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Globalization, Interdependence, & Interconnectedness

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE

Global Village

“The new electronic interdependence reconfigures the world in the image of a global village”

Canadian, Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan

Global Village means…

Modern electronic devices have the effect of shrinking time and space by greatly speeding up communication between different parts of the world

What is Globalization?

The trend toward greater interconnectedness of the world’s systems.

It can be described as a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together.

Questions?

What are some results of the global village?

What are some examples of the world getting smaller?

What does Globalization mean?

To some it means:

A global village where everyone is linked by the latest advances in technology

The reason a local factory shuts down only to reopen thousands of kilometers away (why?)

Destruction of local cultures and weakening of traditional beliefs

More Key Concepts

technology is making the world seem smaller we know more about what is going on in other

parts of the world much more quickly trade and transportation has become much

easier and more efficient

Communication

• Telephones• Cell Phones

• Internet – spread of information (literature, news, arts, sports, etc.)• Media – Television, Radio

Goods, Foods, & Travel

• We eat foods from all over the World.• We wear clothing and shoes produced in

other countries.• We drive cars made in foreign countries.• We are able to travel around the World in a matter of days.

Question.

Which groups of people have not been affected nearly as much by the improvements in transportation and communication? Why?

Globalization video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTLyPPrZE4

Types of Globalization

Financial Globalization – interconnection of the world’s financial systems. Ex: Asian market results affects N.A. markets

Economic Globalization – permits easy movement of goods, production, capital, and resources Ex: Free trade, Multinational corporations, EU Results: Greater global wealth, increases the difference

between countries’ wealth, creates more power and influence Technological Globalization – connections through

television, radio, telephones, internet

Types of Globalization

Cultural Globalization – harmonization of cultures instead of distinct local cultures Ex: Someone in India eating a donair and watching The

Simpsons on HD TV Political Globalization – adoption of uniform policies

Ex: NATO (Canada, USA, Mexico) Ecological Globalization – seeing earth as a single

ecosystem Ex: Global warming and the Kyoto Protocol

Sociological Globalization- a belief that all citizens should be held to the same standards and have the same rights Ex: morality of capital punishment, right to practice

religion, equal rights for both men and women

Geographical Globalization – world becoming borderless

Types of Globalization

Travel Flights

Travel Time

Miniature Earth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvTFKpIaQhM

Pros and Cons of Globalization

Think-pair-share!

Interdependence

Depending on each other, people’s actions affect other people’s actions

Has Higher rates of communication

New devices Telephone, TV, Internet

The need for everyday items

Globalization Easier to import and export, cheaper - technology

Kathie Lee GiffordPage 24-25 textbook

Clothing she endorsed on her show were made by child labourers in Honduras

Our consumer oriented culture in N.A. is to some extent made possible by the low standard of living and low wages paid to workers in less developed countries.

The things we buy may have an impact on other parts of the world.

We may not know where or how the companies we buy from get products, we just know that we like them and that we want them

If abuses are pointed out, will we make different choices?

Nike Vs Toms

Facts about NIKE -Number of workings making Nike products each day 500,000- Number of People employed by Indonesia which makes Nike Runners 23,000- Average daily wage for Indonesian worker making Nike products $1.10- Average Daily wage for Chinese workers making Nike products $2- Average daily wage for Vietnamese workers making Nike products is $1.60- Amount Nike CEO Phil Knights is work.. $ 4.5 Billion - Nikes 2012 Revenue was $ 22 Billion- Carolyn Davidson, a Oregon University Student who designed swooshed charged $ 35 for her design- Number of Ontario workers who lost their jobs when Nike shifted production to cheaper non disclosed locations.- 100- Estimated costs of doubling the 10 cents an hour wage of Nike’s 80,000 Indonesia employees $22 million a year- Amount Nike paid Michael Jordan for promoting Nike - $ 20 million- Approx cost of making Nikes $5- Average retail cost of Nikes - $140

Facts about Toms- If the world was a village of 100 people 40 would be without shoes. -Toms Stand for Shoes for Tomorrow-Their motto is One for One.- For each pair of Tom shoes that get bought, one pair of Tom shoes to a child in need. - Tom shoes are made in China, Ethiopia and Argentina. We are aware of challenges associated with overseeing a global supply chain and our global staff actively manages and oversees our suppliers and vendors to ensure that our corporate responsibility standards are upheld; including the prevention of slavery, child labor and human trafficking within our supply chain.-Average cost to make a pair of Tom Shoes - $9-Average retail cost of Toms - $50- Toms does not release their financial report, but this company has made millions of dollars over the last few years.

http://www.youtube.com/user/tomsshoes

Other Examples of Interdependence

North American and European consumers demand for coffee and tea leads to farmers in Sri Lanka and Columbia growing just these crops. When there is a bad crop, farmers have no other crop to fall back on.

Aerosol cans and air conditioning usage in N.A. – increase of skin cancer in Australia

Burning of fossil fuels – climate change

Videos

Child Labour in India

Nike Sweatshops

Interconnectedness

To be involved with each other, often in very complex ways. The decisions in our country affect the lives of people in other

countries and vice versa The War in Iraq has increased the World oil prices and our gas has

become more expensive. Therefore less people are driving large vehicles, taxis and public transportation have become more expensive, and they have a greater demand on them.

Our human and cultural activities have an impact on Earth and the environment, and the Earth’s processes also have an impact on is.

Examples: water cycle, oxygen cycle, food chain, positive connection between education and economic development, deforestation, volcanic eruptions

Time-space Convergence

Technology allows people, goods, and information to move from one location to another much more quickly than it could before.

Example: (London to Halifax) 1920 (by ship) – 336 hours – 2 weeks 1958 (by jet airliner) – 7 hoursTime Savings = 329 hoursTime-space convergence = 329/38 = 8.66 hours/year

Time-space Convergence

Information (now down to seconds) Local levels

Improved roads, and speedier vehicles Also worked in opposite direction

People clogged up the road (everyone bought cars) Commuting time went up!

Time-space divergence

Case Study

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