What Is Globalization Or Localization?

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Introduction
Nowadays globalization has a big impact on places. There are multicultural areas in Australia. However, some places are developing in the nation due to localization. Some areas such as Chinatown still have a strong ethnicity in Australia. What is the gap between globalized places and localized places? Also, which concept is better to apply for such places? I claim it is difficult to apply either globalization or localization in terms of spatial sociology because both concepts have positive effects and negative effects individually.
Firstly, this paper will explore what space is sociologically and define it. Secondly, this paper will also define globalization and localization by using sociological terms. After defining some concepts, this paper will discuss positive and negative effects in the two concepts. Furthermore, as a middle concept between the two concepts, this paper will explore what glocalization is. In conclusion, this paper will show main argument again by summarizing what was discussed in introduction and body paragraphs.
Space
Studying space is important in sociology because it is closely related to human activity in their society. For example, spatial sociologists study how natural space is changed into social space in the society, how individuals and collectivities use it, what kind of forces and processes affect their usage, and how natural space and social space are related to the forces and the processes, the individuals and the collectivities (Gans 2002). And spatial sociology can be interpreted by applying some concepts to explain what is going on natural or social spaces (Gans 2002). Those concepts are divided into land use, land value, location, density, propinquity, neighborhood effec...

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... both globalization and localization have positive and negative effects in terms of spatial sociology. Globalization of space is creating networks of global cities to boost economic activity, meanwhile, globalization of space creates spatial hierarchy. Localization of space supports people who are fighting with other group if social cohesion is achieved, however, localization of space creates some dangerous areas such as slums and this issue is hard to be solved. Hence, it is difficult to decide which concept is superior to the other. Alternatively, glocalization takes a middle position between globalization and localization by mixing both concepts. That’s why glocalization is worth applying for space sociologically as there is a possibility of including upsides of both globalization and localization even though it may include negative effects of the two concepts.

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