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ORIGIN OF GLOBALIZATION
things, from basic human urge to seek better and more fulfilling life. This leads him to trace the initial globalization of the human species.
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CYCLES
PHASES
EVENTS
BOARDER
ORIGIN OF GLOBALIZATION
• It argues that it is difficult to find a single point of origin, but the effort is largely irrelevant since there long have been cycles of globalization and it is those that are utmost importance, not particular phase or point of origin
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CYCLES
PHASES
EVENTS
BOARDER
ORIGIN OF GLOBALIZATION
Globalization occurred sequentially each with its own point of origin
HARDWIRED
CYCLES
PHASES
EVENTS
BOARDER
ORIGIN OF GLOBALIZATION
Globalization occurred sequentially each with its own point of origin
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CYCLES
PHASES
EVENTS
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PHASE
Agricultural and urban revolutions, migrations, increased trade, and ancient empires grew out of Eurasia
Eurasian Phase (3000BCE)
Afro-Eurasian Phase (1000 BCE)
Oriental Phase I (500 BCE)
Oriental Phase II (1100AD)
Multicentric Phase (1500 AD)
PHASE
Commercial revolutions commenced in the Greco-Roman world, West Asia and East Africa.
Eurasian Phase (3000BCE)
Afro-Eurasian Phase (1000 BCE)
Oriental Phase I (500 BCE)
Oriental Phase II (1100AD)
Multicentric Phase (1500 AD)
PHASE
The world economy emerged alongside the caravan trade in the Middle East.
Eurasian Phase (3000BCE)
Afro-Eurasian Phase (1000 BCE)
Oriental Phase I (500 BCE)
Oriental Phase II (1100AD)
Multicentric Phase (1500 AD)
PHASE
The improvements in productivity and technology emerged throughout East and South Asia, with increased urbanization and development of the silk routes.
Eurasian Phase (3000BCE)
Afro-Eurasian Phase (1000 BCE)
Oriental Phase I (500 BCE)
Oriental Phase II (1100AD)
Multicentric Phase (1500 AD)
PHASE
TTrade expanded across the Atlantic Ocean and into the Americas.
Eurasian Phase (3000BCE)
Afro-Eurasian Phase (1000 BCE)
Oriental Phase I (500 BCE)
Oriental Phase II (1100AD)
Multicentric Phase (1500 AD)
PHASE
Trade expanded across the Atlantic Ocean and into the Americas.
Euro-Atlantic Phase (1800)
Afro-Eurasian Phase (1000 BCE)
20C Phase 1950
21C Phase 2000
Germinal Phase
PHASE
MNC’s and global value chains emerged throughout the US, Europe, and Japan and the Cold War Ended.
Euro-Atlantic Phase (1800)
Afro-Eurasian Phase (1000 BCE)
20C Phase 1950
21C Phase 2000
Germinal Phase
PHASE
A new geography of trade encompasses East Asia and the emerging economies, with a global rebalancing of power and economic flows.
Euro-Atlantic Phase (1800)
Incipient Phase (mid-1700s to the 1870s).
20C Phase 1950
21C Phase 2000
Germinal Phase
PHASE
• In Europe (early fifteenth century to mid-eighteenth century). Important developments during this period were the sun-centered view of the universe, the beginnings of modern geography, and the spread of the Gregorian calendar.
Euro-Atlantic Phase (1800)
Incipient Phase (mid-1700s to the 1870s).
Take-Off Phase (1870s to the mid-1920s)
Struggle-for-hegemony phase (1920s to the mid-1960s)
Germinal Phase
PHASE
Among the key developments in this period were the “crystallization of conceptions of formalized international relations,” a “more concrete conception of humankind,” and “[s]harp increases in conventions and agencies concerned with international and transnational regulation and communication” (1990: 26).
Euro-Atlantic Phase (1800)
Incipient Phase (mid-1700s to the 1870s).
Take-Off Phase (1870s to the mid-1920s)
Struggle-for-hegemony phase (1920s to the mid-1960s)
Germinal Phase
PHASE
Among the key developments in this period were the “crystallization of conceptions of formalized international relations,” a “more concrete conception of humankind,” and “[s]harp increases in conventions and agencies concerned with international and transnational regulation and communication” (1990: 26).
