What is globalization?

1. Summarize in your own words of materials you read

 

So many topics are included under the globalization : global governance, citizenship, human rights, migration and the creation of diasporas, transnational connections. Some of the disputes arise from differences in perspective. We need to speak of globalizations in the plural

 

Globalization as an object, a perspective and a horizon.

the object approach involves thinking of globalization as a single process, the world takes on a different complexion when viewed in global terms. globalization need to be understood as the direction in which world is moving.

 

The idea that the world as a single place has brought so many great questions.

In political science and international relations ; territory and sovereignty

In anthropology ; societies were more or less isolated and globalizing process such as migration and hybridization.

 

The most important single defining feature of globalization is increasing of connectivity.

Globalization needs to be considered as a combination of both subjective and cultural factors.

 

Globalization started to be studied in a view of anthropology. More focus on civilizational issues. Nature and purpose of human life. After 1990s, considerable talk of the ‘real’ clash or conflict, hanging to do more with scarce resources, such as oil and water.

 

Globalization has three dimension : economic, political, cultural.

Cultural globalization is concerned with economic globalization. Typical thins is ‘McDonald, Nike, Starbucks, KFC. It seemed like spread from America to the rest of the world. In spite of attempts to spread in homogeneous way, it is necessary to adapt to local circumstances.

 

Since much of thinking about globalization has been undertaken by sociologists, neglect of the social dimension by the sociologists was common. Notwithstanding with this ironical situation, it is impossible to think about Globalization without social interaction and communication around the world.

 

the issue of the form or pattern of globalization was raised by Wallerstein. And still most of scholars used his term. He said we live in ‘Single pace’. But that is not totally integrated nation. World could be ruled by one thing. Such as Soviet Communist Party , German Fascism, or along imperial lines.

Form of Globalization has been produced by the expansion of capitalism over five or six hundreds years. His studies seems like conducted only one way(view), the economic approach.

It is necessary to see the Globalization in multidimensional ways. International-systemic aspect, humanity, individual selves and nation-state.

Globalization is a process which has been challenged by nation-state. And nation state was rapidly undermined by economic forces. But, present authors think factors of decline of nation-state are changing nature, Which is multicultural society. We have to think process of Globalization involves individual, and everyday human life.

International system ; so-called system of societies. After the cold war, we seems like live in one-world dominated by U.S.In spite of the U.S power, China and Russia are expanding their strength also ‘promise’ E.U. The world system increasingly get great and flux of puzzling of flux.

 

Glocaliztion has been being received attention in study of business and economy fields. It is associated with both global and local. It covers relationship between the global and local. It does not mean that the global is opposite of the local. it is kind of another aspect coming from different perspective in same field.

 

 

2. Mention of any new, interesting, or unusual items learned

 

What I found from this read is that defining of the meaning of Globalization is impossible. It means that no one can define globalization, because it is very huge and various concept.

 

Glocalization was new concept that got my interesting. I’ve never heard of them. It can cover both of local and global. And can explain relationship between them. They were absolutely different concept before I read this. But Glocalization means they are only different for speaking of globalization.

 

3. Identify at least one question, concern, or discussion angle

 

I want to refer Korean thing to glocalization. It can be both of global and local. K-pop, k-drama, k-beauty all these things are started in Korea but after time goes by, through the internet became the global thing. (Actually, Asian thing could be more correct.)