Globalization
Globalization Notes
Defining Globalization
Globalization is a contested concept
a. No one specific definition of
b. Distinction between condition, process, and ideology
c. Deconstructing shakira and diego forlan (soccer player)
Global-local connections- shakira combines music from different countries to make her own music unique. They both have local roots, but are also huge global celebrities.
Their global identities defined by local connections
Good example of hybridity-people- corporations is global, but what they mean to different countries varies. Ie-McDonald’s is different in other countries.
Globalization as a social condition
a. Steger suggests we think of this as globality. We experience more of-
Interdependence on other countries imports, exports, ect
Hybridity
Awareness of our independence and connections- the global imaginary- the amount of globalization in the world today compared to the past is staggering
Globalization as a social process
a. Steger thinks globalization is about movement from one lint to another
Therefore globalization = dynamism, transformation, movement, destruction and creation
b. For Steger, globalization isn’t only economic or the market
Globalization as an ideology
a. For Steger, neoliberal, market, economic definitions of globalization are better defined as ‘Market Globalism’. EX. ‘Globalization is good for everyone’ is an opinion, not a fact
b. Globalism is an ideology and there are others
Stegers 5 defintions of globalization
1. The creation and multiplication of social networks that over come traditional borders (political, geographical, cultural)
2. The expansion and stretching of social relations
3. Intensification and acceleration of these social processes
4. People becoming more and more conscious of the interdependence in the world
5. The expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world time and world space
The historical specific of contemporary
Defining Globalization
Globalization is a contested concept
a. No one specific definition of
b. Distinction between condition, process, and ideology
c. Deconstructing shakira and diego forlan (soccer player)
Global-local connections- shakira combines music from different countries to make her own music unique. They both have local roots, but are also huge global celebrities.
Their global identities defined by local connections
Good example of hybridity-people- corporations is global, but what they mean to different countries varies. Ie-McDonald’s is different in other countries.
Globalization as a social condition
a. Steger suggests we think of this as globality. We experience more of-
Interdependence on other countries imports, exports, ect
Hybridity
Awareness of our independence and connections- the global imaginary- the amount of globalization in the world today compared to the past is staggering
Globalization as a social process
a. Steger thinks globalization is about movement from one lint to another
Therefore globalization = dynamism, transformation, movement, destruction and creation
b. For Steger, globalization isn’t only economic or the market
Globalization as an ideology
a. For Steger, neoliberal, market, economic definitions of globalization are better defined as ‘Market Globalism’. EX. ‘Globalization is good for everyone’ is an opinion, not a fact
b. Globalism is an ideology and there are others
Stegers 5 defintions of globalization
1. The creation and multiplication of social networks that over come traditional borders (political, geographical, cultural)
2. The expansion and stretching of social relations
3. Intensification and acceleration of these social processes
4. People becoming more and more conscious of the interdependence in the world
5. The expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world time and world space
The historical specific of contemporary