Globalization Lisa Lowe

When it comes to globalization, everyone may have a different vision of it’s outcome. For Marcelo Gleiser, the author of “Globalization: Two visions of the Future of Humanity”, a completely globalized world may result in a dystopia. In contrast, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, the author of “A Mickey Mouse Approach to Globalization” and Tanveer Ali, the creator of “The Subway Falafel Sandwich and the Americanization of Ethnic Food” may think of globalization as other cultures sharing each other’s components to interact on a new level and spurring a more “open-minded” (Ali 27) individual.

Since the 20th century, people have become globalization in their social life. The actions of people and the view of the city are almost the same with other countries. Globalization is not the fashionable word in the world, it is an important word of human economics. There have some economic professions said it could be dangerous of the transaction in different countries, such as global economic crisis. However, globalization has some positive points that it makes people’s lives become better. Even though it has some negative effects on the human such as air pollution, but it also has many positive effects. Nowadays, not only the government, but also people are enjoying globalization in economics, immigration, and knowledge.

Contemporary globalization is an exceptionally multifaceted phenomenon and can be defined as "an intensification of cross-national cultural, economic, political, social and technological interactions that lead to the establishment of transnational structures and the global integration of cultural, economic, environmental, political and social processes on global, supranational, national, regional and local levels" (Huynen, Martens & Hilderink, 2005). The very nature of the American society has experienced insightful and compound changes due to globalization that has brought with it both new opportunities and risks. Similarly, the impacts of globalization

In “Globalization of Eating Disorders“ Susan Bordo accurately uses the concept of globalization to explain the spread of eating disorders across the globe. In Friedman standards, globalization is a system responsible for connecting all types of people at unbelievable speeds. Bordo focuses more on the dominance of the United States. Bordo uses of globalization is very effective in this essay. The example of television in the Fiji island vividly express how influential america is to the world. WIthin 3 years span, cases of eating disorders increased dramatically solely from being exposed to America’s beauty standards through TV. When comparing Bordo’s essay with Friedman’s, the consisty is great. In general, Bordo uses the concept of the globalization

In the article by Evelyn Hu-Dehart it focuses on the issue of globalization and its effects in different cities but first all the author gives us a explanation to understand what is globalization. Globalization in the words of Hu-Dehart was the "neoliberalism's New World Order..."(pg. 245) where all Mexican citizens were falling under the ruling of the party Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). In the same article by Evelyn Hu-Dehart, "Globalization and its Discontents" she gaves us the definition of NAFTA which is the North American Free Trade Agreement that was signed by United States, Canada and Mexico (pg. 244). This concept of definition and NAFTA have a strong connection to the Zapatista movement in Chiapas because the same day

The article I have chosen is,” The Problematic Complexities raised by the Dynamics of Globalization by Deane Neubauer. Deane Neubauer is a Senior Researcher with the Globalization research center, University of Hawaii, Manoa, and U.S.A. This particular article discusses different subjects of globalization through it relevant dynamics. Such as: the collapse of time and space, migration and urbanization, wealth creation and distribution, transformation of global media, trade and consumption and transformation of value. The notion of globalization has become a commonplace and through everyday conversation, throughout news reports, within scholarly discourse. The article is meant to bring more clarification to the nature of the notion

Migration in developing countries is often seen as a way of development through the stimulation of global currency within the country. Specifically throughout the Philippines, it is more common for migrant workers to be female, resulting in the overall structure and dynamics of these families to change. In the novel, Servants of Globalization, author Rhacel Parreñas addresses how the pre-existing structure of gender expectations and unequal employment opportunities for male and females abroad influence the overall gender patterns and impacts of migration from the Philippines, ultimately affecting the dynamics of families as they become transnational and challenging the pre-existing gender ideologies within the countries.

