Globalization and Global Problems (Chapter 13) in “Social Problems in Canada”

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GlobalizationandGlobalProblems - Student Presentation

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"The simple definition of globalization is the interweaving of markets, technology, information systems and telecommunications systems in a way that is shrinking the world from a size medium to a size small, and enabling each of us to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before, and enabling the world to reach into each of us farther, faster, deeper, cheaper than ever before. That's what globalization is." - Thomas Friedman

Princess Diana Death
"An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drinking Scottish whiskey, followed closely by Italian Paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles, treated by an American doctor, using Brazilian medicines! And this is sent to you by a Canadian, using Bill Gates' technology which he got from the Japanese …
And you are probably reading this on one of the IBM clones that use Philippine-made chips, and Korean made monitors, assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant, transported by lorries driven by Indians, transported by Indonesians and finally sold to you by a Chinese! …
And this Presentation is being presented by an Iranian and a Bengali
That’s Globalization !!

Globalization Means Different things to Different People: Globalization alarms people, reassures others, confuses most people
Globalization as Economic Prosperity, Market Fundamentalism, Globalization as an Connector Instrument, Globalization as Democracy
Three Conundrums of Globalization: 1) How does economic integration not lead to social disintegration; 2) How to maintain/ create social cohesiveness on shared values on mutual commitment and trust but also through the distribution of benefits; 3) How to balance an intrusive government intervention and unregulated market forces

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