NANTAI NVERSTES SOCIOLOGY II SOW 106 GLOBALIZATION AND

NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ SOCIOLOGY II (SOW 106) GLOBALIZATION AND THE CHANGING WORLD İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi iisbf. nisantasi. edu. tr NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERS İTESİ ©

Globalization is often portrayed as an economic phenomenon, but this is too simple. Globalization involves political, economic, cultural and social factors. It is driven forward by advances in information and communication technologies that have intensified the speed and scope of interaction between people around the world. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO GLOBALIZATION The rise of information and communications technology Economic factors. Transnational corporations The Electronic Economy Political changes NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

Contesting Globalization The sceptics The hyperglobalizers NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ © The transformationalists

THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION IN WHAT WAYS? FOR WHOM? Globalization is producing challenges that cross national borders and elude the reach of existing political structures. Because individual governments are not equipped to handle these transnational issues, there is a need for new forms of global governance that can address global problems in a global way. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©