Dimensions of Globalization

Globalization Is it: An economic phenomenon? A social phenomenon? A environmental phenomenon? A political phenomenon?

Globalization

Social Forces Social dimensions of Globalization: - refers to the impact of globalization on the life and work of people, on their families, and their society

Social Forces Concerns and issues: - employment - working conditions - income and social protection Beyond the work world it encompasses…..

Social Forces Security Culture and Identity Inclusion or exclusion And the cohesiveness of families and communities

Facts and Figures Media and Connectivity In 1995 the internet had only 25 million users 5 years later in 2000 it had 300 million users

Facts and Figures In 1999, 92% of high income countries’ populations had used the internet at some point in time Only 0.9% of low income countries’ made use of this technology

Facts and Figures The Telephone 1910: less than 1 million people used a telephone 1960: 100 million 2000: 1 billion that have both a fixed and mobile 2002: still less than ½ of the world population has ever made or received a phone call

Facts and Figures Between 1970 and 1997 the percentage of people in developing countires who owned a television rose from 1% to almost 16%

Facts and Figures Globally 826 million women, children, and men suffer from hunger, with only 8 million in Western industrial countries

Facts and Figures Everyday 14 000 people are newly infected with HIV/AIDS, 90% of people infected live in developing countries 75% of this live in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. Image: Map of Africa coloured according to the percentage of the Adult (ages 15-49) population with HIV/AIDS)

Definitions: Accommodation: people of different cultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another. Both cultures may be affected

Definitions: Assimilation When the culture of the minority group is absorbed by another culture. The cultural identity of the minority group disappears as its members take on the identity of the other culture. Example?

Definitions: Acculturation The cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate, or adapt to, each others world views

Definitions: Homogenization Erasing differences Refers to erasing cultural differences so that peoples become more and more similar

Definitions: Ethnocentrism A way of thinking that centre’s on ones own race and culture

Definitions: Eurocentrism A form of ethnocentrism that uses European ethnic, national, religious, and linguistic criteria to judge other peoples and their cultures

Definitions: Universalization The spread of culture, trends, customs, and practices around the world.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights