Globalization & the Americanization of the world

Globalization

Definition:

Globalization is a term that highlights the emergence of a universal society in which there is a growing economic, political & cultural connection that attaches all countries together.

Globalization involves the growth of multinational corporations & international institutions that help sharing knowledge, technology, resources& ethnical values.

Yet living as citizens of a single nation, people are engaged with everyday-lives of people in other countries

Challenging Globalization:

Opposing the side effects of globalization, the Anti-Globalization Activists faced how this later can damage the planet / increase poverty, inequality & injustice. Added to that, the domination of corporations, globalization paved the way to Americanization & cultural imperialism

The movement was not anti-Globalization for it was in favor of a more humane & egalitarian sphere.

Americanization of the world:

The US is dominating the worldwide transfer of information & all the goods.

Influencing the tastes, lives & inspirations of every nation, American music, movies, televisions & even software are so dominating every country in the world.

America as a Global Village:

Being familiar with having different countries and cultures, the American way of life -as usual- continue to be as much consumer of foreign intellectual & artistic products as it has been the silhouette of the world’s costumes 

Being that melting pot of different nationalities & immigrants, the US culture has been so popular for so many other countries

At its best, American Cult. Renovate what it received from others into a culture that everyone can embrace.

How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere, by Peter Conrad

America’s dependence on foreign cultures has made the US a replica of the world yet in one country

The United States exhibited the two most important characteristics required of a candidate to champion global liberalism. First, it possessed the dominance that affords hegemony both the greatest motivation and the greatest capacity to advance globalization. As the most productive economy, it was the most likely to benefit from open goods markets and as the largest source of both supply and demand for capital it was the most likely to exploit open capital markets. Its power was used to persuade a majority of nations, compel most of the remainder, and isolate the few dissenters. Moreover, globalization involves the rise of political philosophies, based on the assumption that free markets follow a natural trajectory towards democratic and capitalistic philosophies. This argument has two key assumptions, the first being that these political perspectives represent an overall improvement on standards of living and the second being that the correlation between globalization and these principles is significant. Using these assumptions, increasing global trade increases political stability and also increases job opportunities, technological progress, and equality.

Supporting globalization's benefits focuses on how globalization leads to the increased availability of diverse products, services, and technology. Through collecting knowledge and exchanging more goods and services, domestic economies expand and benefit from technological and medical developments.