Lesson 1.2

What are globalizing forces and their impacts?

In varying degrees, these global contacts and connections influence social, political, and economic aspects of your life. For many, the global connections are evidence of globalization at work. Globalization may drastically change the ways of life of a community and cause the loss of tradition, language, and sovereignty. On the other side of the debate, globalization can offer the opportunity to a generation of people of a better quality of life at a much more rapid rate than ever before in history. Gather some background on what these globalization influences are and how they impact people. You will further explore in the next module whether these influences are opportunities or challenges to the identities and citizenship of people.

Read

Read pages 9 to 23 in Perspectives on Globalization.

Assignment

See Globalizing Forces and Their Impacts Assignment  for your assignment.