The

Contemporary
World (GE3)
 A. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF GLOBALIZATION
1. The Task of Defining
Globalization
2. The Globalization
Theories

B. THE STRUCTURES OF GLOBALIZATION

1. The Global Economy

The
Contemporary 2. Market Integration
World 3. The Global Interstate System

4. Contemporary Global Governance

 A. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF GLOBALIZATION

2. The Globalization Theories

The
Contemporary
World
 Homogeneity

the increasing sameness in the world

MCDONALDIZATION
 MCDONALDIZATION

It is the process by which the principles of the fast-food

restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of
American society as well as of the rest of the world.
MCDONALDIZATION
 EFFICIENC CALCULABILITY
Y

MCDONALDIZATION

PREDICTABILITY CONTROL
 EFFICIENC CALCULABILITY
Y

Finding and using the optimum method for It emphasizes the quantitative aspects of
getting from one point to another. products sold and services offered

MCDONALDIZATION

PREDICTABILITY CONTROL

The production process of organized to

The substitution of more predictable
guarantee uniformity of product and
nonhuman labor for human labor.
standardized outcomes.
 Heterogeneity
differences because of either lasting differences or of the
hybrids or combinations of cultures that can be
produced through the different transplanetary processes
PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL CULTURAL FLOWS
 PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL CULTURAL FLOWS

Cultural Differentialism Cultural Hybridization Cultural Convergence

Approach Approach Approach
Cultural Differentialism
Approach

Cultures are essentially

different and are only
superficially affected by
global flows.
Cultural Hybridization
Approach

Integration of Local
and Global
Cultures
Cultural Convergence
Approach

Cultural Imperialism
Deterritorialization
 PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL CULTURAL FLOWS

Cultural Differentialism Cultural Hybridization Cultural Convergence

Approach Approach Approach

Cultures are essentially Integration of Local Cultural Imperialism

different and are only and Global Deterritorialization
superficially affected by Cultures
global flows.
The Globalization of Religion
GLOBALIZATION
VERSUS
REGIONALIZATIO
N
Origins and
History
of Globalization
 Broader,
Hardwired Cycles Epoc Event More Recent
h s Changes
Hardwired
Hardwired

commerce

urges of
people
Hardwired

commerce religion

urges of
people
Hardwired

commerce religion politics

urges of
people
Hardwired

commerce religion politics warfare

urges of
people
 commerce trade

missionary
religion work

Hardwired adventures
politics

warfare conquest

urges of aspects of
people globalizatio
n
Cycles
 01 Globalization of
religion
02 European Colonial Conquests

03 Intra-European Wars
Epoch
04 Heyday of European Imperialism

05 Post-World War II

06 Post-Cold War
 01 Roman
Conquests

Event
s
 01 Roman
Conquests
02 Genghis Khan into Eastern Europe

Event
s
 01 Roman
Conquests
02 Genghis Khan into Eastern Europe

Event 03 Discovery of America

s
 01 Roman
Conquests
02 Genghis Khan into Eastern Europe

Event 03 Discovery of America

s
04 Discovery of Cape of Good Hope
 01 Roman Conquests

02 Genghis Khan into Eastern Europe

Event
03 Discovery of America
s

04 Discovery of Cape of Good

Hope
 01 Roman
Conquests
02 Genghis Khan into Eastern Europe

Event 03 Discovery of America

s
04 Discovery of Cape of Good Hope

05 Circumnavigation of the World

 01 Roman Conquests

02 Genghis Khan into Eastern Europe

Event
03 Discovery of America
s

04 Discovery of Cape of Good

Hope

05 Circumnavigation of the World

 01 First Transatlantic Telephone Cable

Event
s
 01 First Transatlantic Telephone Cable

First Transatlantic Television

02
Broadcasts
Event
s
 01 First Transatlantic Telephone Cable

First Transatlantic Television

02
Broadcasts
Events
03 Founding of the Modern Internet
 01 First Transatlantic Telephone Cable

First Transatlantic Television

02
Broadcasts
Events
03 Founding of the Modern Internet

04 Terrorist Attacks on the

Twin Towers
 The emergence of the United
01
States as the global power
Broader,
More Recent
Changes
 The emergence of the United
01
States as the global power
Broader,
More Recent The emergence of multinational
02
Changes corporations (MNCs)
 The emergence of the United
01
States as the global power
Broader,
More Recent The emergence of multinational
02
Changes corporations (MNCs)

The demise of the Soviet Union

03
and the end of the Cold War
 The emergence of the United
01
States as the global power
Broader,
More Recent The emergence of multinational
02
Changes corporations (MNCs)

The demise of the Soviet Union

03
and the end of the Cold War
 Origins and
History
of Globalization

Broader,
Hardwired Cycles Epoc Event More Recent
h s CHanges
 GLOBAL
DEMOGRAPH
Y
 a singular historical period during which mortality and fertility
Demographic
rates decline from high to low levels in a particular country
Transition or region.
 DEPENDENCY RATIO

Demographic (𝑛 𝑢 𝑚 𝑏 𝑒 𝑟 𝑜 𝑓 𝑝 𝑒 𝑜 𝑝 𝑙 𝑒 𝑎 𝑔 𝑒 𝑑 0 𝑡 𝑜 14 𝑎 𝑛 𝑑 65 𝑎 𝑛 𝑑
𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 = x100
Transition 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟) 𝑛 𝑢 𝑚 𝑏 𝑒 𝑟 𝑜 𝑓 𝑝 𝑒 𝑜 𝑝 𝑙 𝑒 𝑎 𝑔 𝑒 𝑑 15 𝑡 𝑜
64
 GLOBAL
MIGRATIO
N
 GLOBAL
vagabonds and tourists
MIGRATIO
N
 PUSH FACTORS PULL FACTORS

• Political • Favorable
Persecution Immigration
Policy
• Economic
Depression • Labor Shortage GLOBAL
MIGRATIO
• War • Similarity of
Language and
N
• Famine Culture
 GLOBAL
The term “diaspora” has been increasingly used
to describe migrant communities. MIGRATIO
N
 A. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF GLOBALIZATION

2. The Globalization Theories

The
Contemporary
World
 A. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF GLOBALIZATION
1. The Task of Defining
Globalization
2. The Globalization
Theories

B. THE STRUCTURES OF GLOBALIZATION

1. The Global Economy

The
Contemporary 2. Market Integration
World 3. The Global Interstate System

4. Contemporary Global Governance