Globalisation

Introduction

Globalization is the integration process of nations into a global economic space. In other words, globalization is the emergence or strengthening of economic actors (mainly the various States and multinational corporations), markets and regulations worldwide. Globalization does not only apply to the economic field. Indeed, the cultural sphere tend to split and then the word "culture" takes two different meanings:

- on the first hand, there are the production, circulation and consumption of cultural products (music, movies, TV shows)

- on the second hand , there are the diffusion of lifestyles, norms and values of one company by the way of standard goods.

Culture is not only the knowledge of one person; it is also the ways of thinking, doing, to behave in a group or society. It has an impact on the person through the socialization.,Culture manifests itself in the arts, religion, politics , education, work , politeness … It has an impact in all aspects of social life.

This raises to us the question of the effects of globalization on cultures and globalization and how it manages to change our cultures without erasing them?

In a first part we will try to show that it exists a cultural globalization , then we will explain how it helps the cultural standardization ( with focus on the Americanization and Japanization ) and the limits of this globalization.

I. Does it exist a cultural globalization ?

The term globalization is at the center of many debates between the geographers. Their approaches are multiple, but reflect basic agreements on the birth of the word. They agreed that the globalization was made during 3 periods :

• Easier connections between all countries

• Industrial Revolution of the 19th century with the incorporation of ¾ of the world population.

• since 1960, liberal globalization, and financial .

Globalization is a process and a situation in which economies and societies open to each other.

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