the state has been weakened and the national control over the economy has been undermined due to the effects of globalization. There are three different perspectives that respond to globalization; hyper-globalists‚ skeptics and transformationalists. All of these perspectives will be discussed throughout the essay‚ followed by a conclusive decision as to whether globalization has had a positive or negative effect on the nation state‚ as well as the impact on social and economic
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as seen and treated by structuralists and further to see how it has come to be viewed by Chomsky and other transformationalists. Structuralism in linguistics has come to be used to mean various things‚ from the capacity for abstraction in organizing a model for ‘the cataloguing of languages structures and … the comparing of structural types’ (Harris‚ 1951:3) to what the transformationalists have come to label as ‘taxonomic’ model with its ‘reliance on procedures of segmentation and classification
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the widening‚ intensifying‚ speeding up‚ and growing impact of world-wide interconnectedness. Three broad accounts of the nature and meaning of globalization can be identified‚ referred to here as the hyperglobalist‚ the sceptical‚ and the transformationalist views. These define the conceptual space of the current intensive debate about globalization. The Hyper-globalists What distinguishes the present era from the past‚ argue the hyper-globalists‚ is the existence of a single global economy
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1. The three major schools of thought surrounding the phenomenon of globalisation are Hyperglobalizers‚ Sceptics and Transformationalists. Hyperglobalizers argues that Globalisation is here to stay. “Today’s global economy is genuinely borderless. Information‚ capital and innovation flow all over the world at top speed‚ enabled by technology and fuelled by consumers’ desires for access to the best and least expensive products”. (K. Ohmae‚ 1995) The main arguments put forward by Hyperglobalizers
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Geo 255 Tue Key focus: container Tension between mobility and fixity Containers 20 feet or 40 feet long : standard size for easy movement standard size ensures that containers are “intermodal” switch them among ship‚ road. Move via shipping‚ rail‚ and road networks Bulit Over 8000 container ships 12.5 million TEUs (20 foot equivalent units) Annual global trade estimated at 150 million TEUs “Invented” in 1956 The largest container ships 1995-1998 4‚000 to 8000 TEUs
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the University level. It also assesses the effectiveness of these approaches on student in translation program as well. One contention is that while behaviorist-inspired structuralist methodologies are best applicable at the beginning levels‚ transformationalist/cognitivist approach contributes tried methodologies to enhance the learners’ written and spoken skills in advanced stages. Advances in translation can be achieved through a study of the process of translation with an emphasis on a deductive
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elusive meaning of the term ‘globalisation’. The essay will then take thisdefinition and move on to use it to outline three different perspectives on what globalisationis. The three perspectives that will be used are the hyperglobalist‚ the transformationalist andthe sceptical (Held et al‚ 2000‚ p10). Each of these perspectives on globalisation will in turnattempt to answer the question of what is globalisation. Within outlining each of these perspective’s views on globalisation‚ each perspective’s
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Assessing and Responding To Globalization Summary of Issues and Learning Outcomes Lesson Outcome Inquiry Questions 11 Activity 11 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the extent that economic globalization impacts people‚ communities‚ and countries by writing a major response essay. Is globalization inevitable? To what extent is economic globalization desirable? To what extent should we embrace globalization? Are there alternatives to the process of globalization that we have examined
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Transformational grammar – is a linguistic theory also known as transformational-generative grammar. It arose in the 1950’s and considers the most important task of descriptive linguistics to be the construction of a transformational grammar. The theory was founded by the American linguist N. Chomsky; other adherents have included R. Lees‚ C. Fillmore‚ E. Klima‚ E. Bach‚ J. Katz‚ J. Fodor‚ M. Bierwisch‚ and R. Rüzicka. In the late 1960’s the concept of deep structure was reexamined owing to a growing
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Globalisation Convergence Theories – Kerr et al 1960 – Hardt & Negri – Ritzer – Hyperglobalists • Varieties of Capitalism • Forces drawing EU towards US model • Forces pulling EU apart Convergence Theories “Globalisation is the integration of product markets as a consequence of removing trade barriers; internationalisation of financial markets stimulated by deregulation restrictions on capital flows‚ cross-border spread of technological advances and transnational organisation of production
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