Globalization and Modern Family Family Transformation in Changing Society Elena Chernyak Contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 2 The Discourse of Globalization .................................................................. 2 Globalization and Capitalism ..................................................................... 5 Globalization and Labor .......................................................................... 6 Globalization and Family ......................................................................... 9 Women’ s Participation in the Labor Market ..................................................... 9 Migration .......................................................................................... 10 Conclusion ........................................................................................ 11 Bibliography ...................................................................................... 12 Abstract The term “globalization” is well-known and widely used but understood differ- ently. For some, globalization is an economic process by which the everyday experience is standardized around the world. For others, it is strongly associated with advanced capitalism, progress in technology, and a transformed means of communications. Others argue that globalization destroys old traditions and norms but instead creates a homogenized world culture and increases interdependence. Overall, globalization is perceived as highly complex macro- and microlevel processes that are associated with the shifts in people’ s lived experiences. It promotes the integration of social, political, ideological, eco- nomic, and cultural systems of different nations into interrelated and interdependent systems leading to nations’ assimilation and loss of identity. While globalization has caused transformations at every level of social life, it has affected the family and family structure and caused the undergoing modifi- cations in intergenerational relations. This chapter discusses globalization, some E. Chernyak (*) Hartwick College, Department of Sociology, Criminology and Human Services, Oneonta, NY, USA e-mail: chernyake@hartwick.edu © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 R. Baikady et al. (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_108-1 1