ABSTRACT
The phrase 'globalization and socialization' dominates economic and political discussions. Nowhere, in any of these citations, is there a clear discussion of how the two forces interact. Roger Masters equates political evolution with evolutionary biology game theory. Masters contends that the inevitable result of individual rational choices is some 'social contract' where it is 'natural' that the benefits of law and government outweigh its costs. The counter balance of interest between globalization and socialization is clearly functioning in this example to create a non-emergence of a technological breakthrough that would have hurled the Chinese state further forward than any other state at the time. The archaeological record is filled with data concerning the processes of globalization and socialization. Data relevant to most, components of past socio-cultural systems are preserved in the archaeological record, argued Lewis Binford. On the whole, the most successful moments throughout history occur when the two forces of socialization and globalization are most intense and balanced.
