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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-030-6-0009

REDEFINING CONCEPTS: GLOBALIZATION (AND REGIONALIZATION) / ZNOVUVYMEZENÍ POJMŮ: GLOBALIZACE (A REGIONALIZACE)

Oldřich Bubák ORCID...1, Josef Kasal ORCID...1
1 Ústav sociálních studií, Pedagogická fakulta, Univerzita Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Králové

Globalization, a complex phenomenon, has been defined largely in a superficial manner. Generally, this is a result of the broader, ingrained ways of narrow thinking based on traditional disciplinary views. In light of new approaches, which embrace complexity and recognize we must look at the issues in a systemic way, we seek to redefine key concepts of today, including that of globalization and the related idea of regionalization. This paper provides a perspective on one such redefinition which provides a pre modern and modern era conceptualization and unifies both globalization and regionalization phenomena.

Keywords: Globalization, regionalization, complex systems, concepts, definitions

pages: 9-13, Published: 2025, online: 2025



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