Discuss the state of all five dimensions of globalisation during the post cold war era
Discuss the state of all five dimensions of globalisation during the post cold war era
Question:
Discuss the state of all five dimensions of globalisation during post cold war era.
Five Dimensions of globalization:
SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGICAL
ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLITICAL
Instructions:
When writing your essay, you are required to make reference to the course material. Your submission, excluding in-text citations and list of references, may not exceed 600 words.
Grading matrix:
Rubric
The following rubric will be used to grade your submission:
Limited
[0% 49%] Adequate
[50% 59%] Accomplished
[60% 79%] Exceptional
[80% 99%] Outstanding
[100%]
Adherence to the brief
The student indicated which question theyre answering.
If Question 1 is being answered, the answer addresses one dimension in the context of all four historical periods.
If Question 2 is being answered, it addresses all five dimensions in the context of one period.
The essay includes in-text citations and a reference list. The student has not exceeded the word count of 600 words.
No submission
OR
Answer fails to adhere to any of the elements contained in the brief
OR
Answer shows limited adherence to the elements contained in the brief. Answer adheres to some elements contained in the brief, but most key elements are missed. Answer adheres to most but not all elements of the brief. Answer adheres to all elements of the brief. Answer adheres to all elements of the brief and writing style is succinct.
Accurate interpretation of historical events
The answer shows evidence of a firm understanding of the key historical events that have shaped the evolution of globalisation. The student clearly articulated why these events are significant for the process of globalization.
No submission, or the answer fails to show a firm understanding of the key historical events that have shaped the evolution of globalisation. There is some evidence that the student has identified a few key historical events; however, these events have not been described in a way that illustrates their importance or significance for the process of globalisation. Answer offers a reasonable understanding of the evolution of globalisation by identifying key historical events. The answer attempts to describe important historical events to illustrate the process of globalisation, but in a largely simplistic manner. Answer demonstrates a thorough understanding of the evolution of globalisation by identifying important historical events. The student can identify the significance of these events in the process of. Answer demonstrates a thorough and nuanced understanding of the evolution of globalisation by identifying important historical events. The student can identify the significance of these events in the process of globalisation in a sophisticated manner.
Evidence of critical thinking
The student is able to draw larger conclusions and links between distinct historical events and situate them in the larger academic debates that surround the evolution of globalisation. The student engaged critically with the content to draw meaningful conclusions about globalisation.
There is limited evidence that the student has engaged with the theories and academic debates discussed in the module. The student has not been able to adequately illustrate the significance of historical events by drawing links between them and the academic debates that surround globalisation.
There is little evidence of critical thinking and the submission leans towards a broad and general description of globalisation rather than providing a deeper critical, cohesive analysis of the issues. There is some evidence that the student understands some of the key theories and debates discussed in the module links have not been drawn between historical events and key debates to support the demonstrated understanding of the evolution of globalisation.
There is some evidence of critical thinking and the submission leans towards a general description of globalisation rather than providing a deeper critical, cohesive analysis of the issues. There is evidence that the student has engaged well with and understands the key theories and debates discussed in the module, however there remains some room for improvement in in strengthening the theoretical discussion of the argument with a more critical reflection.
There is evidence of critical engagement with the content; however, this has been accomplished in a largely simplistic manner and there is a lack of depth and nuance in the answer. Answer demonstrates a thorough understanding of the key debates and theories discussed in the module by drawing links between historical events and situating these within the globalisation debate. The student has drawn important links and conclusions between the academic debates that surround globalisation and important historical events.
The answer shows that they have analysed and critically engaged with the content to make meaningful conclusions about the evolution of globalisation. Answer demonstrates a thorough and nuanced understanding of the key debates and theories discussed in the module by drawing links between historical events and situating these within the globalisation debate. The student has drawn important links and conclusions between the academic debates that surround globalisation and important historical events in a sophisticated manner.
The answer shows that they have systematically applied, and critically engaged with the content to make meaningful conclusions about the evolution of globalisation.
Coherence and clarity
The answer is clearly and logically structured, written in a way that is comprehensible. Answer lacks clarity and needs a more comprehensible structure relating to language style, grammar and accuracy of facts and information. Answer is not logically structured, or is incomprehensible. Answer shows clarity and the writing is comprehensible, but needs to be more structured. Answer is written clearly and the writing is comprehensible, however there is room for improvement in the application of the module content. Answer is clearly structured and the writing is very comprehensible. The application of module content is adequate. Answer is extremely well- structured and written with exceptional clarity and is comprehensible. The application of module content is excellent.
