Globalising Flashcards
Globalising
People incorporated into a single society, global society
Globalisers/Hyperglobalisers
Belief that transforming set of social processes are moving us into a new chapter of human history
Globalisation as the main driver of nearly all significant social change
Rejectionists
Existing accounts of globalisation are incorrect and exaggerated; made out of little actual evidence
Globaloney haha
Modifiers
Truth, but think a few things need to be tweaked
Label has been applied in a historically imprecise manner
Sceptics
Globalisation is limited
Eurocentric (centered around Europe, East Asia, North America)- large parts of world still don’t have access (e.g. internet, electricity
Economic Dimension
Intensification and stretching of economic interrelations across the globe
Labour, jobs, capital, goods and services
Limited, instantaneous
Political Dimension
Expansion and acceleration of political relations and interdependencies across world time and space
Raises issues regarding to politics of modern nation state and international states system
Cultural Dimension
Intensification and expansion of cultural flows and interdependencies around the world
Use of language, shape of world religions, global media, food, fashion
Ecological Dimension
Compression of natural environments
Pollution, atmosphere ocean, global warming
Ideological Dimension
Political ideologies; influence; driven towards goals and ends
Racism, scapegoating, distracting attention
Justice Globalism
Social justice- equal access
Participative democracy
Movement for sustainability