Sociology

The current trends brought about by globalization and interdependence has created new facets in understanding society and its impact to the nation and its citizens. Not only has it brought about considerable impact in determining appropriate functions, it has also supplemented the transformation of citizenship as a term and application. Due to this, it has brought about a new way to understand the interplay of relationships between individuals, organizations, and society in a more globalized context.

Analyzing the aspect of global society, it can be argued that the thought has evolved through time as individuals, nations, and society has participated in numerous endeavors that have shaped their capacity to appreciate and value relationships with one another. Contrary to the original notion that this only happens within the context of states, the interplay of relations have also been existent with the creation of transnational and international organizations that facilitates new directions in diversifying a more globalized environment (Arniel, p. 309).

Given the establishment of these institutions, it carries along with it aspects of social values and principles innate within different societies. The capacity of these individuals and states to create and form social relations via interweaving interests becomes the culminating aspect that has shaped the perspective that there indeed exists a global society that one can identify (Arniel, p. 312). Such capacity then showcases numerous avenues to carry out common objectives and utilize these foundations towards synthesizing appropriate directions.

Similarly, another element that stimulates the argument surrounding global societies also corresponds to the value of how power is utilized and implemented. Prior to the development of the principle of global society, the interplay of relations only revolved around the state and other local groups. However, with the development of technology and media, it was able to transcend towards borders and create a new system where power and vested interests can be showcased. These trends then became a cultivating precept in shaping new directions in valuing the development of international organizations, and other institutions that cater towards issues in a more globalized or international context (Bloemraad, Korteweg, and Yurdakul, p. 160).

Furthermore, media and technology has provided the necessary ingredients in developing a global society. Now, issues are not relatively focused on a state or local level but rather it diversifies and expands the context of how people view themselves and derives meaning and value. Such capacity then illustrates the ability to use these principles as cultivating precepts in cultivating the foundations of perception as it relates with identity and common values. As Urry argues, the media alter the very possibilities of interaction and dialogue, making the public sphere through highly mediated forms of quasi-interaction, producing new ways of conceiving of self and identity and generating fundamentally new performativities (180).

Given these perspective, different theories sought to argue surrounding the impact and element of how globalized society really is. It contends on the purpose of redefining parameters in shaping and cultivating the way individuals, groups, and states relate their common views, principles, and values as it applies in a globalized setup. Through time, it has not only conveyed interests on the political side but also reinstituted new directions in shaping social policies, economic development, security, and environmental protection (Byers, 2005). These in turn became the very foundation and benchmark of how the principle of global society spread  through the increasing patterns of interaction justified by common interests and ideologies by different individuals, groups, and states.

Applying this principle to the realm of global citizenship, it can also be argued that it also has brought about considerable changes in the way people perceive themselves. Here, the foundation of its development not only relies in the formation of a consensus towards achieving a specific goals but also in the interplay of people within the organization or groups that they are a part of. In essence, these associations shaped the development of related goals and furthered an appropriate approach in determining significance and meaning.

To debunk its meaning and how it is practiced, global citizenship can be expressed in the context of how it impacts the individual in their corresponding functions. Given the capacity that the idea can be analyzed in different spectrums, understanding the definition of this phrase according to its context needs to be made. Due to this, the perspective of global citizenship can indeed vary and relate to the common notions people hold and keep (Byers, 2005). This then becomes evident in the complexity and existence of different dimensions to interpret the term.

For instance, Western European tradition corresponds to a form of global citizenship as it relates to the function of people sharing common ideals and perspectives. It justifies that the foundation of several institutions such as the E.U. stems from the concept of states having common identities and historical background (Bloemraad, Korteweg, and Yurdakul, p. 164). These common perspectives in turn substantiate to a multi-level component of self-determination and transcend over traditional defining patterns such as language, citizenship, and shared values.

Similarly, the concepts of global citizenship also correspond to the ability towards determining the ability of the term to extract common perceptions about images and how it relates on their capacity. Here, it can be seen that the idea of citizenship transcends over common definition and becomes interpreted in forming new patterns of cooperation and development of identity. In particular Urry argues that these images can connect local experiences with each other and hence provide powerful sources of hermeneutic interpretation to make sense of what would otherwise be disparate and apparently unconnected events and phenomena (180).

Lastly, there is also the establishment of global institutions. These remains to be essential evidence in the formation of a global citizenship as common features and relations continue to emanate and revolve around particular functions. In particular, it derives common ideals in handling the trends of globalization. Despite its apparent setbacks and detrimental effects among developing societies (Bull, p.739), it goes to show that these areas correspond to the development of common perspectives relating to global citizenship.

To conclude, the trends of todays globalization and increased interdependence brought about considerable changes in the perspective of society. It has not only redefined its definition but also cultivated a new way of understanding on how citizenship develops. It is through the ability to derive from common interests, perspectives, and identities that the process becomes evident and seen.