Bound Together and the Issues on Globalization

Nayan Chanda (2007), on the withstand entrap unitedly How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization describes the narration of globalization as a subprogram that has existed until now during the early civilizations of the homo. The book is sh ard into sections that narrated antithetic stories astir(predicate) how traders, preachers, adventurers and warriors were fitting to induct the carry through of globalization. As has been recognized by Chanda (2007), as early as military man cosmoss migrated from Africa and spread through extinct the humans, they charter effected various ways to reconnect with each around a nonher(prenominal).For Chanda (2007) the growth of globalization is synonymous to interconnectedness and interdependence which took place thousands of old age ago. The story opens on the scenario where the writer and his wife arrived to New Haven, computerized tomography and rush an electrician to fix several(prenominal) e lectrical outlets at their new home. The electrician, named Jerry, asked Chanda slightly what he is doing at Yale. Chanda answered his question citing that he is working with the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. Jerrys chemical reaction to such(prenominal)(prenominal) answer was different because he have his ban perception about the vocalise globalization. As Jerry uttered Isnt it authoritative that globalization destroys the rain forest? (Chanda, 2007, p. ix). From this encounter, Chanda complete that thence, the word globalization has earned different definitions and con nonations which made it complicated and incomprehensible for legion(predicate) average individuals. Thus, Chandas book Bound Together How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization is a head of his personal quest for understanding the concepts relate to globalization.It attempts to answer the questions who argon the globalizers and how does globalization originates. fl avour at the history of civilization, Chanda (2007) begins his story of globalization on the journey of modern homo out from Africa fifty thousand years ago. The primary savvy for relocating and reconnecting with other sprinkle human communities grew out of the necessity for survival. The basic chapters of the book narrate the stories of different conference of throng such as traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors on how they manage to reconnect with other dispersed communities.From scarce finding new trade send off to the ambition of expanding their empires, these assembly of throng were able to establish interconnectedness with other group of lot, confederacy, country and continents. Chanda (2007) also aloneocated a chapter explaining why the word globalization happened to be associated with shun meanings. From merely world synonymous to interconnectedness of the world, globalization is now being relate to the destruction of the world. Chanda (2007) was abl e to identify that the circumstance globalization is being widely utilise as early as 1960s. In fact, this word had been included in the side of meat vocabulary in 1961.However, it was not until mid-nineties when such world had been recognized most the world. Chanda (2007) identified that the word started to net disconfirming connotation collect to different scotchal problems that have spawned during the process of globalization. Chapter nine of the book talks about individuals, groups and organizations who argon appalled of globalization. Although umpteen countries have experienced sparing growth and prosperity brought by rapid economic integration being peerless of the process of globalization there ar roughly large number who regarded globalization as a toxic and evil process.Some plenty from Seattle to Cancun and Genoa to Hong Kong were complaining about the undemocratic institutions and inequitable policies associated with globalization (Chanda, 2007, p. 271). On final chapter of the book, Chanda (2007) provided a summary of the process of globalization and have identified some problems that argon potential to occur both in reconcile time and the near future. Chanda (2007) identified that the focal ratio pace of globalization leftover laughingstock many individuals and countries in the deuce-ace world, as individuals and countries from develop world continues to take place.Globalization and Some tie in Experiences Living in this modern world, no one is excused from experiencing both the lordly and negative effects of globalization. Although Chanda (2007) was able to clearly define the pure meaning of globalization, being a process of interconnectedness and interdependence, the advert of globalization has been often grokd to be negative by many workers , im migrants, and inhabitants of silly countries like Africa. I happened to watch the ikon The unceasing Gardener which depicts the poor source of African men, women a nd children.Some mint belonging to the British High Commission transacted a business with one of the largest pharmaceutical company in the fall in States, K arel Delacourt Hudson or much cognize as KDH. Part of the program of British High Commission and KDH is to launch a new fall aparted care for that would recruit individuals infected with AIDS/HIV. Although the intension is safe, the programs process is evil. KDH chose Africa as the pilot medical examination testing center for Dypraxa, a newly invented medicine that would cure AIDS/HIV.A free medical mission was conducted in an African community with high prevalence of AIDS/HIV. Since the enduringness of the medicine is still unkn avow, African women and children were tough as testing rats whose carriage seems not worthy if their body fails to respond harmonise to what is expected. After a series of practice of medicine the effects of medicine false out to be worse as many Africans died after taking the Dypraxa m edicine. While the great deal of Africa are mourning for the death of their beloved, the pharmaceutical company owners continuously conduct their experiment.This solitary(prenominal) shows that there are capitalists and strong people who prefer to utilize the marginalized group for their own returns and economic good. Poor people who fall for the trap of capitalists are left with no choice but to succeed accordingly with their orders, as these capitalists can command or deny the poor approach to their basic needs. Moreover, the film also shows how the governments of United States and Britain are being manipulated by some capitalists in order to become economically abundant.While the government wants to create jobs and to secure the health of its citizens, there are capitalists who would take advantage of a situation that would favor the economic interest of businessmen. such(prenominal) is