the importance and significant impacts in feminists’ views and how those views are diverse in different regions around the world in reference to the prolific writer Caren Kaplan and her essay: Scattered Hegemonies. In Kaplan’s Introduction: Transnational Feminist Practices and Questions of Postmodernity‚ Kaplan along with her research group “were looking for ways to broaden and deepen the analysis of gender in relation to a multiplicity of issues that affect women’s lives” (Kaplan‚ 1). The collaborated
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Chapter 1 Globalization and global politics ANTHONY MCGREW Chap01.indd 14 10/30/07 12:50:52 PM • Introduction ········································································································································· 16 • Making sense of globalization·········································································································· 16 • Conceptualizing globalization ··········································································································
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1.1 RECENT TRENDS IN WORLD TRADE 1.1.1 The volume of trade flows Trade as an engine of growth Trade has been a common activity since the Stone Age. From exchanging animal furs for grain‚ to the development of currencies and the first bonds in the Middle Ages‚ trade has increased throughout history along with transportation improvements. Trade development gained a new impetus after the Industrial Revolution. Between 1720 to 1971 world trade increased 460 times or 2.7 percent annually. Between
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about the assumptions of the immigration literature and of policy ⁄ political communities. The paper suggests that the 1.5 generation represents a particular group that deserves more attention in the migration and transnationalism literature. TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION ⁄ TRANSMIGRATION In the early 1990s‚ cultural anthropologists Glick Schiller‚ Basch and Blanc-Szanton (1992: ix) proposed conceptualising transnationalism as the emerging phenomenon of migration‚ in which ‘‘migrants establish social
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strategy for globalization Heineken has used‚ since they acquire these brands with already developed and successful products and allow them to stay as their own brands. I would describe Heineken’s strategy to be most similar to a transnational strategy. A transnational strategy is based on firms optimizing the trade-offs that go along with efficiency‚ local adaptation‚ and learning‚ where the pressures for local adaptation and lowering costs are high. A company using this strategy‚ seeks efficiency
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Civil society is seen to add significant value to other sectors‚ whether as an official partner‚ through informal collaborations or through “spillover” effects. This piece of writing seeks to outline the main factors that have contributed to the resilience of civil society through to the modern time and recognize some of the main underlying thoughts and ideals that have influenced the role and operations of civil society in development. The piece of writing will start by defining the key terminologies
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1) Globalization has been enabled by: A) innovation. B) technological progress. C) increased population. D) all of the above. E) A and B are correct. 2) Which of the following events interrupted Globalization 2.0? A) The Great Depression B) World War I C) World War II D) All of the above. 3) During Globalization 1.0‚ ________ were the primary entities globalizing. A) individuals and small groups B) families C) countries D) companies 4) During Globalization 3.0‚ ________
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Book reviews: Literature of the Indian Diaspora edited by O.P. Dwivedi. Vivek Kumar Dwivedi. Transnational Literature Vol. 4 no. 2‚ May 2012. http://fhrc.flinders.edu.au/transnational/home.html O.P. Dwivedi‚ Literature of the Indian Diaspora (Pencraft International‚ 2011) Literature of the Indian Diaspora constitutes a major study of the literature and other cultural texts of the Indian diaspora. It is also an important contribution to diaspora theory in general. Applying a theoretical framework
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S3100622 - Herdianti Wisesaputri - GBC Individual Assignment BUSM3237 - Global Business Context – Individual Assignment ............................................................................................................................................................ Name: Student ID: Lecturer: Herdianti Wisesaputri (Deti) S3100622 Geoffrey Stewart .....................................................................................................................................
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differentiate gender more politically through biological determinism‚ which is based on the scientific perspective of what seems legitimate and what can be controlled within society‚ specifically by males‚ at this time‚ (Gerwal & Kaplan‚ Gender in a Transnational world‚ 2006‚ p.2). This ideology of modern legitimacy through science has shaped us to follow gender constructs based off of what we’ve been taught through
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