The Importance Of Globalization

The main sociological issue depicted in the video is globalization. Globalization deals with social changes that affect the world on an international scale. This is regarded as the most important social change of the 21st century because the entire world is connected and can communicate in a matter of seconds. This eases the flow of ideas, people, and material objects and allows a small change somewhere to spread and have far reaching effects. This video examines how globalization has unequal effects on the quality of life for different populations of people all around the world. The living situations for a citizen in Malawi is vastly different from that of a citizen living in Beverly Hills. A specific example of the how globalization was created and how it can having varying effects on populations is how the Europeans conquered America and extracted the resources by force.

Identity, and more specifically, global identity, is an often-contested topic in contemporary literature on both globalization and new social movements. Critics of globalization cite the loss of localized cultural identity, especially in developing countries, due to the proliferation of homogenized Western ideals through advances in communication, as evidence for globalization’s destructive nature (Tomlinson, 2003). Tomlinson (2003) argues that rather than destroying concepts of personal identity, increased interconnectedness may actually strengthen identity, referencing Manuel Castells’ argument that collective identity acts in opposition of capitalist globalization and asserts individuals’ control over their own lives (Castells, 1997; Tomlinson, 2003).

Globalization, “the process of interaction and integration among people and companies of different countries of the world” is thoroughly discussed in Kwame Anthony Appiah article “The Case for Contamination”. At the beginning of the article, he narrates how he was at a ceremony in Ghana where a king was present and people were surrounding the throne, and yet before the ceremony began, people were talking on their phones and wearing suits just like the modern people of today. He explained that this is very normal, and he is a perfect example, since his parents are from different backgrounds, meaning that people from different parts of the world come together and their customs spread across the world. Appiah argues that for some, the process of globalization might be a frightening and unwelcome change, much like contamination, but he claims that globalization brings positive changes to people, and I couldn’t agree more. Not only does globalization give the

Being raised in Ghana, receiving higher education in England and working as a professor in the United States certainly helped Kwame Anthony Appiah receive a fair share of different cultures. Appiah is a recognized philosopher with several published books and an impressive track record of accomplishments. His article The Case for Contamination, which was published in The New York Times, speaks of the topic of how globalization affects individuals in many aspects of their life. He discusses how forcefully preserving cultures can harm a culture more than help it. While the article is lengthy, it goes into great detail about how globalization affects people in countries all over the world, even Ghana. Globalization makes a large impact on the world we see today and cultural groups can benefit from the effects of globalization because it promotes diversity, creates cosmopolitan citizen development, and allows economic growth.

The author of the article named Kwame Appiah who is also from Ghana, precisely analyzed and demonstrates examples of the ways in which the world is indeed becoming globalized. Depending on how one may look at globalization, it may appear as a good thing, or it may appear to come off as a bad thing. It will all be based on that person’s paradigm or personal experiences/beliefs. From the author Kwame Appiah’s standpoint he demonstrated globalization as a positive thing yielding good results.

We all come across with the term globalization. The developing countries have battled with increased globalization. But be careful, the effects of globalization are very complex as well as far-reaching. No doubt there are certainly some positive effects, but one cannot overlook the negative consequences of globalization over the area like cultures in the widespread developing world. Globalization is a nothing but the concept that symbolize the contested visions of a worldwide identity. In America, the heritage, culture and individuality has been compromised by this globalization. The face of this region has been changed and not always for the better. Nevertheless, there are the issues like social as

Anthony Giddens lecture on globalization informed his audience about the dangers of globalization and the effect it has on the world. Giddens explained an event that happened to a friend that studied village life in Africa. The friend did fieldwork hoping to learn about the traditional pastimes of the community. Instead, the evening turned into a viewing of Basic Instinct, an American movie. This event got Giddens to think that small things such as traditions are being abandoned by the globalization happening around the world.

As a form of cultural integration, globalization has been identified as the vehicle that is shifting societal relationships and eroding indigenous cultures within societies. Bigombe and Khadiagala argue that, although Globalization has created a vast range of opportunities, the notion has “further diminished the possibilities for meaningful integration.” Aboagye also postulates that globalization is making “an attempt to create a global culture with the intention of bringing a homogenous culture throughout the world,” – a trend that threatens indigenous cultures and therefore indigenous family systems. The impact of globalization on family systems in Africa including Ghana has been significant resulting in the disorganization and the reorganization of the family unit. For example, in the early 17th century, the increase in trading activities (due to globalization) during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade spearheaded by the arrival of the Europeans on the continent led to a major distortion of the family as many family members were taken away to far away countries in Europe and America. Some scholars have also attributed the transitions in the family systems in Africa to a mish mash of numerous factors. For example: Takyi and Oheneba-Sakyi state that:

In nearly every place in the world African people are pressed into the bottom of society. Every measure of the quality of social confirms this as reality.

Globalization can be defined as ‘international integration’, which can be described as the process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and functioning together. This process is a combination of economic, technological, and political forces (dictionary.com).

At the moment, there is a lot of hope for the economic development of Africa and its government, its potential for western policy and globalization to promote growth on the continent. Globalization is the rise of political, cultural, and economical ties across international boundaries that way significantly on African countries, especially through the building of nonactive phases among its nations, by bringing down barriers in the areas of business and culture. Globalization has become one of the growing discussions and concerns in economic groups since the mid-1990s, and continues to grow.

Globalization has made easy access to information technology. With the new means of communication, African people can communicate; view what is going on to other parts of the world. The negative consequence of it is that, African values have been severely damaged. Moreover African cultures on food, clothing, music, language and so forth have negatively changed.

Globalization is the proximate and multidimensional set of political, economic, social, and technological integration around the globe. The increasing interconnectedness among countries can be seen through the prism of globalization. Essentially, the lives of people living in distant cities like Bangalore and Silicon Valley are brought closer as a result of this phenomenon. Drivers of this adjacent include; the expansion of trade, technological exchange, labor movement and investments (Stearns 2017). The discourse of globalization encompasses several multidisciplinary themes. The paper, however, concentrates on the economic factors, “which, entails the closer economic integration of countries of the world through increased flow of goods, services, capital and even labor.” (Stiglitz 2007: 4). The paper focuses on economic globalization and elucidates whether the globalization has reduced poverty and inequality or had reproduced the reversed implications. Meanwhile, the paper reveals if the developing world has benefited from the set. This seems to be the central question that policymakers, development economists, and politicians have been grappling with for years. The paper is presented in three parts. Part one reflects on the historical context of the problem statement. The second part compiles literature and juxtaposes with cases to corroborate the globalization-poverty-inequality triangle. Finally, the conclusion represents the author’s viewpoint on the

Because of the broad interpretation of the term “origins of globalization”, I will refrain from establishing this term as referring to the original African diaspora that eventually led to our current state of affairs. Rather, I will reserve the term for such period which marks the beginning when developed sovereign states began to expand their economy, religion, politics, and conflict, as they discover and exploit more of the worlds lands and resources. Our defined origins of globalization would put us at the period when the potential for trade expanded to the worldwide stage, instead of being

Globalization is important to understand in order to determine what worked in the past and can be successful again in the future. Our many cultures, ideals and growing technology form together to create an extremely global world. We use products that were made on the other side of the world, and are taxed on practically everything. Whether the effects of our global society is good or bad, there’s no doubt that the world is constantly changing and impacting our livelihoods, so we must adapt accordingly in order to succeed.