Globalisation Think Globally, Act Locally Case Study
Globalization – think globally, act locally.
Introduction:
“Ever since Adam and Eve left the garden, people have been expanding the geographical realm of their economic, political, social and cultural contacts.” (MacEwan, 2001:2). The idea of expanding connections to people around the world is thus not a foreign concept. Ten years ago the term globalization was a foreign concept, both in academic circles and popular press. Presently, globalization is a hot topic of debate, both in the political and economic sphere, as it is both highly fashionable and highly contested (Kellner, 2002:285).
One can argue that the project of globalization is inevitable, and beyond human control despite taking the positive and negative views into account. In order to determine whether Globalization is a harmful or benign process, you need to take into consideration the outcome thereof, especially in the political, economic and cultural field, the effect thereof on four different fields …show more content…
The concepts of globalization and the HIV/AIDS pandemic are inseparable because through HIV, both the contradictions and unequal distribution of the advantages of globalization are exposed. The western world has relegated AIDS to the status of a chronic disease because it has access to ARV drugs, while it is a fatal disease in the developing world as a result of inaccessibility to ARVs. This contradicts the western world’s concern and calls with regards to human rights and HIV to provide adequate health-care for all humanity. South Africa faced numerous challenges from globalization as it attempted to respond to the epidemic. This was due to the fact that globalization influences the kinds of social policies the state makes with regards to social welfare and in this case, the state of South Africa was inhibited by the greater global policies when it attempted to take initiative on the HIV
Introduction:
“Ever since Adam and Eve left the garden, people have been expanding the geographical realm of their economic, political, social and cultural contacts.” (MacEwan, 2001:2). The idea of expanding connections to people around the world is thus not a foreign concept. Ten years ago the term globalization was a foreign concept, both in academic circles and popular press. Presently, globalization is a hot topic of debate, both in the political and economic sphere, as it is both highly fashionable and highly contested (Kellner, 2002:285).
One can argue that the project of globalization is inevitable, and beyond human control despite taking the positive and negative views into account. In order to determine whether Globalization is a harmful or benign process, you need to take into consideration the outcome thereof, especially in the political, economic and cultural field, the effect thereof on four different fields …show more content…
The concepts of globalization and the HIV/AIDS pandemic are inseparable because through HIV, both the contradictions and unequal distribution of the advantages of globalization are exposed. The western world has relegated AIDS to the status of a chronic disease because it has access to ARV drugs, while it is a fatal disease in the developing world as a result of inaccessibility to ARVs. This contradicts the western world’s concern and calls with regards to human rights and HIV to provide adequate health-care for all humanity. South Africa faced numerous challenges from globalization as it attempted to respond to the epidemic. This was due to the fact that globalization influences the kinds of social policies the state makes with regards to social welfare and in this case, the state of South Africa was inhibited by the greater global policies when it attempted to take initiative on the HIV