Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views‚ products‚ ideas‚ and other aspects of culture.[1][2] Globalization describes the interplay across cultures of macro-social forces. These forces include religion‚ politics‚ and economics. Globalization can erode and universalize the characteristics of a local group.[3] Advances in transportation and telecommunications infrastructure‚ including the rise of the Internet‚ are major factors in globalization
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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Journal of Business Research 62 (2009) 169 – 180 Anti-consumption and brand avoidance☆ Michael S.W. Lee a‚⁎‚ Judith Motion b‚1 ‚ Denise Conroy a‚2 b Department of Marketing‚ The University of Auckland Business School‚ Private Bag 92019‚ Auckland 1142‚ New Zealand Department of Management and Marketing‚ Faculty of Commerce‚ University of Wollongong‚ Northfields Avenue‚ Wollongong‚ NSW 2522‚ Australia Received 1 June 2007; received in revised form
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4 The 51st US state? Labour relations in the UK fast-food industry Tony Royle Politicians of most political persuasions have at different times emphasized the importance of the UK’s ‘special relationship’ with the US‚ something that was arguably at its peak during World War II and under the Conservative Thatcher governments of the 1980s and early 1990s. Under the Thatcher administrations‚ government policy appeared to be drawing strongly on the US economic model and trying to move away
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Report 550012007/2005 The health impacts of globalisation: a conceptual framework M.M.T.E. Huynen‚ ICIS‚ Maastricht University‚ Maastricht P. Martens‚ ICIS‚ Maastricht University‚ Maastricht H.B.M. Hilderink‚ Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP)‚ Bilthoven Contact: M.Huynen@ICIS.unimaas.nl ICIS‚ Maastricht University Kapoenstraat 23 6211 KV Maastricht P.O. Box 616 6200 MD Maastricht The Netherlands Phone number: ++ 31 43 3882662 Fax: ++ 31 43 3884916 website: www.icis.unimaas.nl Netherlands
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Tourism Management 31 (2010) 1–12 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Tourism Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/tourman Progress in Tourism Management A review of innovation research in tourism Anne-Mette Hjalager University of Southern Denmark‚ Niels Bohrsvej 9-10‚ DK-6700 Esbjerg‚ Denmark article info abstract Article history: Received 27 January 2009 Accepted 31 August 2009 Over the past two decades‚ there has been increasing focus on the topic
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Department of Global Political Studies One-Year Master In Global Political Science (Human Rights Track) Spring 2010 Supervisor: Erika Svedberg Assistant Professor Malmo University‚ Sweden Honour killings in Pakistan under Theoretical‚ Legal and Religious Perspectives An Analytical Study of Honour killings Abuse and Disconnecting Islam from This Ancient Brutal Tradition Author MUHAMMAD ZIA ULLAH MASTER THESIS SUBMITTED‚ 27-05-2010 Malmö University Malmö‚ Sweden Abstract This research sets out
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food industry has had on America’s social and cultural landscape’ The New York Times ‘Our fast food executives are in for some sleepless nights’ Food Magazine ‘Makes for very unsettling reading. A brilliant‚ access-all-areas dissection of the McDonaldization of society’ Metro London ‘His eye is sharp‚ his profiles perceptive‚ his prose thoughtful but spare. This is John McPhee behind the counter’ Washington Post ‘A damning critique of the junk-food business’ Vogue ‘Fast Food Nation is witness to the
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1914 to Present 1914–Present Major Developments I. Questions of periodization A. Continuities and breaks 1. Most tumultuous eras in world history a. “age of extremes” 1. Tons of democracies vs. extremist dictatorships 2. Unprecedented prosperity vs. total poverty – income gap widens b. 1914 clearest demarcation line 1. After war‚ nations fight everywhere for power and territory 2. Empires weakened‚ monarchies toppled‚ new nations rose 3. Last 100 years
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HARALAMBOS and HOLBORN Sociology LESSON PLANS BY LESLEY CLARK Sociology teachers and students have relied on Sociology Themes and Perspectives for over twenty years. The coverage of theories and research in each subsequent edition has been unrivalled for accuracy and detail. These lesson plans aim to provide guidance on using the sixth edition of Sociology Themes and Perspectives in a teaching context by offering practical classroom support for teachers. Three lesson plans are provided for each
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Gross domestic product in 2011 US dollars per capita‚ adjusted for inflation and purchasing power parity (log scale) from 1860 to 2011‚ with population (disk area) for the US (yellow)‚ UK (orange)‚ Japan (red)‚ China (red)‚ and India (blue).[1] Globalization (or globalisation—see spelling differences) is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views‚ products‚ ideas‚ and other aspects of culture.[2][3] Put in simple
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