漫谈全球化_Globalization.pptVIP

GLOBALIZATION Yoruba drummers in Erin-Osun, Nigeria, 1997 WHAT IS THE GLOBE? CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SET OF COMMITMENTS RELATIONSHIPS SET OF PRACTICES WHAT IS GLOBALIZTION? ACTIVATING YOUR COMMITMENTS CONNECTING ACROSS DIFFERENCE FORGING NEW RELATIONSHIPS SPREAD AND CONNECTEDNESS OF PRODUCTION, COMMUNICATION, AND TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS THE WORLD DEBATES Is globalization new or old? Is globalization good or bad? 3. Is globalization really “global” or inclusive of all people? 5 ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ECONOMIC TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURAL POLITICAL MILITARY THESE ASPECTS ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED! ********************* After this lecture, can you give 1 example of each of the above? 1. ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION EARLY CAPITALIST IDEAS: 1. “Free Market Economy” (Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1776) Market is “free” from State control 2. Division of labor 3. Competition Economic Globalization TODAY: Economies Are Increasingly Linked Together EXS: NAFTA (MX, CA, US), The EU, WTO (World Trade Organization) WTO Only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations Goal: help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS OLD: 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 ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION NEW: 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 Economic Globalization in AFRICA Little Industry and Technology Can economic globalization can help reduce poverty? “Brain Drain” Debt (IMF loans) AF countries can’t even pay back interest 300 million pple live on less than $1/day 48% pple in su