Uncertainty Phase (1960s to the early 1990s6)
Incipient Phase (mid-1700s to the 1870s).
Take-Off Phase (1870s to the mid-1920s)
Struggle-for-hegemony phase (1920s to the mid-1960s)
Germinal Phase
PHASE
This period was characterized by war (WW II) and disputes (Cold War) over the still fragile globalization process. The UN was formed during this period.
Uncertainty Phase (1960s to the early 1990s6)
Incipient Phase (mid-1700s to the 1870s).
Take-Off Phase (1870s to the mid-1920s)
Struggle-for-hegemony phase (1920s to the mid-1960s)
Germinal Phase
PHASE
Many global developments occurred during this period including inclusion of the Third World in the global system, end of the Cold War (and bipolarity), spread of nuclear weapons, world civil society, world citizenship, and global media system consolidation.
Uncertainty Phase (1960s to the early 1990s6)
Incipient Phase (mid-1700s to the 1870s).
Take-Off Phase (1870s to the mid-1920s)
Struggle-for-hegemony phase (1920s to the mid-1960s)
Germinal Phase
ORIGIN OF GLOBALIZATION
Many global developments occurred during this period including inclusion of the Third World in the global system, end of the Cold War (and bipolarity), spread of nuclear weapons, world civil society, world citizenship, and global media system consolidation.
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ORIGIN OF GLOBALIZATION
There is a sense in this view that change occurred in the last half of the twentieth century. Three of these momentous changes have been identified by scholars as the point of origin of globalization as it exists today
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CYCLES
PHASES
EVENTS
BOARDER
TYPE OF GLOBALIZATION
Countries that trade with many others and have few trade barriers are economically globalised.
Economic Globalization
Social Globalization
Political Globalization
TYPE OF GLOBALIZATION
The amount of political co-operation there is between countries.
Economic Globalization
Social Globalization
Political Globalization
TYPE OF GLOBALIZATION
A measure of how easily information and ideas pass between people in their own country and between different countries (includes access to internet and social media networks).
Economic Globalization
Social Globalization
Political Globalization
CAUSES OF GLOBALIZATION
•Improved communications
•Improved transport
•Free trade agreements
Changed in food supply
Division of labor
CAUSES OF GLOBALIZATION
Global banking
•The growth of the MNC’s
Less job security
• Damaged to environment
• Increase in anti-Globalization Protests
EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION
•Improved communications
•Improved transport
•Free trade agreements
Changed in food supply
Division of labor
EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION
Global banking
•The growth of the MNC’s
Less job security
• Damaged to environment
• Increase in anti-Globalization Protests
POSITIVE Impacts of Globalization in the Government
• MNCs influence local policies.
MNCs externalize cost to countries
• Increased economic development
• Expanded infrastructure
Competition results in too many concessions.
POSITIVE Impacts of Globalization in the Government
• MNCs influence local policies.
MNCs externalize cost to countries
• Increased economic development
• Expanded infrastructure
Competition results in too many concessions.
POSITIVE Impacts of Globalization in the Government
Transfer of modern management techniques
Greater interdependence among business partners
Companies incorporate in low tax countries.
Pressure to reduce social benefits
NEGATIVE Impacts of Globalization in the Government
• MNCs influence local policies.
MNCs externalize cost to countries
• Increased economic development
• Expanded infrastructure
Competition results in too many concessions.
NEGATIVE Impacts of Globalization in the Government
Transfer of modern management techniques
Greater interdependence among business partners
Companies incorporate in low tax countries.
