Globalization and the World Today Mr Condrys Social

Globalization and the World Today Mr. Condry’s Social Studies Class

What is Globalization? w Refers to the increased flow of trade, people, investment, technology, culture, ideas among countries and creates a more integrated and interdependent world w Globalization has been around since the 15 th century when European exploration & colonization created global empires & markets, but most historians and economists agree that today is special by the extent of interdependence and the speed by which it has occurred.

Drivers of Globalization • Two factors underlie globalization • “Decline in barriers to the free flow of goods, services, and capital” that has occurred since the end of World War II • Technological change

Declining Trade and Investment Barriers • During the 1920 s and 1930 s, many nations erected formidable barriers to international trade and foreign direct investment • Advanced industrial nations of the West committed themselves after World War II to removing barriers to the free flow of goods, services, and capital between nations.

Average Tariff Rates on Manufactured Products France Germany Italy Japan Holland Sweden UK US 1913 21 % 20 % 18 % 30 % 5% 20 % -44 % 1950 18 % 26 % 25 % -1% 9% 4% 14 % 1990 5. 9 % 5. 3 % 5. 9 % 4. 4 % 5. 9 % 4. 8 % 2002 4. 0 % 3. 8 % 4. 0 %

Effects of Lowering Trade Barriers

The Role of Technology • Lowering of trade barriers made globalization possible • Technology has made it a transforming movement • “World Wide Web” has exploded in last 20 years • Computers can move money around world = “finance capital” • Silicon Valley is 9 th largest economy in world!

Internet Usage Growth

Globalization is acceleration of trends of the last 10, 000 years • People lived for 250, 000 years in hunter-gatherer bands • Rise of agriculture 10, 000 years ago led to rise of empires and nation-states • Science and ‘enlightenment’ after 1600 produced global trade and empires • Free trade and tech after 1945 produced present-day globalization

ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION 1. ECONOMIC 2. CULTURAL 3. POLITICAL

Economic Globalization • Economies Are Increasingly Linked Together • EX: NAFTA (MX, CA, US), The EU, WTO (World Trade Organization) • Creation of Global Institutions: • World Trade Organization (WTO)--responsible for policing the world trading system and ensuring that nations adhere to the rules established in WTO treaties • In 2008, 151 nations accounting for 97% of world trade were members of the WTO • International Monetary Fund (IMF)--maintains order in the international monetary system, provides loans

Multinational Corporation • any business with productive activities in 2 or more countries.

Old: Multi-national Corporation • Dutch East India Company • 1602 company of Dutch merchants & independent trading companies • Spice trade monopoly in East Asia • Power to colonize territories & enslave indigenous people • Indonesia & South Africa

New: Multi-national Corporation • Nike, Wal-Mart, Royal/Dutch Shell • Top 100 multinationals are all US-owned companies • Royal/Dutch Shell: global group of energy and petrochemical companies, operating in more than 140 countries and territories, employing more than 112, 000 people

Globalization of Production &. . . Services • Vizio flat panel TV is • designed in a small office in California • assembled in Mexico • From • panels made in South Korea • electronic components made in China • microprocessors made in the U. S. • Increasingly companies are using modern communications to outsource service activities to low-cost nations • Example: Customer Service calls routed to India

Globalization of markets • In the past, each country had its own companies in many industries and its own products • Now today everyone has access to most if not all industries/products • • • Nintendo Starbucks Coca-Cola Ikea Mc. Donald’s Samsung

Growth of Regional Trading Alliances (shared political and economic interests to promote trade) • ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) 1967 • EC (European Community) 1967 • EU (European Union) 1993 • NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) 1994 • AEC (African Economic Community) 1991

European Union • Began in 1957 with six nations; now 27 • Intended to integrate the European economy • Common currency – the Euro

The Changing Roles of Countries in the Global Economy • In the 1960 s: • The U. S. dominated the world economy and the world trade picture • U. S. multinationals dominated the international business scene • About half the world-- the centrally planned economies of the communist world-- was off limits to Western international business

The Changing Roles of Countries in the Global Economy • Today, much of this has changed. • In the early 1960 s, the U. S. was the world's dominant industrial power accounting for about 40. 3% of world manufacturing output • By 2007, the U. S. accounted for only 20. 7% • Other developed nations experienced a similar decline

CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION Mc. Arabia Kofta

CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION • Consumerism – People want more than they need • Cultural lines have become blurred as world becomes more connected - (cultural imperialism) • “Americanization” or “Mc. Donaldization” threatens local cultures • • Hollywood movies Disneyland Starbucks Dominance of the English language

Americanization or Mc. Donaldization Pepsi in Russian

Western Consumerism spreads Iran’s Islamic answer to Barbie and Ken: Sara and Dara

Global Interactions in Culture • Sports • Baseball in Japan • Football (soccer) and the World Cup • spread around the world via the British • Colonial nationalists emphasized playing • football to generate a national identity • Art • Other cultures represented in Western art, such as African sculpture in Pablo Picasso’s pieces and Japanese woodblock printing influence in Impressionism

POLITICAL GLOBALIZATION • GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS • United Nations (UN)—global association of countries that work to facilitate international peace and security, friendly relations among nations, cooperation in solving international problems and respect for human rights. • World Bank—fights poverty by promoting economic development among developing countries

The Globalization Debate Pro Con • Lower prices for goods and services • Destroys manufacturing jobs in wealthy nations • Economic growth • Wage rates of unskilled in advanced countries decline • Increase in consumer income • Outsourcing • Creates jobs (for many) • Companies move to countries with fewer labor and environment regulations • Countries specialize in production of goods and services that are produced most efficiently • Loss of sovereignty • Homogenized cultures

Global Problems: Demographic • 20 th century had a vast increase in the population because of advances in • • Agriculture Industry Science medicine • Reducing birth rates has become a concern in many countries (WHO - World Health Organization assists in family-planning)

Global Problems: Environment • Exploitation and competition • Urbanization and agricultural expansion • Increased use of fossil fuels • Kyoto Treaty • Greenpeace and Earth Day • Climate Change • Genetically Modified Organisms and Food

Global Problems: economic inequities and labor servitude • Causes of poverty • Resource distribution and access • Income opportunities limited • Education opportunities limited • Forced labor • Slavery still exists • Child labor still common

Global problems: diseases • Last major pandemic – Spanish flu of 1918/1919; killed 20 -40 million • Smallpox and diphtheria have been eradicated • Medical innovations: polio vaccine, antibiotics, artificial heart, transplants

Global Problems: disease • HIV/AIDS • • Identified in 1981 in San Francisco kills adults; leaves children orphaned; threatens society Treatment is expensive In 2000, 36. 1 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide; of those 21. 8 million are in Africa

Global Problems: disease • Diseases associated with your lifestyle: diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's • Diseases associated with poverty: malaria, TB, cholera • Current concerns: Ebola & Zika

Global Problems: terrorism • The use of violence, or threatened use of violence, in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim. • Globalization has contributed to terrorism. How? • Alienates & angers ppl who feel victimized by foreign influences that threaten native culture & practices • Creates economic frustrations as traditional skills become obsolete in the global market.

The Karnataka State Farmers' Movement (KRRS) burn genetically modified crops as part of the "Cremate Monsanto" campaign. Karnataka, India, 1998.

Zapatista women are vigilant in defending their community. Chiapas, Mexico.

Palestinian women protest against the Israeli occupation and escalation of military aggression against civilians in the West Bank and Gaza. San Francisco, California, 2002.

You can kill the messenger but not the message! NIGER DELTA WOMEN PROTEST

UCSC Lecturers Protest Unfair Labor Practices, 2002