Category: Globalization

Introduction The rumbling tension between South Korea and Japan ever since the colonial period (when Korea was under Japanese rule from 1910 through 1945) has recently manifested itself. The tension escalated on July 4th of 2019 when Japan implemented heavy barriers and regulations on the export of three chemical materials – fluorinated polyamides, photoresists, and…

Introduction Society, economy, and culture all around the world are being transformed by globalization, which is a hallmark of the modern era. Technology, communication, and transportation advancements are driving a more interdependent and interconnected global community, which is a complicated and multi-faceted phenomenon. Globalization is creating a more interconnected web of human endeavors as trade,…

Significant differences between economic classes already existed in Bangalore, and with the introduction of globalization came another sector, a domain of highly skilled labor force. IT industry created employment at two different levels-high skilled and high value-added level and low qualified support service level (Sassen, 2000). The access to this highly skilled labor force was…

Throughout history, there have been many watershed events that have both positively and negatively impacted society. Change is inevitable and progress is impossible without it. The world is constantly changing with its new ideas, resources, and products, demanding and expecting even faster responses. Governments have evolved, technology is rapidly becoming more advanced, people are changing…

“The problem that we have is not globalization. The problem is lack of global governance”. This is a quote from the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Professor Klaus Schwab. This pertains to globalization as a positive side. Although lack of governance is on the negative side, still the controversy is within…

Introduction Globalization has become an important and frequently asked question in the field of international relations which gets no response. It appears that globalization is an ill-defined concept which means different terms to diverse people (Hurrell & Woods, 1995). Above all, the general term that I know globalization to be is “the continuous interconnectedness of…

Humankind has evolved so much in the past decades. We have made amazing technological and scientific things, one example is wireless technologies. We were able to become a much more social world, focusing not only on ourselves but the collective world. Globalization and the environment are intriguingly interconnected. Thus, climate change is an urgent issue…

Neoliberalism is a policy model that tends to bridge politics, economics and social studies. The ideology of Neo-liberalism emphasizes on free market competition and capitalism that moves away from government regulation, spending or public ownership. This ideology was identified in 1980’s during the conservative governments of Ronald Reagan in the US and Margret Thatcher in…

“Globalization is an intensification of global relations that connects distant localities in such ways that local events are formed by events that happen many kilometers away and vice versa” (Giddens, 1990, p. 64). Globalization is one of the most powerful forces that has been shaping the world for an indefinite time now. Because of its…

Globalization, international interaction and growing interdependence. It has spread many new concepts and factors throughout the world over the years, medicine has become better and more advanced, imports, exports and travel are easier and cheaper, technology is ongoingly improving and global collaboration is thriving. Although, have all these developments been positive throughout? Medicine’s advancements are…