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Difference between globalization and modernization
“Modernization is a choice made by a less-advanced group of people to take advantage of their choice of modern technology, medicine, transportation, and communication, and to integrate it into their lives. Globalization is a choice made by governments and businesses to take advantage of under-developed peoples or regions as new and exclusive business markets in an attempt to gain an advantage over other companies or countries.”
http://writing.wikinut.com/Globalization-versus-Global-Modernization/1b87818p/Slide2
Resistance to change
“SAUDI
ARABIA, home of Islam’s holiest sites, flush with oil revenue, and increasingly the most influential player among Arab countries, has long resisted changing its
ultratraditional
ways. Now the intrusions of global economics and technology have begun to challenge some traditions in ways that the country’s idealists
could
not
.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/weekinreview/06slack.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0Slide3
Force of government
Much of this economic activity has been driven by the leaders’ desire to have Saudi Arabia be more economically competitive, more a part of the modern world beyond its borders. The government is building huge new industrial cities that will have to attract many tens of thousands of foreign professionals; that is expected to bring more changes — in social and legal habits — as a price of admission to a global consumer economy.Slide4
Problem of
globlization
Globalization has been under a heated debate concerning third world, poorer, less developed countries. Some argue that with globalization comes exploitation where richer countries take advantage of the poorer countries, creating a large gap between them.