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This 4 page paper discusses the idea of globalization based on the books by Scholte, and Friedman. Quotes cited from texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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this ability to communicate more readily it is conceivable that many of the worlds problems could be reduced as countries begin to band together to offer solutions in ways that
never would have been possible even a decade ago. And yet, many are not convinced on the definition of Globalization, nor on the impact of this opening of the worlds
borders. Jan Aart Scholte, in his book, Globalization: A Critical Introduction, has less than glowing remarks about Globalization in general. He states: "Globalization is a transformation of social geography
marked by the growth of supraterritorial spaces, although territoriality and supraterritoriality coexist in complex interrelations"(Scholte,2000 ). In his book, his predominating view would seem to be that the ideal of
globalization is less understood than even the practice of it. Scholte tends to spend a great deal of time simply trying to define the term, globalization and winds up becoming
quite metaphysical and philosophical rather than strictly factual. However, an interesting point is made about the changing face of capitalism and how the individual role of the state and the
country would change as well. Scholte seems to be suggesting that as it stands right now globalization poses a great threat, not only to the structure of the state, but
to democracy as well. Thus, he would seem to embrace an idea of glocalization which is a combination of globalization and localization. It can be argued, though, that through
global organization, these societies can be brought into the current technologies in a way that neither obligates them to any one country, nor leaves them in such national debt so
as to not be able to support themselves. Therefore, the localization theory does not make logical sense in the long run. Geography may only play a small role in whether
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