Pressure to reduce social benefits
POSITIVE Impacts of Globalization in Labor
• Increased job opportunities
Upgraded education system
• Increased training
Diminished social contract
Downward wage pressure
NEGATIVE Impacts of Globalization in Labor
Decreased union power
Job displacement
• Increased training
Diminished social contract
Downward wage pressure
THE GLOBALIZATION DEBATE
Dominant features: Global capitalism, global governance, global civil society
Summary argument: The end of the nation-state
The Hyperglobalists' Camp
The Skeptics' Camp
The Transformationalists' Camp
THE GLOBALIZATION DEBATE
Dominant features: World less interdependent than in 1880s
Summary argument: Internationalization depends on state acquiescence and support
The Hyperglobalists' Camp
The Skeptics' Camp
The Transformationalists' Camp
THE GLOBALIZATION DEBATE
Historically unprecedented levels of global interconnectedness
‘Thick’ (intensive and extensive)
Summary argument Globalization transforming state power and world politics
The Hyperglobalists' Camp
The Skeptics' Camp
The Transformationalists' Camp
the economy of all humans of the world, considered as the international exchange of goods and services that is expressed in monetary units of account.
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about the extension of economic activities of nation states across borders.
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is functional integration between internationally dispersed activities. That is, a qualitative transformation than just quantitative change.
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a sustained, a long-term downturn in economic activity in one or more economies.
Considered by some economists, a rare, and extreme form of recession.
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Banks fail –people withdrewfunds
Banks invested in stock market–could not repayloans
(a)
formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
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It was the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations to regulate the international monetary and financial order after the conclusion of World War II.
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Articles of Agreement to create the IMF, whose purpose was to promote stability of exchange rates and financial flows
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is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
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He foresaw an IMF that functioned more like a bank, making sure that borrowing states could repay their debts on time.
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IMF’s FUNDAMENTAL MISSION
Oversees the international monetary system and monitors the economic and financial policies of it’s 189 member countries.
Economic Surveillance
Lending
Capacity Development
IMF’s FUNDAMENTAL MISSION
Provides loans to member countries experiencing actual or potential balance of payments problems to help them rebuild their international reserves.
Economic Surveillance
Lending
Capacity Development
IMF’s FUNDAMENTAL MISSION
To modernize economic policies and institutions and train people.
Economic Surveillance
Lending
Capacity Development
the primary source of IMF financial resource. A member’s quota broadly reflects the size and position in the world economy. A members country’s quota determines its maximum financial commitment to IMF, voting power, and access to IMF financing.
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▸Is designed to finance projects that enhance the economic development of member states
▸Provides technical assistance and policy advice and supervises—on behalf of international creditors—the implementation of free-market reforms
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Together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization, it plays a central role in overseeing economic policy and reforming public institutions in developing countries and defining the global macroeconomic agenda.
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▸An interim agreement signed in 1947
▸WTO was not created until 1994
▸Served as forum for trade negotiations
(a)
Reduction of restrictions or barriers on the free exchange of goods between nations.
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Reduction and elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry.
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The transfer of ownership, property or business from the government to the private sector.
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These are restrictions imposed on movement of goods between countries.
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is a barrier to international trade.
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includes quotas, embargoes, sanctions, levies, and other restrictions.
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refers to rules that limit who can enter a business and what prices they may charge (Price Controls)refers to rules that limit who can enter a business and what prices they may charge (Price Controls)
(a)
refers to the abroad category of rules governing how any business or individual carries out its activities, with a view to correcting one or more "market failures".
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funds provided by a government to enable firms to reduce prices and encourage an increase price and demand.
Subsidies
Import Quotas
Health and Environment Standardization
Import Substitution
are "non-tariff barriers" used to limit imports of a particular products.
Subsidies
Import Quotas
Health and Environment Standardization
Import Substitution
branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and build environment affecting human health.
Subsidies
Import Quotas
Health and Environment Standardization
Import Substitution
A trade and economic policy which advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production.
Subsidies
Import Quotas
Health and Environment Standardization
Import Substitution
non-state actor continue to grow in number and take on roles that either supplement, overlap, or even replace that of the state.
is an organization with an international membership, scope, or presence.
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a company that operates in two or more countries, leveraging the global environment to approach varying markets in attaining revenue generation. These international operations are pursued as a result of the strategic potential provided by technological developments, making new markets a more convenient and profitable pursuit both in sourcing production and pursuing growth.
Global Corporation/Multinational Corporation
International Organization
The Interstate System
an organization with an international membership, scope, or presence.
Global Corporation/Multinational Corporation
International Organization
The Interstate System
The idea of a ‘system’ requires the existence of units, among which interactions take place.
