The Role of Globalization in Social Development in Kurdish Society

An analytical study

Abstract

This study aims to identify the positive and negative remnants of globalization on social development, as well as to the role of globalization in changing customs, traditions and culture. However, to show its role in improving the life of the individual and society in a scientific and practical way in the Kurdish society, especially in the city of Sulaymaniyah. This study is one of the analytical studies. It is used descriptive approach and the content analysis. Lastly, the study identifies several results:

- Globalization is a continuous social, political and economic reality in all societies, including the Kurdish society.

- The study showed that there is a difference between specialists in determining the stages and the date of the emergence of the phenomenon of globalization. The phenomenon of globalization has a set of features and characteristics of its own. furthermore, a clear impact on all levels and areas of life for individuals and societies, directly or indirectly negatively likewise, the loss of the original Kurdish social values such as honesty, honesty, love for the homeland, religion, the right of neighbourliness, and various social responsibilities. Positively, it is an attempt to link the new world with social values. Authenticity, expanding the mind of the Kurdish individuals against various topics in the individual and society.