student presentation

1. Globalization
A presentation By Imogen Redrobe and Harpavan Binning

2.  Before globalization – container theory of society.
 James Rosenau – ‘the two worlds of world politics’
 Beck – Global risk society
Theories Of Globalization

3.  Suggests that places are not a geographical location
but a concept
 Creating new ‘social landscapes’
 Africa – Notting Hill’s “African Carnival”
 Mexico and America – financial aid, still integrated
into Mexican society, labour migration seen as a valid
choice in Mexican society
Transnational social spaces

4.  Wallenstein – One world system, capitalism is global,
conflicts are multiplying within the system
Criticisms: Links globalisation to capitalism
 Rosenau – Two stages of international politics
 Gilpin – National states are more linked than ever
 Held – National states are losing their influence in
globalised society
Explanations Of Globalization

5.  Beck’s theory
 Global threats create a global society
 Three Global threats:
 Dangers caused by affluence
 Dangers caused by poverty
 Danger caused by weapons of mass destruction
World Risk Society

6.  This theory argues that due to globalization we have
created a global culture. Now values around the
world extend and intensify social relations.
 Example: Disney’s characters are universal. However
if you try and convince an Italian child that Topolino-
Italian name for Mickey Mouse is American, you
would have no chance.
 Free Flow Of Information
Cultural Globalization

7.  Roland Roberts emphasizes that globalization always
involves a process of localization.
 Coca Cola and Sony describe their strategy as global
localization.
 Need for local diversity.
 Delocation and Relocation
Localization

8.  Connection And Fragmentation
 Destroying communities?
 Integration
Fragmentation