Impact of Globalization on Russia’s Political and Economic Development

Introduction

Globalization has affected a wider scope that we can imagine. The world today has somehow been minimized by the factors that cause society and culture to change drastically compared to a few decades ago. With the advent of technology, people’s way of thinking, working, relating to others, deciding, doing business, and many more normal fares of everyday life have been greatly impacted. Today, we can witness and experience the effects of globalization in the basic unit of society – the family. Moreover, we see how women and children have become more involved in activities that used to limit them. Trends in trade, industries, and businesses are becoming more dynamic; communication systems enable people and societies to share and interact faster. In effect, globalization allows societies and cultures to evolve especially with the prevalence of the Internet. Thus, newer people groups and identities are created while giving rise to the proliferation of global issues such us gender roles and child labor. Globalization may have improved many facets of societies and culture; however, people must also be wary of the adverse effects it has wrought on several cultural and social functions.

Globalization is affecting most if not all countries in the world. Russia is dramatically changed as well as it is driven to go back to the global market economy that is hugely dominated by the West. The transition of Russia from its post-communist realm transformed both its economic and political systems including how the state articulates majority of its governance. The country’s fully abandonment its socialist ethics and this cost Russia and its people dearly. While the rest of worlds consider globalization as an economic advancement an...

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..., the understanding of national identity, independence, and the value of globalization. At least, Russia’s experience significantly disagrees with the utopian dreams of the supporters of globalization who consider it as a heralding world enlightenment and prosperity.

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