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What is Globalization? Is it synonymous to the concept of: Internationalization? Liberalization? Why bother with a new concept? Is globalization A process An institution An outcome (socio-economic development) A practice Imaginary Globalization can be Economic...

What is Globalization? Is it synonymous to the concept of: Internationalization? Liberalization? Why bother with a new concept? Is globalization A process An institution An outcome (socio-economic development) A practice Imaginary Globalization can be Economic Political Cultural Globalization theory Borderless World (Kenichi Ohmae, 1994) belief that globalization brings improvement in human conditions an invisible continent is a moving, unbounded world… that is able to operate effectively in a global economy without being closely networked with host regions. Globalization theory Communication Revolution (Thomas Friedman, 2000) globalization is built around falling telecommunications costs – of microchips, satellites, fibre optics and the Internet Globalization theory Time-Space Distanciation (Anthony Giddens, 1990) a process in which locales are shaped by events far away, and vice versa, while social relations are disembedded or ‘lifted out’ from locales. Globalization theory Time-Space Compression (David Harvey, 1994) annihilation of space and creation of ‘timeless time’ The shrinking of the world to a global village Time is shorten (efficiency increased) due to computer-based technology Globalization theory Sociology Beyond Societies (Urry, 2000) The shift in the study of society to space, regions, networks and fluids. central to this thesis since globalization is the complex movement of people, images, goods, finances etc. that constitutes a process across regions in faster and unpredictable shapes, all with no clear point of arrival or departure. Globalization theory Global Consciousness and Global Compression (Robertson, 1992) a concept refers both to the compression of the world and the intensification of the consciousness of the world as a whole... both concrete global interdependence and consciousness of the global whole. Globalization theory Transformationalist View (Held and McGrew, 2000) globalization creates profound change as states and societies try to adapt to a more interconnected but uncertain world. Involving… stretching of social, political and economic activities across political frontiers, regions and continents. an intensification or growing magnitude of interconnections, interactions and flows across societies and states. speeding up of global interactions and processes as a result of the development of transport and communications. impact of distant events being magnified. Summary Globalization needs to be global in distance. Summary Globalization needs to be globally inclusive in inputs as well as reach. Summary There needs to be interdependency rather than just interconnection. Summary There needs to be stability and regularity in relations. Summary People (everyone) need not just to be doing things globally but to have an awareness of the globe as one place. All of these information, especially the theories are lifted out from the references or learning materials listed below. Availability of these materials will be announced next week. Ray, L. (2007). Globalization and everyday life. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Martell, L. (2017). Sociology of globalization: Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. Held, D.& McGrew, A. (2003). The global transformations reader: an introduction to the globalization debate. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.