Globalization and its impact on the contemporary society

• Author: Xhemail Limani
• Position: St. Kliment Ohridski University
• Pages: 139-146

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ISSN 2410-759X

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Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania Vol. 2 No. 1

May, 2016

Globalization and its impact on the contemporary society

PhD (C.) Xhemail Limani

St. Kliment Ohridski University

Abstract

Today humanity is facing problems which are not only concern of some countries,

communities or nationalities, but they are global problems with huge impact in the

whole civilization. Some of those concerns are: global warming, global economy, global

education, terrorism and global risks, etc. Therefore, the concept of globalization is now

a subject of discussion and world’s intellectual debate. The interest to treat specific or

general aspects of globalization is constantly growing and it focuses on analyzing the

connection with various forms of social life and the effects of globalization on people’s

lives and the functioning of institutions.

According to Giddens (1997) globalization brings closer places with thousands of miles

distance, making them part of the local events. As Mc Luhan (1964) states today we

witness that we belong to one global village and each day thousands of people deal with

issues which have global impact. Even though not all people in the planet are involved in

the process of globalization, again it influences them as an external factor.

In this paper it is emphasized that the Western Balkans processes of globalization can be

seen from several aspects. In particular, the market becomes the dominant form of

everyday’s life. Young the elderly people face this phenomenon, regardless their previous

contacts with it. It is primarily related to the following factors: the flow of information,

internet and mobile development, which is also accompanied with the process of

globalization of knowledge and trade and those are inseparable parts of social

movements. The number of e-bay and internet users in Macedonia is constantly growing.

We will elaborate this issue through descriptive and statistical methods and also through

analysis of the provided documentation.

Keywords: Globalisitiom, Imapct, Contemporary Society, Information Society.

Introduction

Today, in the time we live, globalization and its definitions have been the object of

surveys of economists, sociologists, political and communicaton scientists, etc.

Therefore there is a large number of definitions and approaches for this social

phenomenon. There exist many definitions of what globalization actually is and

we may freely conclude that these definitions, in most cases are too subjective and

depend on the experience and position of the determinative, whether his thoughts

and attitudes are pro or anti-globalisation. The word “globalization” is often used

to describe a process, a state, a system, a strength and an era. But a large number of

scholars almost agree on the issue that this notion shows a social condition

characterized by the presence of interconnections and global economic, political,

cultural, and environmental flows. However, on the other hand the term

globalisation it is more and more used to refere to a set of social processes that are