one of the dirty consequences of globalization. When advantaged people preferred to u se interconnectedness and interdependence to gain economically unconstipated if the lives of marginalized individuals are at stake. As Chanda (2007) wrote, The paths of traffic are followed by diseases and problems Africa and to some extremity Latin America have been boost impoverished as other part of the world have been enriched.Moreover, it is dis findtening to see individuals who could not contribute to eat even one good meal for a day who could not have the opportunity to learn even how to read and write who could not servicing medical function and who could not hold on the rapid changes occurring around their round-eyed environment. While other individuals, especially the capitalists and elitists, are enjoying the fruitful reward of globalization to their economic status, the marginalized people are suffering from poverty, hunger, diseases and illiteracy.Only few individuals from the marginalized sectors were able to survive and adapt on the past changes and developm ents brought by globalization. The struggles of small workers who are mostly from third world countries who are looking for a job that would urinate them kick downstairs pay, especially in create countries, are also alarming such that skilled migrants workers are not powerfully secured when working outside their home country. I have met some skilled workers from other countries and was able to know some of their experiences.I came to discover that the globalization process enables them to work in other countries as international transaction between countries allows the entry of workers in foreign land. However, with regard to security of tenure, living and benefits as worker, the process of globalization is still otiose to guarantee good working conditions for migrant skilled workers. As Chanda (2007) noted, Fair is the interference of globalization, yet the sorry condition of Africa and other parts of the world does not sooner fit in with the positive consequences attributed to globalization. In addition, migration experiences like the experiences of traders and adventurers are good if such experience was able to satisfy the finish of the migrating individual. Yet on some parts of the world, interconnectedness and interdependence are not perceived positively by some people. For them the process of globalization only permits the growth of the natural and human resources of ones country. As I have visited one of the countries in the third world, I feel unwelcome as some of the people out there are against Whites.They perceived Whites as the briny actors of globalization and thus the only people who could benefit from such process. Like Jerry, I am often confused and being surprised eithertime I do hear the word globalization. Due to past experiences and negative encounters with other groups of people, I came to perceive that globalization is an evil thing. Instead of uniting the people and countries around the world, globalization causes many individ uals and countries to dislike one another.Instead of interconnectedness and interdependence, some people, including me, perceive globalization as an instrument that would foil connectedness and dependence to other countries due to unbalanced progress associated with globalization that is occurring on different parts of the world. As create countries are continuously progressing, other countries are regressing such that poverty, diseases and other epidemic or phenomena brought by the collapse of a countrys rescue are negatively affecting marginalized citizens of a particular country.Poor and illiterate people are always identified as victims of unsporting economy. Reflections on Chandas Bound Together Upon development Chandas book Bound in concert How traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors shaped globalization, I have realized that indeed globalization is neither an evil word nor an unjust process. The history of globalization brought dispersed countries into a state of civilization and economic improvement.However, inevitable occurrences in economic musical arrangement and the private interest of few powerful individuals altered the positive attributes of globalization, interconnectedness and interdependence. If all people, would only realize the benefits we could reap from comely active agents of globalization, this process would not be hard and unjust. Globalization has indeed dominate most parts of the world. Many countries are now enjoying the fruits that came from exchanges of culture, knowledge, information, products, services, economic and social activities with others.Most relationships or interconnectedness with other countries permitted economic proceedings that paved ways to product and services exchanges which in turn caused progress on both countries. If only the pure reason associated with ancient globalization could be meliorate and if only the process of globalization could better consider the marginalized, other people and c ountries would not hesitate to become cooperative with the process.In addition, if people could find better ways of adapting the changes associated with globalization, the problem of velocity would not have interpreted its place. As Chanda (2007) wrote, The big difference that tag globalization of the early years with that of the return are in velocity. Yet life in every country right away is so inextricably intertwined with the rest of the world that failure to appreciate this interdependence and its semipermanent effects could risk the worlds drifting toward a major crisis. Since globalization is becoming progressively inevitable, the only choice left for every people and country is to work towards the improvement of the globalizations objective integration, interconnectedness and interdependence. Indeed, Chandas book has tiro me the real process and objective of globalization. Such that negative perceptions about globalization turned into a positive one. Moreover, the book h elped me gain better understanding and futuristic thinking of globalization in this society.The progress of every country is still possible if globalization would be practiced in such a way that it would develop the economical, semipolitical and social relations of every country. Since globalization is inevitable, the only task left for every individual is to work towards development and progress for the betterment of everyone in the community and the world as a whole. References Chanda, N. (2007). Bound together How traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors shaped globalization. New Haven, Conn Yale University Press. Dir. Fernando Meirelles. Perfs. Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz. (2005). The Constant Gardener.