Bound Together and the Issues on Globalization

Nayan Chanda (2007), on the bulk keep Together How Traders, Pr distributivelyers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped globalisation describes the history of globalisation as a fulfill that has existed even during the premature civilizations of the origination. The book is divided into sections that itemized contrary stories approximately how traders, preachers, adventurers and warriors were able to initiate the functioning of globalisation. As has been recognized by Chanda (2007), as early as military personnel bes migrated from Africa and sprinkle throughout the world, they reach established various slipway to reconnect with each different.For Chanda (2007) the mathematical operation of globalization is synonymous to interconnectedness and mutuality which took place thousands of geezerhood ago. The story opens on the scenario where the writer and his wife arrived to New Haven, maneuverecticut and have an electrician to fix some electrical outlets at their new sca le. The electrician, named Jerry, asked Chanda somewhat what he is doing at Yale. Chanda answered his cheerion citing that he is working with the Yale Center for the field of study of Globalization. Jerrys reaction to much(prenominal) answer was different because he have his detrimental perception about the word globalization. As Jerry uttered Isnt it true that globalization destroys the rain forest? (Chanda, 2007, p. ix). From this encounter, Chanda realized that indeed, the word globalization has earned different definitions and connotations which made it complicated and incomprehensible for many average exclusives. Thus, Chandas book bounds Together How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization is a result of his personal quest for understanding the concepts related to globalization.It attempts to answer the questions who be the globalizers and how does globalization originates. Looking at the history of civilization, Chanda (2007) begins his st ory of globalization on the journey of modern man out from Africa fifty thousand years ago. The primary reason for relocating and reconnecting with other dispersed human communities grew out of the necessity for survival. The first chapters of the book narrate the stories of different group of commonwealth such as traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors on how they manage to reconnect with other dispersed communities.From merely finding new trade track to the ambition of expanding their empires, these group of peck were able to establish interconnectedness with other group of people, community, state and continents. Chanda (2007) also allocated a chapter explaining why the word globalization happened to be associated with forbid meanings. From merely organism synonymous to interconnectedness of the world, globalization is now being linked to the destruction of the world. Chanda (2007) was able to identify that the name globalization is being widely used as early as 1 960s. In fact, this word had been included in the English vocabulary in 1961.However, it was not until 1990s when such world had been recognized around the world. Chanda (2007) set that the word started to gain negative connotation due to different scotch problems that have spawned during the sue of globalization. Chapter nine of the book talks about individuals, groups and organizations who are afraid of globalization. Although many countries have experienced frugal growth and successfulness brought by rapid economic integration being peerless of the process of globalization there are some people who regarded globalization as a toxic and evil process.Some people from Seattle to Cancun and Genoa to Hong Kong were complaining about the despotic institutions and unfair 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 are likely t o give-up the ghost both(prenominal) in certify time and the near future. Chanda (2007) identified that the go pace of globalization left behind many individuals and countries in the triplet world, as individuals and countries from develop world continues to progress.Globalization and Some Related Experiences Living in this modern world, no one is excused from experiencing both the haughty 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 impact of globalization has been often perceive to be negative by many workers , immigrants, and inhabitants of poor countries like Africa. I happened to watch the movie The Constant Gardener which depicts the poor condition of African men, women and children.Some people belonging to the British High commission transacted a byplay with one of the largest pharmaceutical society in the unify States, Karel Delacourt Hudson or much(prenominal) contendn as KDH. Part of the program of British High Commission and KDH is to launch a new discovered medicine that would cure individuals infected with AIDS/HIV. Although the intension is cracking, the programs process is evil. KDH chose Africa as the pilot medical test center for Dypraxa, a newly invented medicine that would cure AIDS/HIV.A put out medical mission was conducted in an African community with high prevalence of AIDS/HIV. Since the effectiveness of the medicine is lock in unknown, African women and children were treated as testing rats whose life seems not worthy if their body fails to respond tally to what is expected. After a series of medication the effects of medicine morose out to be worse as many Africans died after fetching the Dypraxa medicine. succession the people of Africa are mourning for the death of their beloved, the pharmaceutical company owners unceasingly conduct their experiment.This only shows that t here are capitalists and powerful people who prefer to utilize the marginalized group for their own advantage and economic good. unworthy people who fall for the trap of capitalists are left with no plectron but to comply accordingly with their orders, as these capitalists can manipulate or deny the poor access 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 dumbfound 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 is one of the unjust consequences of globalization. When advantaged people preferred to use interconnectedness and interdependence to gain economically even if the lives of marginalized individuals are at stake. As Chanda (2007) wrote, The paths of commerce are followed by diseases and p roblems Africa and to some extent Latin the States have been further impoverished as other move of the world have been enriched.Moreover, it is dishearten to see individuals who could not afford to eat even one good meal for a day who could not have the opportunity to train even how to read and write who could not avail medical go and who could not correct on the rapid changes occurring around their simple 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 away changes and developments brought by globalization. The struggles of small workers who are mostly from tercet world countries who are looking for a job that would give them emend pay, especially in developed countries, are also alarming such that skilled migrants workers are not strongly 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 external land. However, with regard to security of tenure, living and makes as worker, the process of globalization is still unable to guarantee good working conditions for migrant skilled workers. As Chanda (2007) noted, Fair is the treatment of globalization, yet the sorry condition of Africa and other parts of the world does not quite 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 execute the goal of the migrating individual. Yet on some parts of the world, interconnectedness and int erdependence are not sensed positively by some people. For them the process of globalization only permits the exploitation of the natural and human resources of ones country. As I have visited one of the countries in the third world, I feel unwanted as some of the people out there are against Whites.They perceived Whites as the main actors of globalization and thus the only people who could benefit from such process. Like Jerry, I am often confused and being surprised bothtime 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. preferably of uniting the people and countries around the world, globalization causes many individuals and countries to hate one another.Instead of interconnectedness and interdependence, some people, including me, perceive globalization as an instrument that would resist connectedness and dependence to other countries due to unbalanced pro gress associated with globalization that is occurring on different parts of the world. As developed countries are continuously progressing, other countries are regressing such that poverty, diseases and other epidemic or phenomena brought by the collapse of a countrys economy are negatively affecting marginalized citizens of a particular country.Poor and illiterate people are always identified as victims of unjust economy. Reflections on Chandas Bound Together Upon reading Chandas book Bound together 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 system 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 becoming expeditious agents of globalization, this process would not be hard and unjust. Globalization has indeed rule most parts of the world. Many countries are now enjoying the fruits that came from exchanges of culture, knowledge, information, products, services, economic and affable activities with others.Most relationships or interconnectedness with other countries permitted economic transactions 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 amend and if only the process of globalization could get around consider the marginalized, other people and countries would not hesitate to become cooperative with the process.In addition, if people could find fail ways of adapting the changes associated with globalization, the problem of velocity would not have taken its place. As Chanda (2007) wrote, The big difference that marks globalization of the early years with that of the present are in velocity. Yet life in either country today is so inextricably intertwined with the rest of the world that failure to esteem this interdependence and its long-term effects could risk the worlds drifting toward a major crisis. Since globalization is becoming increasingly inevitable, the only choice left for every people and country is to work towards the attainment of the globalizations objective integration, interconnectedness and interdependence. Indeed, Chandas book has enlightened me the real process and objective of globalization. Such that negative perceptions about globalization turned into a positive one. Moreover, the book helped me gain better understanding and futuristic view 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, political 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.