globalisation Flashcards
Who says that tech brings a risk society , increasing threats to our well being come from human made tech rather than natural disasters ?
Ulrich Beck
Who argues we live in a borderless world where TNC and consumers have more power than national governments who struggle to regulate activities of big business ?
Ohmae
Who defines disorganised capitalism as a concept that refers to a specific form of economic organisation characterised by a lack of coordination and regulation. This type of capitalism is often associated with periods of economic instability and social inequality ?
Lash and Urray
Who believes people have lost interest in social solidarity, politics and social relationships and instead are obsessed with a superficial culture driven by media and advertising?
Baudrillard and Lyotard
Who defines the death of the social as people losing interest in social solidarity, politics and social relationships and instead are obsessed with a superficial culture driven by media and advertising?
Baudrillard
Who argues people are influenced by the media and people reflect the media by how they behave ?
Baudrillard
Who defines simulacrum as images/objects which do not represent anything with a basis in reality e.g. Disneyland or ‘reality’ television?
Baudrillard
Who refers to hyperreality as a state where the lines between reality and image become blurred the point that the two are indistinguishable e.g. CGI films, photoshopped images?
Baudrillard
What Marxist sees postmodern society as the product of the recent stage of capitalism and in the 1970s there was an economic crisis with rising unemployment and rising prices?
Harvey
Who says reflexity means we have to constantly monitor and reflect on our actions. This leads to instability because nothing is fixed or permanent and everything is open to change (e.g. more divorce & family diversity)?
Giddens
Who says ‘disembedded’ means we no longer need face to face contact in order to interact, which makes interacting more impersonal and also says that tradition and custom have become much less important as a guide to how we act, and people put their own needs first (e.g. pure relationships)?
Giddens
Who says that late modern society has become characterised by man-made risks with global impact (e.g. global warming) and at the same time, tradition has become less important and reflexivity is more important.
Therefore we have to be more risk conscious about the consequences of our actions?
Beck
