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THE GLOBALIZATION Comentado [ET12]: Topic sentence

Globalization is a concept that seeks to describe the immediate reality of a planetary society, Comentado [ET13]: Thesis Statement
beyond borders, tariff barriers, ethnic differences, religious creeds, political ideologies and
socio-economic or cultural conditions; is an attempt to make a world unfractionated, but Comentado [ET14]: Information
generalized, in which most things are the same or mean the same thing.

Globalization is an international phenomenon, which has allowed the opening of the modern Comentado [ET15]: General Statement
world economy to the areas of integration through trade, production, and finance. Comentado [ET16]: Transition

It arises as a consequence of the increasing internationalization of economic processes, social
conflicts and political-cultural phenomena; and its action consists principally in achieving a Comentado [ET17]: Details
global penetration of financial, commercial and industrial capital.

Although it is debatable that globalization leads to the common good, in simple terms it can Comentado [ET18]: Transition
be said that globalization is the process of denationalization of markets, laws and politics, in Comentado [ET19]: Topic sentence
the sense of interrelating peoples and individuals for the common good .

It is a historical process because it is the result of human innovation and technological
progress. It is the phase in which capitalism is at a global level, characterized by the
elimination of economic frontiers that impede the free circulation of goods and services and,
fundamentally, of capital. It also covers wider cultural, political and environmental aspects. Comentado [ET20]: Details

THE GLOBALIZATION PROCESS

In the economic field: It aims at the integration of markets on a global scale, and for this it is Comentado [ET21]: Topic sentence
indispensable the formation of economic blocks oriented under the logic of free trade, in
order to reproduce capital. This process involves the growing interconnection of markets Comentado [ET22]: Details
around the world; thus the events, the crises of the economic system, etc. every time they
affect with greater speed and force to all the countries of the world.

In the social field: Implies the reduction of distances between all countries. In this context,
communications play a key role, such as the use of the Internet. Comentado [ET23]: Details

CHARACTERISTICS OF GLOBALIZATION Comentado [ET24]: Topic sentence

It is a universal process, because it affects all the countries of the world, regardless of the
position they occupy within the world economy, and of the political order. Comentado [ET25]: General statement

The economic nature of countries is exclusive, because nations or regions that are not
competitive are left out of development, since the market is the primordial element of
globalization. Comentado [ET26]: Details

The market governs relations between countries and regions. Therefore, the State as a Comentado [ET27]: Transition
political unit and as a space in which the government and the sovereignty of the countries
develops, remains in the background.

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