The different faces of globalization

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• Leerjaar 5

The different faces of globalization

Lesson objectives:

• We get to know each other :)
• You can use the hyper-globalist, skeptic and transformationalist view to analyze different experiences of globalization

Describe a concrete experience  you have had with globalization in your home country

Interview questions

• In general, would you say this was a positive or a negative experience? Why?

• How would you describe the effects in terms of development? 
• Who won? Who lost? 

Hyper-globalist view

''Globalization from above'' leads to development, is the one-size-fits-all solution to social ills

Skeptic/anti-globalist view

''Globalization from above'' has led to unprecedented injustice and inequality, neoliberal notion of 'development' should be questioned

Transformationalist view

Globalization leads to a wide range of - both positive and negative - local effects and responses: 

"globalizations from below"

How do institutions affect development?

Kicking away the ladder 

How does the ''International development policy establishment'' affect economic development? 

How do ''good institutions'' affect economic development?

Case study 

Bolivian water & gas wars (2000-2005)