should be able to: 1\. Explain different interpretations of and the approaches to globalization 2\. Describe the emergence of global economic, political, social, and cultural systems 3\. Analyze the various contemporary drivers of globalization 4\. Understand the issues confronting the nation-state 5\. Assess the effects of globalization on different aspects of the economy and nations 6\. Analyze contemporary news events in the context of globalization 7\. Analyze global issues in relation to Filipinos and the Philippines 8\. Articulate personal positions on various global issues 9\. Identify the ethical and professional implications of learning globalization 10\. Write a research proposal on Globalization and Economic development **C. COURSE REQUIREMENTS** The course will focus on contemporary global conditions from a Filipino perspective primarily and also as a member of the global community. Through a combination of readings, class discussions, writing and group presentations, the students are expected to formulate an understanding on globalizations that is theoretically informed and rooted in the experiences of communities and nations. Moreover, students are also expected to formulate academic proposals such as research capsules and sustainable development economic models by the end of the course. I. **INTRODUCTION TO GLOBALIZATION** We see globalization as the growth of the sizes of social systems and the increase in the complexity of inter-societal links. Thus, in certain respects, globalization may be regarded as a process connecting the past, the present, and the future---as a sort of bridge between the past and the future. The articles in this book embrace the need to cover a variety of aspects and dimensions of globalization, and to see both its local and its global manifestations. From our perspective, globalization studies imply research that is not just limited to the most popular spheres of economic and political globalization, but also includes the study of global problems such as climatic change, cultural globalization, and so on. In this Chapter, different definitions of globalization will be discussed. It will be revealed that the task of conceptualizing it involves a variety of perspectives. For further understanding of the concept, different ideas will be used. These ideas will also allow an appreciation or earlier epochs before globalization and the present globalized world. The final lesson in this chapter will be devoted to a general discussion of globalization theories. It will give information about the theories, origin and the history of globalization. This section gives a glimpse of the important theories of globalization. This section will highlight further differences among scholars in explaining globalization. **OPENING GUIDE QUESTIONS** 1. What is GLOBALIZATION? Is it a concept that all kinds of people can easily comprehend and explain? 2. Is it abstract to study our world? or something that is significant to human life? 3. What forces drive globalization? II. **WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION?** The-many-and-contradicting-definitions: Human beings have encountered many changes over the last century especially in their social relationships and social structures. Of these changes, one can say that globalization is a very important change, if not, the \"most important\" (Bauman 2003). The reality and omnipresence of globalization make us see ourselves as part of what we refer to as the \"global age\" (Albrow 1996). Globalization encompasses a multitude of processes that involve economy, political systems, and culture. Social structures, therefore, are directly affected by globalization. (Al-Rhodan 2006) On the other hand, it can be said that some view globalization to be a positive phenomenon. For instance, Swedish Journalist Thomas Larsson (2001) saw globalization as \"the process of world shrinkage, of distances getting shorter, things moving closer. It pertains to the increasing ease with which somebody on one side of the world can interact, to mutual benefit with somebody on the other side of the world.\" On the other hand, some see it as occurring through and with regression, colonialism, and destabilization. III. **THE DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION** a. **ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION** It refers to the widespread international movement of goods, capital, services, technology and information. It is the increasing economic integration and interdependence of national, regional, and local economies across the world through an intensification of cross-border movement of goods, services, technologies and capital. Economic globalization primarily comprises the globalization of production, finance, markets, technology, organizational regimes, institutions, corporations, and labour. b. **POLITICAL GLOBALIZATION** It refers to the growth of the worldwide political system, both in size and complexity. That system includes national governments, their governmental and intergovernmental organizations as well as government-independent elements of global civil society such as international non-governmental organizations and social movement organizations. One of the key aspects of the political globalization is the declining importance of the nation-state and the rise of other actors on the political scene. The creation and existence of the United Nations has been called one of the classic examples of political globalization. c. **CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION** It refers to the transmission of ideas, meanings, and values around the world in such a way as to extend and intensify social relations. This process is marked by the common consumption of cultures that have been diffused by the Internet, popular culture media, and international travel. This has added to processes of commodity exchange and colonization which have a longer history of carrying cultural meaning around the globe. The circulation of cultures enables individuals to partake in extended social relations that cross national and regional borders. The creation and expansion of such social relations is not merely observed on a material level. Cultural globalization involves the formation of shared norms and knowledge with which people associate their individual and collective cultural identities. It brings increasing interconnectedness among different populations and cultures. d. **GLOBALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY** Technological developments are conceived as the main facilitator and driving force of most of the globalization processes. Before elaborating on the consequences of several technological developments, we must go through the definition of technology as a sociological term, so that we can further explore the social and political role of technology in the globalization process. Technology can be defined as the socialized knowledge of producing goods and services. We can describe the term technology with five important elements: production, knowledge, instruments, possession and change. Our definition of technology as a socialized knowledge can be better conceived with these elements. Can you give more supporting ideas about these dimensions of Globalization? IV. **DEFINING GLOBALIZATION**  **LET US INVESTIGATE and RESPOND:** Analyze the observed present local and international society to look on the existence of GLOBALIZATION: 1\. Think or recall the trending or most remembered, phenomenal, and/or sensational national and international news recently. Do they talk or somehow pertain to any aspects of Globalization? Cite and explain. 2\. How about in your locality? Can you think of recent events or current affairs which gives you the idea that the trace of Globalization is really existent even in the smallest units of our economy and society? 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