Blogging through Sociology of Globalization (2020)

  (Summary) Transnational corporations (TNC) are the center of the global economy, and we will sympathize with the perception that their influence will be greater than politics. But to be exact, it is not right. TNC have grown exponentially over the past 50 years, and many companies are likely to change into TNC in the future. In this article, the TNC is defined as an entity that has the power to coordinate and control operations in one or more countries. The conglomerates, also called global companies, are doing business around the world, and appear to have no attachment to any particular country or community at all. In reality, however, very few are considered 'global' companies in terms of geographic scope. The majority still maintain more than half of their activities in their home countries, with a variety of forms ranging from companies operating in dozens of countries to TNC operating in only one or two countries.  There are many reasons why the TNC's activities exte...

 (Summary) In this article, globalization means an organization of cross-border interconnected spaces and time. Especially with regard to politics, for some, the process of political globalization opens up the possibility of new liberation, while for others, globalization leads to the loss of autonomy and the division of the social world. Rather than supporting a particular point of view here, it emphasizes the multifaceted nature of globalization.  One of the universal forms of globalization is the worldwide spread of democracy. A democratic government exists in some form in most parts of the world, and where it does not, there is considerable demand by the democratic movement. In that sense, globalization does not undermine a democratic state, but gives it acceptability worldwide. The democratic ethnic states of many parts of the world have spawned a very different kind of political culture. In other words, the globalization of democratic politics has been the basis of the s...

Summary Globalization is not defined on a simple dimension, but in a complex way with various fields (such as economics, politics, technology, media and telecommunications). And we can't give priority to this diversity. Based on this point, globalization is usually interpreted as trying to explain the development and change of the interconnection network of mljil, social and cultural life in modern society. In particular, communication technologies (such as mobile phones, computers, the Internet, etc.) have had the greatest impact on these interconnection networks. Thanks to this, we are much more interdependent than in the past. Through cultural significance and interpretation, people are constantly motivated and made decisions in the process of making certain actions and choices. Action by practical or economic needs is also affected here. (Except for essential needs.) Based on this, one of the useful ways to think about the role of culture in globalization is to figure out how m...

I wanted to see the difference between Korea and North America (US, Canada, Mexico) using Hofstede Insights. When we first looked at the power distance , it seems that Korea has a slight hierarchical order character with a mid-range score of 60. Then what about other countries? The United States scored 40 points and Canada 39 points, which were extremely low. On the other hand, Mexico scored 81 points, higher than South Korea. It's located on the same continent, similar to each other. I thought it would be seen, but it also seems that there are differences between countries. The second is individualism . Here, the results from the previous review and the opposite figures are recorded. South Korea and Mexico, which scored high in the power division, show low figures this time.(18 points, 30 points, respectively) while Canada and the United States scored high.(80 points, 91 points, respectively) On this point, the following interpretation was written on the homepage. "In America...

In this analysis using wvs data, I am going to compare statistics from Korea, China, and Japan on important qualities for children. The quality consists of a total of 11 elements, (good manners, independent, hard work, feeling of responsibility, imagination, tolerance and respect for other people, thrift saving money and things, determination perseverance, religious faith, unselfishness, obedience)  and I thought it would be very interesting if different aspects of the same item were found in different countries. And in this article,  I plan to focus on the qualities of the three countries that have been measured exceptionally low compared to other countries.(2017-2020) 1. Hard work Hard work, many people think that effort is very important to live in the world. Japan, however, expressed a very low level of importance to these qualities. China and South Korea recorded 70.4% and 60.9%, respectively, while only 25.1% of Japan said it was "important." 2. Determination perseveran...

 Summary What is globalization?  The answer to this question won't come to mind easily. This may be because the framework of globalization includes a wide range of topics, as has many concepts. In addition, there is a difference in the social context (environment, culture, etc.) of each country, so how to define this concept is bound to differ from community to community. For this reason, many scholars try to talk about globalization in a plural form. Globalization was discussed not only in religion but also in sociology and anthropology between the late 1970s and early 1980s, and it has not been long since the term was widely used around the world (1989). One of the characteristics of many arguments defining globalization is to increase 'global interconnection and consciousness'. It is also divided into four areas(national, global politics, individuals, and humanity), and again into four aspects in our lives(culture, society, politics, economy).  As it affects so many di...

While taking classes on social development last semester, I felt the need for global cooperation on issues that transcend society or countries. And I've already been able to see the    organizations and the people who are trying to do that. I think this class will be an extension of my knowledge. there have been a lot of incidents recently that have made us feel the need for this kind of cooperation. The unprecedentedly contagious coronavirus threatens everyone in the world without exception. Also, the abnormal weather caused by environmental pollution caused various problems this year, especially to the point where problems could be felt.  (ex. A warm winter and its resulting massive amounts of pests, unusual prolonged monsoon and heat waves, typhoons, etc.)  I felt helpless to see these phenomena, and at the same time, it was impossible to overcome them with the power of a community or a nation. So I was curious about how to deal with the upcoming future crisi...