1. Introduction
The word BRICs first appeared in 2003 by Goldman Sachs. It is consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. These four countries were and still are receiving big attention as emerging economies from 1990’s. They commonly have huge territory, population and abundant underground resources. Among them, Russia recently held big sporting events such as World Championship in
[Intro: Concepts and Examples of Globalization and Regionalization]
1. Globalization
1) Concept
- The process of increasing interconnectedness between lots of societies all over the world.
- The Events in one region of the world have effects on peoples and societies far away.
- The spread of ideas, cultures, and information is faster than ever through development of communication and trans
The concept of Globalization
The process of increasing interconnectedness
between lots of societies all over the world
Rapidly growing spread of ideas, cultures, and information around the world
International organizations, Non-governmental organizations(NGOs), transnational companies
as important actors in global politics
The more interdependent world economy
Internationalizati
Before I cover the topic, I want to ask a question for everyone here.
What is international political economy?
Does anyone has any opinion?
There are a lot of definitions on this study, but personally, I think international political economy is a field studying how international politic and economy are closely linked beyond national barriers in the era of globalization.
More specifically, yo
However, the TINA (There Is No Alternative) conclusion stems from a fundamentally defective understanding of the forces driving globalization and a distortion of history to fit the theory. Free trade was often imposed on weak countries, and rich countries did not choose free trade for more than brief periods.
They argued that there is only one way to survive the historic tidal force that