Information Sociology
2012047886 Dong-June, Yoo
1. Summary
The writer says that it is both general and specific to answer the question: What is globalization?. It is general because globalization covers lots of criteria as well as opinions. Also, it is specific because we are concerned with the demarcation of the distinctive features of what has come to be called globalization. Many different topics are included under the rubric of globalization from small issues to large ones. There are many difficulties in defining globalization not only to many scholars but also in books and papers. The reason is that even though it is difficult to define individual problems, there are various opinions to define the problems of the whole world in a few words.
Velho approached the globalization as a single process: an object, a perspective and a horizon. This, indeed, is one of the primary goals of the growing field of global education. Finally, in the Velho’s paradigm, globalization may be understood as the direction in which the world considered as a whole is moving together. So, the study and debate of globalization has been and still is being practiced actively around the whole world. Globalization was discussed by this explicit and obvious name in sociology and anthropology, as well as in religious studies long tome ago. Once, there arose what was popularly called the anti-globalization movement, situated mainly but certainly not exclusively in Western societies.
Globalization means increasing interconnection all people around the whole world. This connection means that bonds between nations, individuals, every elements around the world are getting stronger. In our times, people separated in the long distance can communicate each other, talk, see and share their thoughts thanks to development of the Internet, high-technology like a mobile phone, and social network like Facebook, Twitter. Also, there are four major dimensions of globalization: the social, the economic, the political and the cultural. Mcdonaldization is a representative example of cultural globalization. These dimensions are heavily intertwined, one or two aspects being more prominent at any given time or place.
I learnes that Globalization refers to the phenomenon of capital, labor, commodity, service, technology, information, coordination across borders. Thus, exchanges between individuals and countries in the international community are increasing.
2. New, intersting or unusual items I learned
Glocalization is a newly coined word by the founder of Sony, a compound word of local and globalization, which means globalization and localization. The concept refers to the management of the nation's industrial environment while pursuing globalization as a whole. This means that it aims to localize regional and cultural activities to maximize synergy between globalization and localization.
Also, If we talk about the positive aspects of globalization, we need to start talking about the story of classical economists. Advocates of the free market argue that the increase in international trade between countries means increasing trade with comparative advantage and promoting global wealth by promoting mutual benefit among nations. It seems to be fair to say that global consumers can buy various goods in a wide variety of countries, and the producer can sell them in a wide range of markets worldwide, thereby enhancing global wealth. Some feel that the proliferation of political, social, and cultural interdependence will spread, deepening political, social and cultural interdependence worldwide.
Moreover, globalization has a positive impact on global issues such as environmental and human rights issues, and it is predicted that the global community will contribute greatly to the democratic development of the world, as well as the global community.
There are some objections to this. Classical economists claim that the market opens up worldwide, but there are academics who claim that it's totally fictional. In particular, the globalization is entirely advantageous to developed nations, and adverse effects on economic development (especially in the developed world) will affect the economic development of developing countries and produce a dependency on developed economies. Also, globalization increases disputes and conflicts by dividing the world into distinct benefits and losses. For example, there is a significant burden on the nation's farmers and countries, including the risk of developing agricultural markets, and including the risk of massive influx of foreign agricultural products and the risks of foreign exchange crises.
Besides economic subordination, there are concerns about social and cultural dependencies. That is, the mass influx of foreign medium-managements based on large-scale capital can undermine the uniqueness of the nation's specialty and multinational companies, and result in the dependency on overwhelming culture and society. Whenever we see a global organization like the WTO meeting, we see that there are always a huge demonstration of the globalization of the world (the government – the farmer, the government – the labor), conflicts of globalization, and the confrontation of globalization in our society. However, it is important that it is certain that globalization is the general trend and the fact that it is an opportunity for the nation to become one of the world's most populous nations, and it can be an opportunity for the nation to become one of the nations that depend on international trade.
3. Discussion
The debate between them has not yet been finalised. There is still a lot of controversy over the merits and demerits of globalization. There is also a view that a country with a culturally, economically and politically dominated rich country can overwhelm developing countries through globalization and even colonization. Let's discuss the topic of debate.
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