Globalisation Flashcards
Globalisation
All those processes by which the very different people and cultures of the world have been incorporated into one single global society.
Wiseman 1998
“The term ‘globalisation’ can be misused and misunderstood and therefore needs careful consideration when it is being used and defined in sociology.”
Cochrane and Pain (2000)
Problems with globalisation definition.
Definition of globalisation
Cohen and Kennedy, 2000
A series of tranformaions of the world, including changes in the concept of time and spae, interdependent economies increasing cultureal interaction and increasingly shared problems.
Definition of globlisation
Cochrane and Pain, 2000
The emergence of a global economic and cultural system which is incorporating the people of the world into a single global society.
Definition of globalisation
Giddens, 1990
Globalisation can be defined as the intensification of the worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happening are shaped by events occuring many miles away and vice versa.
Cultural Homogenisation
A process whereby as globalisation occurs, a world culture emerges which means that local cultural practices are less significant.
Cultural defence
Refer to the idea that as various groups recognise that their cultural practices may be threatned by homogensing forces, they protect and reinforce their own cultures to make sure that they remain distinct.
