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Global Social Issues and Change
Mandy Hernandez, Rachel Durst,
Andrea Vogel, and Benjamin Bish
SOC/100
December 15,2014
Dr. Mackey
University of Phoenix
Globalization: The Basics
• What is Globalization?
• integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas (Schaefer, 2011)
• What does Globalization impact?
• Life/work of people, families, societies
• What drives Globalization
• by new technologies, new economic relationships and the policies of actors at an international or national level (International Labour Organization, 2003)
Globalization as a Global Social Issue
Two aspects of Globalization
Brings societies and citizens closer together
Thru trade, tech, investments, communication
Policies and institutions integration of economies and countries
Both critics and advocates of Globalization
Growing inequality, unfair trade, financial collapse, insecurity
Answer to the above problems
Globalization and Aff ected Population
Everyone is affected
Terrorism throughout the world
China’s trade
Unfair trade
Growing inequalities
Globalization and Social Movements
Technology brings like-minded people together
People witness issues and join the movement
Provides sense of togetherness and method of organization
Sociological theory of social change
Evolutionary
Theory
Darwin’s Theory
Gradually changing
over time
Social issues changing
Easy to complex
issues
R e f e r e n c e s
International Labour Organization. (2003, March 11). World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalization. Retrieved from International Labour Organization: http://i lo.org/public/english/wcsdg/globali/globali.htm
Makhlouf, H. H. (2014). Facets of globalization. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 5(1) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1503139881?accountid=458
Naim, M. (2009). Foreign Policy. In Globalization (pp. 28-30,32,34). Retrieved 12 10, 2014, from http://search.proquest.com/docview/224027022?accountid=458
Schaefer, R. T. (2011). Sociology A Brief Introduction 9th Edition. New York: McGraw Hill .
Summers, J. L. (1999). Mil lennialism, globalization, and history. Fides Et Historia, 31(2), 1. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/229944935?accountid=458