The aim with this essay is to examine if the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has reduced globalization during the year of 2020. In order to fulfill the aim, the essay applies four questions which highlights the effect on the economic, political, cultural and ecological dimensions of globalization year 2020. The theoretical part of the essay presents a short outline of previous research within the subject of pandemics in relation to globalization. Thereafter theoretical definitions of globalization by previous researchers are presented. These definitions constitute the basis for the theoretical starting point of the essay. The thesis is a qualitative theory-consuming case study. Covid-19 have reduced globalization in the economic dimension. Covid-19 may have reduced globalization in the cultural dimension. However, the effects that Covid-19 have caused within the political and ecological dimension does not indicate reduced globalization. Therefore, the essay cannot verify that Covid-19 have reduced globalization year 2020.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-99959 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Skoglund, Melker |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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