Thesis:
From the time since the word globalization has been termed, it has gone through multiple changes and transformations. Every transformation led to an emergence of a new era of globalization and each such transformation had its impact on how the world interprets globalization.
One of the most important era of globalization that we have witnessed is the Post Cold War era and it is still evolving. What we are going to talk about in this essay is how globalization has shaped in Post Cold War era and we will talk about different dimension of globalizations and their state in Post Cold War era.
Introduction:
In order to discuss the impact and state of different dimensions of globalization, we need to first define these dimensions. In the next paragraph, we will try to talk about these dimensions.
Social
Technological
Economic
Environmental
Political
After defining the dimensions of globalization, let us now look at what is the Post Cold War era: This era is a period of history after the dissolution of USSR in Dec 1991. This led to creation of market economics in Europe and also marked the emergence of US as world superpower.
Reference: The Post Cold War WorldTurbulence and Change in World Politics Since the FallByMichael CoxCopyright 2019
Body:
State of SOCIAL dimension of globalization:
Post cold war era, created an idea of the world being a shared space. (M1 globalization, LSE & GetSmarter, 2020) The idea of capitalism where US emerged as a country that every other country looked up to. While capitalism created an increase of living standards in the western world, the positive effects did not trickle down as it should be have been to the developing nations. Capitalism brought about migration and movement of labour from under developed economies to more developed economies that resulted into exploitation of labour and abuse of resources. The kind of forced migration also lead to civil unrest in many countries that be became the genesis of anti-globalization movement. Governments on the other hand responded to growing popular concerns over immigration by imposing stricter limitations on the movement of people.
Solution: The western (developed) economies should step up and bridge the gap of sharing of wealth across countries. Labor to be optimally utilised and relevant concern of anti-globalization should be addressed. Global trade and upliftment of societies in under develop economies would help bring down the dissatisfaction and unrest among a faction of the society that did not benefit from the positive impacts of globalization.
Key events that shaped the social dimension in this era: (M1 globalization, LSE & GetSmarter, 2020)
1993 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR):In order to protect shared social values globally and to reflect the commitment to the protection of human rights, UNHCHR was established. Under this, the commissioner is tasked with the promotion and protection of human rights as it defined in the international law.
1997 Bird Flu:
As this has been established earlier that one of the major social element that this era saw was the migration and movement of labour. This means that it became difficult to contain any outbreak of disease or pandemic. That is what happened when the first case of bird flu was discovered in Hong Kong. The disease spread rapidly to other Asian countries and other parts of the world due to globalization effects and movement of labour.
1999 - Seattle anti-globalisation movement:
While there was a large section of the society which supported globalization, the idea against the same started taking shape. Many anti globalization activities were witnessed during this period, that reflected the discontent of a small section of the society that was against the idea of the world as one shared space. The first major such protest occurred outside the World Trade Organizations 1999 Seattle Conference. This represented an important shift in public opinion around the benefits of globalisation.
2004 Facebook:
While this can be termed as a technological intervention, the basis of Facebook was to give a global platform for social development. This can be considered as one of the important events that shaped the social fabric in post cold war era. This created a new era of social connectivity.
2011 The Arab Spring:
The Arab Spring is considered to be a wave of violent and non-violent protests that swept through the Middle East and North Africa. Under this the protesters demanded greater democracy and the overthrow of autocratic regimes and many a times, it turned violent. What was unusual about the event was the use of social media as a means through which individuals could engage in collective activism.
State of TECHNOLOGICAL dimension of globalization:
One of the key events that shaped the technological landscape in post cold war era was the introduction of WWW (World Wide Web).This brought about a total transformation in the way globalization was seen. Lowered communication costs greatly increased the free flow of information and knowledge.
Commercial internet expanded global economy and flow of information got faster. There was a multifold increase in the flow of good, services and information. Over 4 billion people got access to internet, which raised some pertinent questions on data privacy and data security. This threat led to institutions building restrictions and protocols to protect sensitive data. Many countries created policies to prevent data theft which bought a negative effect to global economy through these restrictions.
Key events that shaped the social dimension in this era: (M1 globalization, LSE & GetSmarter, 2020)
1991 World Wide Web
