Globalization Project vs. Process

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Globalization is an inescapable phenomenon that affects us all on a global scale. Globalization 101 defines the term as a “process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology (Globalization 101).” Another definition provided in Week five video’s lecture is that of Noam Chomsky which states that “globalization in its neutral form is international integration (Chomsky).” In light of this definitions, we are asked this week to decide whether globalization is a deliberate ideological project of economic liberalization spearheaded by the powerful with agency, or simply a natural process that has created its own structure and influence? After reviewing this week’s reading materials, my initial inclination is that globalization is a process, and above all, the result of an evolutionary journey that integrates global pattern, trends, cultural norms that have transpired over time leading to the thriving dominant globalized nexus we now see today. Thus, by positioning globalization in a historical context, it becomes evident that globalization is not a recent trend but is a continuous attempt of integration, facilitated by international trade, the advancement of technology driven by the goal of economic prosperity for everyone. In my opinion, it is this evolutionary journey that precisely and inexorably makes globalization a seemingly natural process. The concept of continuity further supports globalization as a natural process. In fact, as we learned in Globalization 101: “Globalization is not new. For thousands of years, people—and, later corporations—have been buying from and selling to each other in lands at great distances, such as through the famed Silk Road across Central Asia. Likewise, for

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