This article was written to inform about the struggle that many middle class earners are going through. According to the author this problem is due to globalization. The purpose of the article is to inform the reader about how middle class earners are losing their jobs and the potential problems because of this occurrence. The author wrote this article with the intent to inform people about how jobs of which the middle class benefit from are being sent to other counties as the jobs cost less to manufacture overseas. The author does seem to also persuade its readers by writing about the TPP and how it’s a big problem for the economy. The author seems to want to make the reader feel sympathy for the man who lost his job due to globalization,

During the last decade of the twentieth century, the word ‘globalization’ has become an increasingly prominent feature of political, social, and economic discussion in academic and policymaking circles, as well as in the media. The processes and outcomes of globalization drew attention and debates that had one thing in common. The research shows that nearly everyone agrees that globalization is a trend that is changing the face of the world, and as a result the world society lives in a more ‘globalized’ world. Nearly two and a half decades passed since 1990s, and studies have been conducted to examine the causes and consequences of globalization. Moreover, nearly every person experiences some type of globalization and can testify firsthand the effects it has on their life, society, and the state. The analysis of the effects that globalization dynamics have on the world society indicates that globalization has a significant positive impact via spreading opportunities and wealth across nations, stimulating innovation and productivity, enhancing the economic development of poorer countries, and helping to improve living standards.

What is Globalization of the local? In this chapter, the way of looking at globalization is that is contrast the traditional view of Americanization. The phase of globalization began to get exposure when the fall of the Berlin Wall there was a justification around the world that globalization means “Americanization”. Globalization is known to have haven an American look, an American face and an American taste. The American clothing designers and American-fast food chains was the best advantage if the fallings walls in the flattering of the world Friedman states, that there was concern that globalization was really “Americanization” in the form of American cultural imperialism. The reason behind this statement is because many of American cultural products such as, (music, films, restaurants, etc.)

Globalization requires highly specialized services, telecommunications, infrastructure, and industrial services. Economic globalization has mostly been represented in terms of the duality between national and global, where the global gains power and advantages at the expense of the national. For example, Saskia Sassen, author of Whose City Is It?, states many disadvantages of “global” cities for women, immigrants, and people of color, “whose political sense of self and identities are not necessarily embedded in the nation” (206).

The most imported products and food are iPhones and chocolate beans since they can’t be made in the United States due to the environment and the choices the maker has decided. Most of all, it makes our lives feel further connected and wanting to support where our products came from. For the people who determine to not like the idea of Globalization, says that local businesses have been shutting down due to multinational corporations, having advanced in Science and Technology gotten people to lose their jobs. Throughout six articles, all have their own viewpoints about globalization is or is not helping local business and local economies.

The concept of globalization is a complex and peculiar one, failing to be definable by a single, precise definition. Centrally, globalization involves information and goods being exchanged amongst different countries. These interactions and interchanges among countries globally over time is due to an increase in communication and transport networks. Globalization is often divided into three main areas being economic globalization, cultural globalization and political globalization. All three are vital areas to one’s life and globalization is said to have a large impact on each. Although globalization is controversial in the aspect that it cannot be declared just how much of an influence the notion has in the world. Political scientists such as Muhammad Ijaz Latif, Anton Pelinka and Martin Wolf all discuss this issue in their respective pieces as well as differing aspects of globalization such as the role the European Union plays in relation to globalization, the different perspectives of globalization and the challenges of the nation-state in regards to globalization.

Scholte briefly examines six differing theoretical approaches to explaining globalization – what are they? What is the central theme of each?

According to the International Labour Organization (2003), the term ‘globalization’ is used in diverse ways, but the major idea behind the term is progressive integration of societies and economies; the progressiveness is motivated by new economic relationships, new technologies, and various national as well as international policies of an array of players and entailing international organizations, governments, labor, business, and civil society. This implies that there are two aspects to the globalization process; first, it refers to various factors like trade, technology, financial decisions, fluent communication and proper flow of information; these factors are the primary reason that brings a society together as a family and all the citizens as family members (International Labour Organization, 2003). Second, it refers to institutions and policies, which integrate various countries and economies such as trade or capital market, international standards and rights of labors, behavior and other issues in the companies towards labor, property rights (via agreements) etc. that operate at both a national and an international level (International Labour Organization, 2003). Both aspects of globalization demonstrate that the term was coined for a progressiveness of society; therefore, it both influences and is influenced by society. Whether the impacts of globalization are primarily positive or negative is still uncertain; this essay will seek to answer that