Key Driving Forces of Globalisation Developments in transportation and communication & Transnational Corporation (TNCs) Developments in Transport: Transport systems are the means by which people‚ materials and products are transferred from one place to another. With the increasing mobility of goods and people‚ it is important to have an efficient transport network worldwide‚ which includes airports‚ seaports‚ railways and highways to make it possible for goods to be moved around easily. As a result
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MAN 3350: COMPARATIVE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS GLOBALISATION Towards a Definition Globalisation has become a buzz-word for political‚ economic‚ sociological and environmental trends that are said to present world-wide challenges. We need to be careful about how the word is used – and why. Two accounts of globalisation that some of you will have seen before: “the process that reduces barriers between countries‚ thereby encouraging closer integration of economic‚
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Social Stratification A. What is Social Stratification? 1. Social stratification is defined as a system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy a. There are four fundamental principles of stratification: • Social stratification is a characteristic of society -- not just due to individual differences • Social stratification persists over generations • Yet‚ most societies allow some sort of social mobility or changes in people ’s position in a system of social stratification
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Globalisation is a complicated and evolving process and has become one of the most debated issues around the globe. The topic is so debatable that there is no one conventional definition of globalisation. However it can be narrowly defined as "the inexorable integration of markets‚ nation states‚ and technologies...in a way that is enabling individuals‚ corporations and nation states to reach around the world‚ farther‚ faster‚ deeper and cheaper than ever before."(Griffin 2007) There are many
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How Globalisation can help form a better future? In today’s modern world‚ globalisation has a huge impact in our everyday life. It affects every area of our life. Multinational companies setting up branches in our country. There is a higher chance today that we meet someone from a foreign country. Even most of the foods we eat today are not produced locally. These are just some of the effects due globalization. Globalisation increasingly integrates nations together. Countries are no longer separated
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Benefits and Problems Associated with Globalisation Globalisation brings both benefits and problems to different groups of both the developing and developed world. One benefit of globalisation is the evidence of consumer prices being reduced worldwide. This has a positive effect on the finance of people especially in developing countries‚ as more people are able to afford to buy both essential and non-essential products without denting their income. However for companies supplying these products
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Introduction The issue of ethnicity and stratification is of importance in Canadian society because it addresses the relationship between ethnic and racial stratification. Since Canada is so culturally diverse‚ it is important to know what motivates various ethnic groups to strive for success and how social stratification plays a significant role in this process. In Canada‚ the opportunity for training and furthering ones level of education is promising for individuals of all ethnicities. Providing
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what social stratification is‚ and why sociologists consider it crucial to our understanding of today’s society. In addition it will also be discussing the three dimensions of social stratification and how we think its changed since the 1970s and 80s to today‚ and which theory we think best explains this change. Along with how the inequality of valued resources impacts America as a whole‚ and how the recent financial meltdown has made stratification worse in America. Stratification can be defined
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SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY IN THE CARIBBEAN Presenter Ms. N. Lewis What is social Stratification? This refers to the ranking of social groups according to one or more criteria deemed important to society. The ranking indicates that some groups have more and others have less of what society values- for example‚ money‚ power and prestige. Types of stratification Systems There are two types of stratification systems: 1. Closed system of stratification 2. Open system of stratification
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ASSESS THE APPLICABILITY OF THE CONFLICT THEORY IN EXPLAINING STRATIFICATION. ‘Stratification’ is a term used to characterize a structure of inequality where individuals occupy differentiated structural positions and the positions are situated in layers (or strata) that are ranked hierarchically according to broadly recognized standards .( Durlauf 1999) The conflict theory in relation to social stratification argues that stratification‚”reflects the distribution of power in society and is therefore
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