GEN 499
Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen
University of Arizona Global Campus
GEN 499: General Education Capstone
Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen
The difference between Globalism and Globalization is that Globalization is the practice
of outsourcing labor and different aspects of an industry to wherever it may be the cheapest,
often without contributing significantly to the economy where labor is being performed (Stucke,
2009). It can also be free trade-globalization, where restrictions are lifted and the labor economy
welcomes the industry itself, often resulting in more control and autonomy (Stucke, 2009).
Globalism however, more closely associated with global citizenship, is an ideology concerned
with social justice, and the results of economic spending activity throughout the world (Reysen
& Katzarska, 2013).
Globalism can be construed as the state of affairs as they relate to the cosmopolitan ideal,
while globalization is thought of as the critical actions incentivized by social, political and
economic power structures framed within a contemporary context (Papastephanou, 2005). In
summation, the former is the state of things and the latter is behaviors incentivized by the state of
things.
Personal gals of mine that being a global citizen would facilitate include participating in
or operating a business, earning my degree, and completing my contract in the United States
Coast Guard. A business, as any organization, must be conscious of its economic and carbon
footprint. This awareness of downstream effects and consideration of waste, labor, or profit that
results in change to more than just the immediate community, is the consideration and global
Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen
University of Arizona Global Campus
GEN 499: General Education Capstone
Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen
The difference between Globalism and Globalization is that Globalization is the practice
of outsourcing labor and different aspects of an industry to wherever it may be the cheapest,
often without contributing significantly to the economy where labor is being performed (Stucke,
2009). It can also be free trade-globalization, where restrictions are lifted and the labor economy
welcomes the industry itself, often resulting in more control and autonomy (Stucke, 2009).
Globalism however, more closely associated with global citizenship, is an ideology concerned
with social justice, and the results of economic spending activity throughout the world (Reysen
& Katzarska, 2013).
Globalism can be construed as the state of affairs as they relate to the cosmopolitan ideal,
while globalization is thought of as the critical actions incentivized by social, political and
economic power structures framed within a contemporary context (Papastephanou, 2005). In
summation, the former is the state of things and the latter is behaviors incentivized by the state of
things.
Personal gals of mine that being a global citizen would facilitate include participating in
or operating a business, earning my degree, and completing my contract in the United States
Coast Guard. A business, as any organization, must be conscious of its economic and carbon
footprint. This awareness of downstream effects and consideration of waste, labor, or profit that
results in change to more than just the immediate community, is the consideration and global
