The Contemporary World

  I. In the case of the Philippines, how much do you think are we involved in the Modern World-System? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being part of such.  In the case of our Pilininas today, I think the Modern World-System has also reached the Philippines because our country is gradually developing. Many modern technologies have arrived in the Philippines such as train devices used by people, but not all areas in the Philippines have modern technologies. I think the benefits of being part of the Modern World-System are better transportation, better health, and making people’s tasks easier. And the disadvantages of being a part of it are environmental problems and Lack of social interaction and laziness because children now prioritize cell phone games more than parental commands. II. How can we "upgrade" our economy given the, strength of the global economy, especially the giant economies like the United States and Japan? We can upgrade our economy b...

  Global stratification refers to this unequal distribution among nations. There are two dimensions to this stratification: gaps between nations and gaps within nations.  Global stratification compares the wealth, economic stability, status, and power of countries as a whole. By comparing income and productivity between nations, researchers can better identify global inequalities. Trace how global stratification affects the life cycle of each state in the globe. Effects of Global Stratification. Global stratification greatly affects the life chances of people around the world. As noted earlier, people in the poorest nations live in some of the worst conditions possible. AIDS, malaria, starvation, and other deadly diseases are common. Cause of global stratification The view that global stratification results from a failure of poor nations to have the beliefs, values, and practices necessary for industrialization and rapid economic growth. The view that global stratification re...

                  Global stratification Global stratification refer to the unequal distribution of wealth, power, prestige, resources, and influence among the world’s nations. Put more simply, there is an extreme difference between the richest and poorest nations. A few nations, such as the United States, are very, very wealthy, while many more nations are very, very poor. Reflecting this latter fact, 40% of the world’s population, or about 2 billion people, lives on less than $2 per day (United Nations Development Programme, 2005).   The two theories of global stratification are modernization theory and dependency theory How it is use to politics, economy and culture of respective state in the globe? Modernization Theory According to modernization theory, low-income countries are affected by their lack of industrialization and can improve their global economic standing through (Armer and Katsillis 2010) Modernization Theory in politics...

                                                 Globalization Globalization is the process by which people and goods move easily across borders. Principally, it's an economic concept – the integration of markets, trade and investments with few barriers to slow the flow of products and services between nations. The five different perspectives regarding the      origin of globalization.    Resources: https://perspectives.pressbooks.com/chapter/globalization/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/what-is-globalization-explainer/ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-five-dimensions-of-global-cultural-flow.html&ved=2ahUKEwjUlcuCgLP2AhVOFIgKHUNqATYQFnoECE8QBQ&usg=AOvVaw0kG6IGeho3zny2GciE_oD3 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://study.co...