INTRODUCTION TO GLOBALIZATION

• Contemporary means belonging to or occurring in the present
• International Studies involves understanding global societies, cultures, languages, and systems of government and their complex relationships
• Social Sciences deal with individuals, groups, and institutions that make up human society and study various aspects of human behavior and social relationships
• Studying globalization means understanding the contemporary world
• Multiculturalism is an intellectual method of understanding reality by studying subject matter from various points of view
• History

  • The systematic study of the memory of past experiences of humankind as preserved in human records
• Anthropology


  • The scientific study of humanity and human culture
• Globalization is a major concept representing all occurrences in the contemporary world
• International Studies generally refers to the study of major political, economic, social, and cultural issues dominating the international scene
• International Studies emerged as the world became influenced by globalization and more issues arose covering inter-country relations
• Sociology


  • The study of individuals, groups, and institutions that make up human society
• Geography


  • The study of the location and distribution of living things and earth features
• Globalization is a perspective acknowledging the worldwide process of integration of people, markets, and countries
• Political Science

  The systematic study of power relations involved in the dynamic interaction of people and their governments
• History


  The systematic study of the memory of past experience of human kind as it has been preserved in human records
• Anthropology


  The scientific study of humanity and of human culture
• IRAN/IRAQ

  fundamentalism vs. national self-interest (return to sharia and anti-Westernism)lism vs. national self-interest (return to sharia and anti-Westernism)
• Region: Anglo-America


  US hegemonic position
• Formal Object of a particular science


  The focus that determines how the material object is to be seen; the focus differentiates the different sciences from one another, though they may have the same material object
• Region: Middle East and North Africa

  Characterized by a predominantly Muslim population
• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa


  Often called Black Africa
• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa


  Conflicting international power blocs in Africa and African wars
• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa


  Unstable governments (authoritarian or 1-party states)
• Region: Anglo-America


  Strong national identity in both countries
• Region: Asia


  China embodies inner war between capitalism and communism (threats of greater economic interdependence)
• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa

  Over 800 languages spoken in the continent
• Region: Asia


  Conflict between North and South Korea
• Region: Asia


  Chinese foreign policy of regional hegemony or peaceful coexistence
• Region: Asia


  Japan’s economic decline; US-Japan relations to avoid massive Japanese rearmament
• Region: Europe

  Transformation of Germany from expansionist to economic power and integration
• Region: Asia


  Transitional politics and democratization in Central Asia
• Region: Europe


  Transition after the collapse of communism
• Region: Eastern Europe

  East-Central Europe includes Hungary, Poland, etc.; Southeast Europe includes Serbia, Croatia, etc.
• Region: Eastern Europe


  Balkan wars and aftermath
• Region: Eastern Europe


  Transitions to market economy
• Region: Eastern Europe


  Russian foreign policy of neo-imperialism or peaceful coexistence
• Region: Latin America


  Densely populated region with numerous states and dependencies
• Material Object of a particular science


  That portion of reality that is being studied
• Sociology


  The study of individuals, groups, and institutions that make up human society
• Economics


  The study of how society meets its needs for goods and services and how they are distributed