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Globalizing the Policy Process How Does Globalization Affect Us? • Each country has its own national health policies • Increasingly affected by health policies regionally and globally • Increased cooperation and awareness of issues occurring around us • We learn from what we see and hear, and deve...

Globalizing the Policy Process How Does Globalization Affect Us? • Each country has its own national health policies • Increasingly affected by health policies regionally and globally • Increased cooperation and awareness of issues occurring around us • We learn from what we see and hear, and develop what we do to improve • Influence of international organizations, media and education Global Integration • Increasing insight into how other countries manage their health care systems • Policy transfer • Increasing intensity of interaction on many levels • Travel • Education • Internet • Media • Trade Globalization and The Rapid Pace of Change • Prominent influence on national policy making • Pressure from International Organizations or Multi-national companies operating in our area • International trade rules or health agreements that are mandatory for implementation • Coordinate service and care provision, meet internationally set standards • The need and demand for change could be very rapid or gradual Globalization: What Does it Mean? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Internationalization Liberalization Universalization McDonaldization Reconfiguration of Social Space (trans world geography) People and organizations are now connected in ways they weren’t before through technology Globalization: Spatial, Temporal and Cognitive • Spatial: Overcoming distance • Cognitive: The way we understand and learn about issues has evolved • Temporal: Our interactions have increased in speed We are part of the global village