Changes in Europe Since the Fall of the Soviet Union, Effects and Issues.

Globalization has, for better or worse, altered the economic arena for every country in the world. For many less developed countries, globalization has leveled the playing field so that their economies can compete with the larger, more developed ones such as the United States and other large western economies. For instance, technical engineers in India and China are now just as qualified as engineers in America, but at half the cost. The once large and prosperous service sector in the United States as well as telemarketing services have largely been sourced to India as a large exodus of American multinational corporations find cheaper workers who deliver comparable quality. This then seems to be the essence of globalization - businesses

Thirdly, globalization has also effects on human socially, in their cultural and way of thinking. As countries always need to corporate with each other when they do some investment or business together, as neighbors engage in communication to determine their shared goals, and how they wish to live. Therefore globalization allows humanity to work together as a team towards noble goals rather than as individuals grasping to meet their own needs. Countries can bond to each others more closely. This way, interacting between different races and religion facilitates and we can understand

Globalization has had both a positive and negative impact throughout the world. An interconnectedness within the world where complicated issues can arise creating an unevenness that can contribute to a societies as well as the individuals happiness in life (El-Ojelli, 2006:p1). The negative impacts of

Globalization can be defined as the movement towards economic, financial, trade and communications integration, allowing for a state of global interconnectedness. Globalization affects all countries in different ways. Globalization has had a positive impact on Canada. The Canadian economy has grown, international conflicts are becoming less prevalent, Canadian tourism has increased, Canadians have seen an unprecedented rate of cultural integration, even the life expectancy of Canadian citizens is due in part to the effects of Globalization. Canada has benefited greatly due to Globalization and this phenomenon will continue to impact Canada for the rest of time, until the world reaches the state of Globality.

The term globalization can be defined as a process by which societies, regional economies and cultures have been integrated via a global network of transportation, communication and trade. It has both positive and negative impacts in all the areas that it touches on be it economical, social, technology, cultural, political, environment, health or any other. Globalization started to have an impact on businesses world wide in the eighteenth century since that time marks the merging of modernity and globalization. However, in the modern sence, globalization kicked off after the end of Second World War since its during that time that leaders felt the urge to break down the borders

relations with the West in the form of the Marshall plan nor the lack of

As for its effects, they are quite contradictive. The contrast is particularly obvious between well-developed countries and developing ones. In short, its effect may be expressed in one phrase, richer countries become richer, and poor countries become poorer. Though it sounds a bit radical and more precisely, it should be said that globalization makes developing countries more dependant on well-developed and it also makes practically all the countries of the world more submitted to global crisis since their economies are closely interlinked than a crisis in one country would lead to the same effect on economies of other countries that are its economic partners. In this respect, migration seems to be probably the most effective by such a striking contrast that leads to high level of emigration from developing countries and respectively high level of

One of the most revolutionary historical events in the 20th century was the collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991. The dissolution of the USSR was at the time, not immediately foreseen nor expected. There was neither a civil war nor people’s revolution in a military coup that stormed the King’s castle. The only very evident factor, however, was that the economy of the Soviet Union preceding its dissolution was in free fall to be eventually coined the Era of Stagnation. But an economy in trouble could not be the cause that would lead to the collapse of seventy year-old seemingly powerful nation. It would not be the first first-world nation in economic trouble. It would take the Soviet Union’s last leader’s misguided attempts at reforms within his own party that intermixed with loosening the nation’s century old political ideology to open the floodgates for a chain of events and repercussions that would lead to the USSR’s collapse. If not for Gorbechav’s liberal sentiments at reforming a communist nation under democratic ideologies that had only previously survived under totalitarian oppression, the USSR might exist today given no other major historical events succeed and alter its continuing Communist pathway.

The 20th century in Europe was filled with war and revolution along with political and economical change. The destruction caused by World War II remained prominent in eastern European countries even years after the war ended in 1945. For years the Soviet Union fought for communism while NATO did everything they could to prevent it. Although communism slowly released its grip on the eastern European countries in the late 20th century, western countries still looked down upon these ex-communistic states. After reading the memoir “Café Europa: Life After Communism.” by Slavenka Drakulic, one can infer that not only were the people of Eastern Europe a bit eager to assimilate and conform to Western culture but also there was a sense of dominance

This essentially led to the division of Europe becoming Western and Eastern Europe. Before the Cold War Europe was a much unified country.

“Should we talk about this as a revolution?” (Ash. p. 113). This question became an common discussion of topic throughout the entire essence of the fall of Communism within the countries of Eastern Europe. Though there were many small and large countries that saw Communism fall in the later 1980s, journalist Timothy Ash informs of four specific revolutions that occurred in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague. Two specific ones that modern historians often recall are the revolutions that occurred in Berlin and Prague in 1989. These two revolutions have not only made lasting impressions upon the current economic and political status of within these countries, but they have also shaped the way that historians think today about the aspects of

Typically, globalization led to manipulation, corruption, exploitation, displacement, and suffering for some people who have not experienced its welfares. Globalization changed the relationships between business government and the society in fundamental way. The globalization is valuable to the people of the world and promise even greater welfares in the future. There are numerous corrupt business

During the 1950s and 1960s, Europe experienced a period of prosperity. Harold Macmillan gives a sense of just how well these times really were when he says, “Let us be frank about it: most of our people have never had it so good,” (Judt, 324). As political parties moved more towards a common center, rather than towards extremism, a rebirth of democracy was created, underlined by growth and full employment. The support for social democratic ideas flourished along with the prosperity of the 1950s and the 1960s in Western Europe. This time was characterized by conservative individualism and economic growth through regulated capitalism (Mazower, 327). With the help of the Marshall Plan, a global

There has been a great deal of discussion in recent years about globalization, its impact has been both praised and criticized. Globalization is defined as the process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications. I believe the technological advances have had a positive impact on globalization. The use of cellular/mobile phones and the internet have allowed easier access to conduct business anywhere in the world.

The effects of globalization around the world varies, some countries suffer from it while others gain. Because of globalization people are more accepting of other cultures, we see how people migrate to different places most of the time is either to get education, or to find jobs and support their family. Not only do the family benefit from remittances but the community may benefit from it as well. People leave their home country but they still keep their culture alive. They do not forget where they come from or their loved ones in most cases. Some people might argue that globalization has helped people from all over the world, but that is not what we have seen from globalization. Most of the time, when Americans call HP customer service they will notice that the person on the other side of the phone may have an accent. Some will say that in most cases the accent is from India or any Asian country. This shows us how globalization has helped Asians gain jobs, especially those who can able to speak and understand several languages. Companies will transfer or relocate their customer service agency abroad and find people who speak several languages to do the work instead of having the agency in the United States and employing Americans. This may be a reason why so many people are against companies that move abroad, not only are people in the United States unemployed but people in the other countries do not get the wages they deserve or need to sustain themselves or families. The reason companies may move abroad can be that the company does not want to pay high taxes or they do not want to pay high wages. Companies like Nike, have employed