Global Corporation/Multinational Corporation
International Organization
The Interstate System
3 PRINCIPLES OF THE CONTEMPORARY INTERSTATE SYSTEM
In political theory, the ultimate overseer, or authority, in the decision-making process of the state and in the maintenance of order.
one of the most controversial ideas in political science and international law—is closely related to the difficult concepts of state and government and of independence and democracy
Sovereignity
Territoriality
Interference
Is a term associated with non verbal communication that refers to how people use space (territory) to communicate ownership or occupancy of areas and possessions.
Sovereignity
Territoriality
Interference
Is the act of or something that obstructs or hinders.
Sovereignity
Territoriality
Interference
recognized the sovereign rights of the state -became the basis for the Westphalian international system (i.e. modern interstate system)
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THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM
just like human individuals, states are rational actors and their primary concern is to maximize their self - interest.
It also assumes that the structure of the international system is anarchy.
Liberalism
Realism
Constructivism
Marxism
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM
just like human individuals, states are rational actors and their primary concern is to maximize their self - interest.
It also assumes that the structure of the international system is anarchy.
Liberalism
Realism
Constructivism
Marxism
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM
concerned with the relationship between units and structures. It answers how we can understand the relationship between states and anarchy. It argues that both state interests and anarchy are socially constructed, that is, they are created by the state themselves.
Liberalism
Realism
Constructivism
Marxism
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM
concerned with the relationship between units and structures. It answers how we can understand the relationship between states and anarchy. It argues that both state interests and anarchy are socially constructed, that is, they are created by the state themselves.
Liberalism
Realism
Constructivism
Marxism
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM
ocial theory that aims to scrutinize and critique the underlying foundations upon which contemporary world system is built.
the world is primarily divided along economic lines, between the core developed states and the peripheral developing states
Liberalism
Realism
Constructivism
Marxism
War between Soviet Union and United States of America
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regards globalization as an exogenous process that is making a profound impact on states affairs. States become powerless to the forces of the market.
The implication is that globalization is undermining the contemporary interstate system.
Outside-in View
Inside-out View
Globalization recognizes that states are the ones influencing the level of global interconnectedness today.
It emphasizes that globalization is not an independent phenomenon that takes place in a vacuum.
Outside-in View
Inside-out View
Is a situation in which separate markets for the same product become one single market.
occurs when prices among different location or related goods follow similar patterns over a long period of time.
an indicator that explains how much different markets are related to each other.
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Is a situation in which separate markets for the same product become one single market.
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Also known as lateral integration.
The merger of two or more companies that occupy similar levels in the production supply chain..
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Forward Vertical Integration
Backward Vertical Integration
Conglomeration
Is a competitive strategy by which a company takes complete control over one or more stages in the production or distribution of a product.
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Forward Vertical Integration
Backward Vertical Integration
Conglomeration
Business activities are expanded to include control of the direct distribution or supply of a company's products.
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Forward Vertical Integration
Backward Vertical Integration
Conglomeration
Process in which a company purchases or internally produces segments of its supply chain.
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Forward Vertical Integration
Backward Vertical Integration
Conglomeration
the combination of two or more business entities engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate group ,usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries.
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Forward Vertical Integration
Backward Vertical Integration
Conglomeration
an organization that uses economic resources or inputs to provide goods or services to customers in exchange for money or other goods and services.
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TYPE OF BUSINESS
provides intangible products(products within physical form).Service type firms offer professional skills,expertise,advice, and other similar products.
Service Business
Merchandising Business
Manufacturing Business
Hybrid Business
TYPE OF BUSINESS
buys products at whole sale price and sells the same at retail price. They are known as "buy and sell" businesses. They make profit by selling the products at prices higher than their purchase costs.
Service Business
Merchandising Business
Manufacturing Business
Hybrid Business
TYPE OF BUSINESS
buys products with the intention of using them as materials in making a new product.Thus, there is a transformation of the products purchased.
combines raw materials, labor, and factory over head in its production process.
The manufactured goods will then be sold to customers.
Service Business
Merchandising Business
Manufacturing Business
Hybrid Business
TYPE OF BUSINESS
companies that may be classified in more than one type of business.
companies may be classified according to their major business interest.
