Globalization and Modernization on Traditional or Underdeveloped Nations

Global Inequality is the income differences across states and the individuals around the world. Each country has a unique way of living, yet the United States lifestyle has more resources for the people and it is more modernized. There are many places in the world that are going through poverty. Jobs are harder to find, and homes are harder to keep, so people have poor hygiene and are unable to support their families. You would think that countries in poverty would be supported by the more developed countries, however that is not the situation. There are two theories that are accounted for the current global situation. The theory that I believe that gives less support would be modernization theory and the more adequate theory is the dependency/world system theory. Together with the autobiography, “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” by John Perkins and the documentary, “The End of Poverty?” (2008), will help support my arguments.

Globalization’s impact on sustainable prosperity is examined in the source. It does this by asking a question. Also examined is the impact on all people and this would include both developing nations as well as developed nations. The source is also somewhat leading the reader to question the extent of the impact, which implies that there is a positive impact on sustainable prosperity. Also the fact that it states, “for all people” implies that all people benefit. While globalization may contribute to sustainability to a limited extent or in certain circumstances, on the whole, globalization degrades rather than builds sustainable prosperity. This will be explored through looking at globalization’s systems and forces, specifically consumerism, the media and transnational corporations.

Globalization can be seen as reduction in barriers between countries. Globalization has opened the world market for international trade. The movement of globalization have contributed to the spread of knowledge, culture, technology, and information across borders. The increasing role international expansion across border has also increased the focus of multinational corporations to international business strategies. Organizations today in developed nation or in developing nation are going international due to increase in competition. They want to expand their limits beyond local region. Competition in domestic market and pressure to expand the business are the few reasons for the globalization. The following are the few

Globalization, especially economic globalization is one of greatest concerns of our generation that has more negative effects than it can benefit developing nations.. This is an economic system that has been conceived by capitalist nations, multinational, and the worlds largest cooperate bodies through carefully propagated policies to facilitate movement of their goods, products, investing capital, and ambitions. Their main driving tool is an idea called international free trade. What stimulates their interest is the ambition to get rich and richer. With the aid of communication, transport technological development, and other induced free trade, but unjust policies, economic globalization has gained a lot of grounds over the years. Very few developing nations have gained from it but majority of the developing nations continue to be penalized by the global economic village ideology. This is because the drive has not been balanced by intentions to give everyone

Modern society should respond to the legacies and problems created by globalization in the past. Without these responses, relationships with indigenous peoples who were harmed from colonization will never be repaired. There is a popular belief that these should not be acted on because what occurred in the past can not be undone and is not the fault or burden of modern society. This proves to not be true because some issues from the past are just coming to light and being debated and responded to today. Examples of this would be the effect of residential schools on the Aboriginal community, and the debate of who land traditionally occupied by First Nations belongs to. If historical globalization is

• Describe the concepts of capital and globalization presented in the introductory essay. Karl Marx is describing capital as a social order based on the class of people (Longhofer).

Missions to the Native Americans by Europeans have always intertwined with complications. Since the first generations of missionaries within the Americas, there have always been mixed motives and cultural misunderstandings in the outreach to the natives. Some groups saw the Native Americans as a group of people who were only a means to an end, motivated by mere self-interest, and not the spread of Christendom. Others tarnished relationships with natives through unintentional means. Even ignorance of the unknown presuppositions held by each culture led to tension between people groups. An example can be seen in the giving of land by the Native Americans to the Puritans. When they natives gave the land to the Puritans, they were unaccustomed to the philosophy of private property, and “when they discovered that the Puritans wanted to keep these tracts exclusively for themselves, without title ever reverting to those who had originally loaned it, the Indians grew bitter.” There was also an ever-growing sense of Western pride, and many whites saw themselves as superior, especially the English, “who seemed the most arrogant about this fact and the leas concerned to preserve any aspect of native civilization. Few Englishmen cared to save aboriginal peoples even if they could persuade them to adopt the values, habits, and materials of a superior culture.”

The colonization of the new world and the subsequent missionary efforts to the native people in Southeast Alaska is not unlike that of the greater mainland of modern day America. Their way of life, like that of all other native peoples, forever shifted; means of income, cultural norms, sociopolitical structures, religious practices etc. However, what makes the state of Alaska unique is that it was under Russian occupancy prior to the purchase of Alaska in 1867 by the United States. In primarily focusing on the Tlingit people in the Sitka area, it will be shown that these “primitive” people were primed prior to the purchase of Alaska by the Russian occupancy. The combined factors of Russian culture and influence, as well as the efforts of Russian Orthodox missionaries, such as Saint Innocent (Father Venaminov) and St. Herman, unknowingly contributed to a level of preservation for the Tlingit people.

Globalization is the process of world integration of ideas, cultures and economies. In the past five hundred years there were two major periods of globalization which have generated irreversible effects on the world. One period, began with the Age of Exploration in the late fifteenth century, and it spanned until the eighteen hundreds. The other period, the post WW II era, began in the middle of the twentieth century and continues today. Each of these eras marked a tremendous evolution in economic strength, religion, human rights, woman’s rights, agriculture and last but not least technology.

Globalization is the growth of interregional and worldwide linkages and the changes the linkages are bringing about (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012, G-3). The Structural Adjustment Policy (SAPs), when policies required economic reorganization toward less government involvement in industry, agriculture, and social services is a topic in globalization in Middle and South America (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012, 16). People rebelled on this attempt to globalization by electing governments. Now, SAPs has been joined by North American Free Trade and Mesocour to reduce tariffs and other barriers among neighboring countries and others (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012, 118-119). Throughout the region nearly everyone depends on the informal economy as a buyer or

In this essay, I will discuss the matter of Globalization of two nations, South Korea and India. Globalization can be defined as, in simple terms, as the process of making something, anything available worldwide. It is a collaboration between countries, exchanging goods, services, workers, ideas, and even culture, which allow a multitude of opportunities to anyone to enjoy, from anywhere in the world (dictionary.com, n.d.). Globalization can been seen different depending on where you are from. It can cause issues for more traditional societies such as losing

With the progression of globalization, commodities can be transferred to all over the world. That people from different countries can purchase the same products is no longer a dream, that also lead to the similarity between countries. Personally, I strongly believe that the development brings more negative influence to local communities than the positive ones.

Globalization is far reaching in this day and age. Globalization is the worldwide flow of goods, services, money, people, information, and culture. It leads to a greater interdependence and mutual awareness among the people of the world (Tischler, 2011, 2007, p. 430). One non-Western culture that has been impacted by globalization is China. An example of the impact of globalization on China is their economy. Since joining the World Trade Organization, China has transformed from a culture that relied on economic self-sufficiency and shunned the thought of globalization to an economy that is progressively more open to trade and foreign investment.

There is controversy over when globalization began because there is no crystal clear start to globalization. Some people believe that globalization started when the Buddhist leader Chandragupta combined aspects of trade, religion, and military to create a protected trading area. Others believe that globalization began under Genghis Khan’s rule. The Mongolian warrior-ruler created an empire that had trade integrated into it. There are also some experts that believe that the rise of globalization was linked to 1492, the year Christopher Columbus made his first trip to the New World.

Reflect on one area of the reading from this week. Share your personal thoughts and opinions as they relate to development and globalization; and the topic from the reading that your chose to reflect on.