GLOBALISM: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS

The publication describes particular problems that characterize the influence of globalization processes on different aspects of social life of the Russian society and state. These processes are determined by the fact that the 21^st century has emphasized quite complicated issues concerning a wide range of interests referring not only to our country but almost all entities of the world community.

A group of specialists in the field of law and political science consider globalism to be a positive factor that actively facilitates comprehensive integration of economy, science and culture, and intensifies transformation of the real social structures and institutions. However a lot of researches and politicians interpret globalism as an aggressive challenge not only to the developing countries and nations but to the well-established states as well because it causes danger for their unique identity, historical traditions, intellectual, moral and religious values. That is why this article represents opinions of the scientists who adhere to different judgments of the situation that exists in the modern world community.

The author, in his turn, adheres to the opinion that globalism is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon characterized by the presence of two diametrically opposed aspects. One of them has got an apparently positive effect because it corresponds to the worldwide process connected with rapid development of modern technologies, scientific knowledge and technical progress, exchange of information, cultural heritage and art. The second aspect contains a rather negative component.

In the outlined situation the responsibility of the Russian government is to carry out thoroughly planned domestic and international policy. In this case the main place is taken by the issues of effective protection of citizens’ interests and those of the society from any external danger, terrorist and other similar manifestations.

The study of the globalism problems has to base on application of systematic and axiological methods of study. This allows the authors to point out positive and negative aspects of the analyzed phenomenon as well as other characteristic features and attributes.