Introduction on the Study

of Globalization
Intended Learning Outcomes

 construct a personalized definition of globalization ☺

 differentiate the competing conceptions of globalization
 demonstrate the underlying philosophies of the varied definitions of
globalization
Recap of the definitions on globalizations
we did in class last meeting
 Alleged to have accelerated since the 1970s
 No generally accepted definition of globalization has emerged except for such
broad descriptions as:
1. increasing global inter-connectedness
2. expansions and intensification of social relations across world-time and
world-space
3. compression of time and space
4. distant proximities
5. a complex range of processes driven by a mixture of political &
economic influences
6. swift & relatively unimpended flow of capital, people, and ideas across
national borders

According to ( Giddens, 1990 ; Harvey, 1989 ; Held & McGrew, 2007 ; Lechner and
Boli, 2011 ; Robertson, 1992; Steger, 2013 ; Waters, 2001)
Approaches on the Study of
Globalization
 1. Globalization as ‘Globaloney’
- existing accounts of globalization are incorrect, imprecise or
exaggerated
- note that just about everything that can be linked to
transnational process is cited as globalization & its glowing influence

According to (Held & McGrew, 2007; Rosenberg, 2000 ; Veseth, 2010 )

Approaches on the Study of
Globalization
 Critics of globalization can be grouped into 3 categories.
A.) Rejectionists
- dismiss the utility of globalization as an analytical concept
• Susan Strange ( 1996) – considers globalization as a prime example of such
vacuous term, suggesting that it has been used in academic discourse to
refer to anything from the ‘ internet to hamburger’
• Clark (1999: 34-40)
• Linda Weiss (1998) – ‘a big idea resting on slim foundations’
Approaches on the Study of
Globalization
B.) Sceptics – emphasizes the limited nature of current globalizing processes.
● Hirst & Thompson (2009) – claim that the world economy is not truly a global
phenomenon, but one centered in Europe, Eastern Asia and North America
● Argument : Use imprical data to attack the general misuse of the concept
(economic interaction is only happening in advances industrial countries)

● Without a truly global economic system, they insist, there can be no such
thing as globalization

● Globalization is a ‘myth’
Approaches on the Study of
Globalization
C.) Modifiers

Assignment :

What is the argument of the modifiers towards the existing definitions on

globalization ?