Can Globalization Be Equated with “Westernization”?

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In this essay I will be discussing three separate theories of globalization the Globalist, Inter-nationalist and Transformationalist. I will also focus on globalization within culture and to finalize I will discuss whether or not there is more to globalization than simply westernization. Working on this essay I discover that globalization has four main features wish are the extending social relation within different culture, strong flow of communication, a large mix of cultures and the base framework. The concept of the extending social relation refers to networks reaching different cultures in a extend form that transcended nation-states, continents and inter-regional relations focusing on economic and political issues. For example the U.S.A mortgage cries impact the global economic crisis reaching different countries finance. Globalization marks a mass volume of communication flows across the world, this communication flow focus on sharing social space around the world at a rapid speed. For example social networking sites like face book bring information and event that can be share around the world. The third feature is the mix of cultures that focus on economic and social practices. This mix of cultures from different societies and location come together at one level by a way of music, movies or food. Finally, globalization is characterized by a basic frame work witch function as a globalized network. For example the Internet, The World Bank, World Trade Organization, Group of 8 and the International Monetary Fund. There are three main theories that try to explain the origins and consequences of globalization with are the globalist, inter-nationalist and transformation list. Globalists can be view in to positive or negative. Positive globalists see it as a beneficial change with better lives for the society but on the other hand the pessimistic globalists see
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