The World Is Flat A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman First published: 2005 Table of Contents • Key Figures • Short Summary (Synopsis) • Thomas L. Friedman - Biography • Genre | | | | Chapter Summaries with Notes / Analysis • Chapters 1 - 4 - How the World Became Flat • Chapters 5 - 9 - America and the Flat World • Chapter 10 - Developing Countries and the Flat World • Chapter 11 - Companies and the Flat World • Chapters 12 - 14 - Geopolitics
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“THE WORLD IS FLAT: In his book‚ The World is Flat‚ Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman argues that globalization and its technological advances have increasingly “flattened” the world by reducing barriers among states‚ individuals and corporations‚ and by creating more and more economic interdependence and global integration. This process is not a new one. It began in 1492 when Columbus discovered America and opened up trade between the old world and the new world‚ and developed
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World Hunger *** Warning: the following is a look at World hunger which some people may disagree with‚ if you would look at non-partisan look at World hunger then keep reading *** Hunger is an issue which many people think lies little importance. Im going to give you a look at World Hunger as a Picture of Poverty‚ how it affects Third World Nations‚ and How World Hunger is a disease that is plaguing our society. "Food is more than a trade commodity‚" pleaded Sir John Boydorr in 1946. "It is
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GROWTH: A COMPELLING MOTIVE TO DEPENDENCY “Is Third World dependency on First World development‚ practices‚ and funding avoidable?” By Michael John A. San Roque ABS681M G01 Submitted to: Dr. Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier October 9‚ 2012 Countries of the world have been sharply divided along development. Countries that are economically buoyant‚ technologically advanced‚ and politically stable are termed ‘Developed Countries’ or ‘First World’. On the other hand‚ countries that are technically
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Many Cultural Worlds: Subcultures and Countercultures A subculture can be defined as a set of cultural characteristics shared among a group within a society that (1) are distinct in some ways from the larger culture within which the group exists‚ but (2) also have some features in common with the larger culture. Some case studies can include: Hip-Hop‚ Computer Geeks‚ Dead Heads‚ Bikers‚ Ravers‚ Skaters‚ and Goths Subcultures are groups whose values and related behaviors are so distinct that they
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Torrie P. Sfsu spring 2013 The California justice system has for years been implementing a retributive incarceration system. With the current system the way it is‚ to many people are being incarcerated for crimes in which a lesser penalty should occur. California’s system of retributive justice is not working. When looking at the status of the justice system and the many people incarcerated it becomes apparent retributive justice does not always detour or change behavior. In cases such as possession
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Not being involved with any outsourcing business‚ I experience the flatness of the world through online communities‚ media streaming‚ file and information sharing‚ e-mails and chatting‚ etc. Through social networking websites like Friendster‚ I can stay in touch with my distant friends and relatives. Instead of going to a mall‚ I can actually stay at home and shop online from anywhere around the world. And as a student who is usually bombarded with a lot of research work‚ I rely on search engines
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2013 A Global Village of 100 Today our world consists of nearly 7 billion individuals; however‚ we never stop to think and understand how our world truly functions. If we decide to reduce the size of the entire worlds population to about a hundred people and did not change the demographic breakdown‚ we would be left with an impacting result allowing us to understand what we are blinded to each day. To begin with‚ the current death rates around the world are extremely significant; however‚ it goes
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In Part I‚ “How the World Became Flat‚” Friedman visits India‚ where he realizes that the playing field has been leveled‚ meaning that a much larger group of people can compete for global knowledge. He pursues examples of this metaphor in other places‚ such as Iraq‚ China‚ Japan‚ and the United States. Friedman argues that there are primarily ten forces that flattened the world and describes each of the following “flatteners”: 11/9/89‚ the fall of the Berlin Wall; 8/9/95‚ or the date that Netscape
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While world music is a genre‚ musical exoticism can be classed as a process in which musicians freely interpret attributes of the music of non-western culture and targeting specifically at foreign audience. It is the direct perception of the western audience’s view of non-western music tradition‚ not non-western perception of non-western exoticism‚ in other words not the true perception‚ only a concept. As exotica is only an imitation‚ the authencity of the music is often questioned‚ the lack
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