Trends Lesson 3 Flashcards
means that an entity’s reaches are beyond territorial borders of a particular country.
Global
a set of units like nerves, species, individuals, institutions or states, with a particular rule which determines the degree or direction of relation or ties that exist between or among social entities or units.
Network
can be defined as a set of units manifesting certain ties or relationships that exist and operate beyond territorial borders of a particular country.
Global network
Types of Global Networks
- Technical Global Network
- Interpersonal Global Network
Is a form of global network adopted from telecommunications systems that utilize a variety of satellite, cable, and wireless technologies.
Technical Global Network
Is a form of global network that includes cross-boarders groups such as migrants, aid, or social workers involved in advocacy work and even professionals discussing and debating about new ideas and discoveries.
Interpersonal Global Network
is rooted from the word global which means that actions occur “across political and cultural boundaries” which “creates intensive as well as spatially extensive interconnections between a range of institutions, and actors; and develops “transnational processes, institutions, and ways of interpreting the world as a single space”
Globalization
Elements of Globalization
- Privatization
- Deregulation
- Liberalization
Refers to the policies of the government to transfer government-owned corporations and sell them to the control of the private sector.
Privatization
Refers to the streamlining of government’s control over the industry for basic commodities like oil supply, water, and electricity.
Deregulation
Is a policy where in laws regarding restrictive importation of products are modified or totally abolished.
Liberalization
Types of Globalization
- Economic
- Cultural
- Political
Globalization is an economic process that involves the movement of economic resources from one country to another.
Economic
The fast spread of cultural globalization became possible through modern technology, particularly, satellite communication, telecommunication networks, information technology, and the internet.
Cultural
The establishment of regional organizations like the European Union (EU), ASEAN, and APEC aims to establish a world under a single government. The member-states of these organizations remain sovereign, but they are bound to perform obligations and follow commitments that they have signed when they joined these organization.
Political
