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The article is about the features of the modern phase of globalization as a formation of the social structure according to the western example. The absence of a clear definition of globalization leads to different perception of this social phenomenon. Most of the research of this problem is dedicated to the economic side of globalization. However, spreading of the western lifestyle envelops all the spheres of social life and it has different forms of its development. The stages of the globalization development are usually studied by the civilization approach. This makes the possibilities of researching this social phenomenon too narrow.  That is why this article offers to conduct the research of globalization also by the formation approach, which is a new method in the methodology of the globalization research.