Reflective Post #1 - Reflecting on Castells' Theory of Globalization
After listening to the lecture on the theories of globalization, I was intrigued by what was discussed about Manuel Castells' contribution to the field of globalization. As discussed, he was writing more than two decades ago (Hagar, 2019) so I was interested in reading again about his work in Robinson's chapter, "Theories of Globalization" to see if I could see if a foundation of his theory was applicable to society as I know it two decades later. Robinson referred to Castells' theory of globalization as "representing a new 'age of information'" (Robinson, 2007) which struck a chord with me because I have frequently heard my generation described as living in the "information age." Castells' theory described the current economy as "informational, knowledge-based...global, in that production is organized on a global scale; and... networked, in that productivity is generated through global networks of interaction" (Robinson