Socio-economic Problems and Perspectives of Globalization in the Context of Coronavirus Pandemic

Abstract

The article analyzes phenomenon of globalization in the modern world, touches its aim and essence, positive and negative aspects. The authors pay special attention to the new model of «digital globalization». The main idea of the research is that the recent events in the modern world are changing much the process of globalization. And Coronavirus pandemic can be interpreted as a real instrument for the global world transforming. The authors try to find out whether the post-coronavirus world will become de-globalist or it’ll be totally globalized, on the contrast. The authors are sure the coronavirus pandemic will have two main social consequences: it’ll cause an increasing growth of globalization by total digitalizing and social distancing practices. But the growth of de-globalist tendencies in the modern world is also obvious. Coronavirus can be considered as a symbol of de-globalization. It turns out that confrontation between globalism and de-globalist tendencies in the modern world will be continued. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted and intensified the most essential contradictions between them.