In the Globalization book, the author, Manfred Steger, talks about three ideas of globalization; Market, Justice, and Religious Globalization. Steger defines market globalization as globalization based on free-market norms. This is dominant idea of globalization because it is based on a top down distribution of information from those in power to their followers. This makes this form of globalization hard to resist because there is inherent power in most of the creators of the message. Justice globalization as a unified global community that is equal. This primarily challenges market globalization because it wishes to put everyone on the same level and have a more even distribution of power and wealth. Consider the Occupy movements that wanted to completely change capitalism and the financial institutions to be more equal. Also in this category are groups like the World Social Forum (WSF) that Religious globalization as making the global community based off of religious values in a world threatened by consumerism. The most well known example of this is Jihadist Islamism and the attacks on New York City on September 11th, 2001.
Steger provides Donald Trump as an example of a powerful voice who is “anti-globalization.” Despite investments across the world, Trump’s political campaign opposed stronger relations with other countries for a theme of his view of national identity. In a speech to the United Nations, Trump focused on America’s “independence and cooperation over global governance, control, and domination,” and asked the world to respect and “to honor our sovereignty in return” (1)(2). Trump favors “the doctrine of patriotism” over “the ideology of globalism” (1)(2). Steger mentions that people like Donald Trump are tied to the idea of a national image. Therefore they react against all three of the globalization ideas without providing an accurate view of the changing global landscape.
The way different people grow up and are influenced affects what theory of globalization they might believe in or if they do not believe in any of them. Technology allows for the faster sharing of information around the world and while some may believe that globalization is not real or should not occur will struggle to take control as more people are able to share their ideas and access other people’s.
(1) The White House, “Remarks by President Trump to the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly – New York, NY”, September 25, 2018 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-73rd-session-united-nations-general-assembly-new-york-ny/
(2) Aljazeera, “Why Trump Remains Anti-Globalist Even Inside the United Nations?”, October 1, 2018 http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/reports/2018/10/trump-remains-anti-globalist-united-nations-181001102544114.html#a1
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Globalization is good for the development of the human, such as the economy, technology. Refusing Globalization will make the development’ pace of the county slow down. After WWII, because of globalization, the technology and economy of Japanese made huge progress, during globalization, there are so many giants companies in Japan, such as Sony, Toyota and so on. After 1979, China also tries to accept globalization this is the most important reason that China becomes the second largest economy from a poor country. Although there are so many advantages of globalization, however, there are also many conflicts between different cultures, race, and religion. for my own point, the main reason causes conflicts even region wars are culture, race, and religion. Nowadays, in order to make globalization better and maintain the world’s peace, we have to try to solve culture, race and religious problem carefully.
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