Impact Of Social Globalization Research Articles

Impact of Social Globalization on the Economy and FDI of Mali

Impact of Social Globalization on the Economy and FDI of Mali

CONDICIONALISMOS DA IDENTIDADE KUVALE EM VOU LÁ VISITAR PASTORES

Partindo de uma leitura da obra Vou lá visitar pastores (1999), de Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, o presente artigo propõe-se analisar vários vetores da condicionalidade do povo Kuvale, nomeadamente quanto ao seu posicionamento identitário face ao processo de construção do Estado-Nação de Angola. De igual modo, procura-se refletir acerca do impacto político-social da globalização na tradição dos Kuvale, levando em conta aspetos como o relacionamento com ONG’s, a circulação de gado ligada ao lugar das mulheres, e a economia particular dos pastores. Encarando a realidade deste povo angolano, sobressai o projeto literário do autor, eivado de uma prática ficcional autobiográfica estilisticamente sedutora, ultrapassando o mero exercício etnográfico.

Statistical Modeling of Institutional Transformations Using Panel Data

The article is devoted to the important problem of assessment of institutional transformation by modeling of panel data. It is demonstrated that multidimensional statistical methods allow for the reasonable selection of the probabilistic statistical model that fits best to output statistical data and description of the real behavior of the studied set of objects than the great many other similar models, and for the assessment of reliability and accuracy of conclusions made on the basis of limited statistical information. The proposed theoretical model reveals the statistical impact of social globalization, openness of trade, property rights, human development and share of services in GDP on economic growth in countries differentiated by economic performance.
 Of the institutional factors with an impact on economic growth, found by the study, statistically significant are both traditional factors (index of property right, GDP by PPP) and ones implicit in the globalizing economy (Internet users, index of social globalization, share of services in GDP). It allows for the conclusion that economic growth in countries differentiated by economic performance is conditional on institutes. Property rights still remain to be the key factor for effective institutes, and their impact determines the future development trajectory. The significant role belongs to openness of trade, with its positive statistical impact on economic growth. The positive statistical impact of social globalization is also identified.
 Statistical significance of the growing share of services in GDP is demonstrated, which is an attribute of globalization. Special emphasis in statistical modeling is made on the human factor measured by human development index. This index has supreme significance in the complex process of transition from extractive institutes to inclusive ones, because the effectiveness of transformation process depends on the human.

Theorising globalisation's social impact: proposing the concept of vulnerability

ABSTRACT The concept of vulnerability was introduced into IR theorising by Keohane and Nye who saw it as one of the consequences of complex interdependence and it is being increasingly employed by IGOs to capture the impact of globalisation on society. However, the concept has been little used in the academic literature on globalisation, except in a descriptive sense. This article argues that the concept has the potential to fill a gap in the toolkit of the ‘new’ IPE, offering an analytical category that can capture the distinctive impact of globalisation on society more adequately than other concepts that are more widely used. The article begins by surveying how the concept has been used by Keohane and Nye and by IGOs. It then offers a definition and illustrates the application of the concept by describing some of the principal ways in which globalisation is increasing risk and eroding coping mechanisms. It goes on to argue that the concept of vulnerability captures in a fuller way the distinctive social impact of globalisation than do other concepts widely used in the IPE literature, examining in turn the limitations of the concepts of poverty/inequality, risk and insecurity. Finally, the article situates the concept of vulnerability within the social theory of Karl Polanyi, arguing that it expresses in the conditions of today's globalisation the threats to human livelihood from the inroads of the market that are widely referred to by scholars within the ‘new’ IPE, capturing better than do other concepts the key features of these threats as seen by Polanyi. The article concludes by proposing the concept of vulnerability as a core conceptual category for IPE scholars that offers the potential for the disciplinary field to generate more original insights into the social impacts of the political economy processes to the understanding of which it has made such a major contribution.

The social impact of globalization in the developing countries

In this paper an ex-post measurable definition of globalization has been used, namely increasing trade openness and FDI. A general result is that the optimistic Heckscher-Ohlin/Stolper-Samuelson predictions do not apply, that is neither employment creation nor the decrease in within-country inequality are automatically assured by increasing trade and FDI. The other main findings of the paper are that: 1) the employment effect can be very diverse in different areas of the world, giving raise to concentration and marginalisation phenomena; 2) increasing trade and FDI do not emerge as the main culprits of increasing within-country income inequality in DCs, although some evidence emerges that import of capital goods may imply an increase in inequality via skill-biased technological change; 3)increasing trade seems to foster economic growth and absolute poverty alleviation, although some important counter-examples emerge.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)

Capitalism without compromise: Strong business and weak labor in Eastern Europe’s new transnational industries

This paper contributes to the debate on the social impact of globalization. It focuses on the mediating role of the sectoral pattern of transnational production relocation to the postcommunist economies of Eastern Europe. We argue that the collapse of the socialist heavy industries and the eastward relocation of traditional light industries initially forced the social conditions of the East European countries to converge at the bottom and deepened the gap between the West and the East. Later, the east-ward migration of high-skilled labor and capital-intensive industries and jobs led to decreasing social disparity between the West and some of the former socialist countries. However, convergence appears uncertain, costly, and uneven, and coincides with increasing social disparity within the group of East European new members and candidates of the European Union.

The Social Impact of Globalization in the Developing Countries

In this paper an ex-post measurable definition of globalization has been used, namely increasing trade openness and FDI. A general result is that the optimistic Heckscher-Ohlin/Stolper-Samuelson predictions do not apply, that is neither employment creation nor the decrease in within-country inequality are automatically assured by increasing trade and FDI. The other main findings of the paper are that: 1) the employment effect can be very diverse in different areas of the world, giving raise to concentration and marginalisation phenomena; 2) increasing trade and FDI do not emerge as the main culprits of increasing within-country income inequality in DCs, although some evidence emerges that import of capital goods may imply an increase in inequality via skill-biased technological change; 3) increasing trade seems to foster economic growth and absolute poverty alleviation, although some important counter-examples emerge.