students to various ways power relations exist in the organization of our society. It covers themes such as human nature and socialization‚ culture‚ consumerism‚ mass media‚ social control‚ race and colonialism‚ the environment‚ public health and globalization‚ among others. The course consists of four segments each with its own thematic focus. The course inquires into areas such as: ‘What are the primary concerns and points of focus within critical social science’? ‘What is the role of culture in the
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Molly Moar May 14‚ 2013 Social 10-1 Economic Globalization and Cultural Contact Economic Globalization and Cultural Contact Cultural contact is what occurs when two cultures come in contact with one another‚ though media‚ trade‚ or immigration. The film Avatar is based on cultural contact and the outcomes of this concept. Pocahontas‚ another example of a film based on cultural contact‚ both films are relatively alike‚ they show ethnocentrism to other races until two people from
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Drivers of Globalization There are two main drivers of Globalization which seem to underlie the trend towards greater globalization. First is the decline in barriers to the free flow of goods‚ services and capital that is occurred since the end of World War II. And the second driver is technological change in particular areas which has dramatic development in recent years as communication‚ information‚ processing‚ and transportation technologies. Declining Trade and Investment Barriers –
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“Reforming Globalization” Ivonne Daisy Salazar Hurtado MGMT 3105V GBC – Global Business in the 21st Century Walden University Alexandra Salas August 3‚ 2014 Globalization is an objective with which all companies include nowadays; the global expansion allows firms to increase their profitability and thus consequently the profit growth. As the article mentions the pursuit of a just society involves carefully balancing two contradictory necessities with regard to the
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Eden L. (1991) identifies three main components of globalization: 1. Convergence – production‚ financial‚ technology structures approach a common average standard 2. Synchronization- tendency for Triad nations (EU‚ Japan & USA) to move in tandem‚ experiencing the same business cycle patterns 3. Interpenetration- the growing importance of trade‚ investment & technology in each domestic economy Globalization is manifest through: • The rapid growth in international trade and international financial
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GLOBALIZATION. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. Globalization can be described as a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together. This process is a combination of economic‚ technological‚ sociocultural and political forces. It’s a movement of people‚ goods‚ capital and ideas due to increased economic integration. Globalization is a controversial issue mainly because different groups interpret it in different ways. For its opponents globalization is
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GLOBALIZATION OF MARKETS Theodore Levitt is often considered to be the first to recognize the trend towards globalization and states that: “companies must learn to operate as if the world were one large market – ignoring superficial regional and national differences…” In addition‚ he argues that the companies that do not adapt to the new global realities will become the victims of those that do. Theodore Levitt’s 1983 article about the globalization of markets is one of the most discussed
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Globalization and Inequality June 2010 I. Introduction The processes of global economic integration initiated in the 1960s have deeply impacted economic well-‐being across the globe. A number of observers identify these processes as an important factor contributing to the expansion of
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Cultural Globalization refers to the transmission of ideas‚ meanings and values across national borders. From the anthropological context culture is more indigenous and refers to elements that condition and distinguishes human life as opposed to other mammals and gives a sense of identity. The main ingredients are probably language‚ history‚ religion‚ customs‚ artifacts‚ cooking‚ values‚ traditions‚ and also dependent upon man’s capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations
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Vol. XVI‚ No. 2 APRIL-JUNE 1998 Education and globalization A ccording to the definition given by Jacques Hallak during the conference on “Educational Reconstruction and Transformation of Education. Challenges for the 21st Century”‚ globalization is a combination of much freer trade in goods and services combined with free capital movements. The phenomenon dates far back in history with the development of international trade. However‚ for the past few years‚ we have observed a high acceleration
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