Service Business
Merchandising Business
Manufacturing Business
Hybrid Business
FORM OF BUSINESS
a business owned by only one person. It is easy to set-up and is the least costly among all forms of ownership.
Partnership
Sole Proprietorship
Corporation
Cooperative
Limited Liability Company
FORM OF BUSINESS
business owned by two or more persons who contribute resources into the entity. The partners divide the profits of the business among themselves.
Partnership
Sole Proprietorship
Corporation
Cooperative
Limited Liability Company
FORM OF BUSINESS
business organization that has a separate legal personality from its owners. Ownership in a stock corporation is represented by shares of stock.
Partnership
Sole Proprietorship
Corporation
Cooperative
Limited Liability Company
FORM OF BUSINESS
are hybrid forms of business that have characteristics of both a corporation and a partnership.
not incorporated;hence,it is not considered a corporation.
Partnership
Sole Proprietorship
Corporation
Cooperative
Limited Liability Company
FORM OF BUSINESS
business organization owned by a group of individuals and is operated for their mutual benefit.The persons making up the group are called members. may be incorporated or unincorporated.
Partnership
Sole Proprietorship
Corporation
Cooperative
Limited Liability Company
Countries that are industrialized and developed
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Countries that are mostly developing, non-industrialized or semi-industrialized
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From indirect colonialism in which a neocolony is dominated, economically, culturally, or politically by a more powerful country
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it refers to the countries’ interconnected histories of colonialism, neo-imperialism, and differential economic and social change through which large inequalities in living standards, life expectancy, and access to resources are maintained.
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policy of cutting budget for social services, so as to reduce a country’s budget deficit.
(a)
•refers to income below the minimum level required for physical survival.(World Bank defines this level as 1 US dollar per day, a level at which basic needs are barely met but survival is not actually threatened).
(a)
process of closer economic integration of countries within a region (oftentimes, culturally and geographically linked countries).
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refers to developed societies of Europe and North America, which are characterized by established democracy, wealth, technological advancement, political stability, aging population, zero population growth and dominance of world trade and politics.
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- with one quarter of the world population—controls four-fifths of the income earned anywhere in the world. 90% of the manufacturing industries are owned by and located in the North.
The North
The South
—with one quarter of the world populations—has access to one-fifth of the world income. As nations become economically developed, they may become part of the North; similarly, any nations that do not qualify for developed status are in effect to be part of the south.
The North
The South
•The Underdevelopment of Certain States or Peoples and their Lack of Representation in Global Political Process is a Reality
Major Premise
Prevalent
•Imbalances of Aggregate Economic and Political Power Between States
Major Premise
Prevalent
•Generally assumes that the international system is inherently disorderly and relations are anarchic because primary actors are perpetually locked against a struggle for power and security.
The behaviours and actions of these states are directed toward the promotion of their self-interest.
Marxisim
Liberalism
Constructivism
Realism
Specifically argues that the instability in the international system results from different facets of class struggle
Marxisim
Liberalism
Constructivism
Realism
that the rejection of power politics is the only possible outcome of international relations
Marxisim
Liberalism
Constructivism
Realism
•Considers international politics as a real of interaction influenced by the identities and practices of actors and directed further by the incessantly changing norms.
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•The motivation behind the behaviours and actions of a state is shaped by their interactions with other states and actors
Marxisim
Liberalism
Constructivism
Realism
•Global economic integration is not only inevitable given the rise of new technologies; it is more importantly, a normative international goal.
The Lexus
Modernization Theory
End of History
Globalism
Civilization Discourse
•Dominant ideology of colonialism and the logic that shaped the birth of the international order
The Lexus
Modernization Theory
End of History
Globalism
Civilization Discourse
•Outlined historical progress in terms of a society’s capacity to produce and consume material goods.
Clash of Civilization
Modernization Theory
End of History
The Lexus
Civilization Discourse
In political theory, the ultimate overseer, or authority, in the decision-making process of the state and in the maintenance of order.
one of the most controversial ideas in political science and international law—is closely related to the difficult concepts of state and government and of independence and democracy
Sovereignity
Territoriality
Interference
