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The Implications Of Globalization In The 21st Century

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Globalization as a term is popular and conspicuously difficult to define, chiefly because it is rich, constantly evolving, and wide in scope. It is specifically difficult to compare and contrast due to the fact that present events are a continuation of the past that are interlaced with history politically, economically, and socially. We can, for instance, observe how at the turn of the 21st century massive demonstrations that erupted steered concern about adverse implications in the socioeconomic fabric of developing countries and calling into question the role of organizations like the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund. How unfortunate events happening in the different parts of the globe, over time, show us a pattern …show more content…

Globalization from the 20th century to the 21st will be extraordinary. With only 15 years into the century, exceptional trends can already be predicted from our utilization of technology. Take for example, the use of social media in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 to organize people to overthrow a government and demand social equality. People today communicate through platforms like Twitter and Facebook to socialize, but also to raise awareness and communicate important news and ideas in a virtual space that reveals a vivid, first-hand account of their reality to any outsider. Their …show more content…

Significantly after World War II and the Bretton Woods conference, delegates from the allied nations established international organizations, like the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (a.k.a. World Bank), to broaden their nation’s borders in relation to their trade regulations. The financial and commercial framework of these institutions was designed to oversee the modern global economic expansion conjointly fueled by the multinational enterprise. Also founded was the United Nations, a game changer in the global political stage, this intergovernmental organization was decisive in the shift from national governments to a granted public international legal entity. Regionally, the economic and intergovernmental integration of the European Union with 28 member states, operated as the best example of a supranational independent union that even provided international popular elections. However, despite the 20th century giving birth to the non-governmental organizations and regional and global institutions that influence world order, it can be argued that globalization at this time was largely focused on a single nation lusting after world dominance. By way of illustration, the militarist governments of Nazi Germany and the Japanese

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