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• The Freedmen's Bureau faced challenges such as resistance from white Southerners who opposed its efforts to aid blacks.
• Concepts of Globalization:
• Reich (1998) describes globalization as a term with an obscure meaning
• Schottle (1995) defines globalization as a large public spread across the world, a defining term of 20th-century social consciousness
• McGrew (1990) states that globalization is comprised of multiple sameness and interconnectedness beyond nation-states
• Steger (2005) uses the term "globality" to mean globalization as a condition characterized by economic, political, and cultural interconnections
• Steger (2014) uses the term "globalism" to mean globalization as an ideology and identifies five core claims of globalism
• What is 'Globalization'?
• Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments of different nations driven by international trade, investments, and information technology
• It involves the free movement of goods, services, and people across the world in a seamless and integrated manner
• Globalization is defined by the World Health Organization as the opening of international borders to fast flows of goods, services, finance, people, and ideas
• Thomas Friedman defines globalization as the integration of markets, nation-states, and technologies enabling individuals, corporations, and nation-states to reach globally
• Manfred Steger defines globalization as a set of social processes transforming weakening nationality into globality
• Types of Globalization:
• Economic Globalization involves interconnected economies through trade, exchange of resources, and international movements of goods, services, capital, technology, and information
• Social Globalization pertains to human interaction within cultural communities, including family, religion, work, and education
• Political Globalization refers to political cooperation between countries and the growth of the worldwide political system
• What Causes Globalization?
• International finance, multinational production, and trade are primary components leading to the integration of international markets
• How Does Technology Drive Globalization?
• Technological advancement facilitates globalization by enabling easier movement of people, goods, and ideas across borders
• The Pros and Cons of Globalization:
• Pros of Globalization include encouraging free trade, creating more jobs, eliminating currency manipulation, developing poor areas, fostering communication, and pooling resources for innovation
• Cons of Globalization involve widening the gap between rich and poor, transferring jobs to lower-cost areas, creating a culture of fear, giving influence to the biggest and richest, facilitating faster spread of diseases, and potentially harming the environment