SOCI 1F90 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 Globalization.docx
23 Apr 2012
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Lit review - tues 10-12, 1-3 wednesday 10-12, 1-3 thursday 10-12 friday 10-12. Globalization - complex chains of interdependencies that link the local and the global. Osama binladin gun made in russia, american watch, high-tech video camera. Captured increasingly interdependent nature of social life. Globality: social condition that is characterized by global interconnections and flows that make existing borders and boundaries irrelevant: social outcome of multiple interactions, economic, political, cultural and environmental. Globalization: set of social processes that transform our social condition into one of globality: shift forms of human contact and create forms of social change. How does globalization differ from previous social developments. Assumption that it is a dynamic process not static. Identical shopping malls in different continents: buy commodities from anywhere in the world, stretching ngo"s, businesses, social clubs and global institutions (un, doctors without borders, google) Intensification and acceleration of social exchanges and activities: rapid development of new information and technologies.
