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Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, Manfred Steger Ch.1-2 Flashcards

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Contested Concept

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Term used to describe globalization. Scholars struggle to agree on a definition and completely understand what it means

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Dichotomy

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division between two things that are different

Example: “west against the rest”

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Transnational

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company/organization which operates internationally

Ex: Geneva Conference, Olympics

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TNC’s

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Transnational Corporations

Ex: adidas, coca-cola, Visa, BP, McDonalds

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Glocal

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characterized by local and global considerations

Ex: World Cup

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FIFA

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International Federation of Football Associations. Organized in 1930, governing body of association football

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infrastructure

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structures and facilities for a society such as buildings, roads, power

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global imaginary

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being aware of personal belonging within a global community

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globality

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social condition that make physical boundaries irrelevant because of global affairs

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globalization

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“connectivity and flows linking the local/national to the global”, intensification of social relations

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static condition

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little to no change

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dynamic process

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conditions within society that are always changing, interaction between different social process

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social process

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the ways a society or culture change or stay the same

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social institutions

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relationship patterns that function across an entire society.

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social network

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connections that cut across political, economic, cultural, and geographical boundaries

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When did the term globalization become commonly used?

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Traced back to the 1940s, but because common during the “Roaring Nineties” because of the increase of interdependence of social life.

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What is the “steamroller perspective” of globalization?

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Strong force that diminishes any local distinctiveness.

Example: Americanization

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Global-local nexus

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a structure or system that is neither local nor global, such as the World Cup

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Three assertions of globalization:

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  1. We are leaving behind the conditions of modern nationality
  2. We are moving towards new conditions of postmodern globality.
  3. We haven’t yet reached it
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4 qualities of globalization

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  1. Creation and multiplication of new and existing social networks.
  2. Expansion and stretching of social relations, activities, and connections
  3. Intensification and acceleration of social exchange
  4. Emphasized global imaginary
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Interdependence

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a mutual reliance between two separate things

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innovation

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creation or introduction of new methods or ideas

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civil society

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community linked by common interests and collective activities

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time-space compression

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anything that alters quantities of and relationships between space and time
Ex: internet

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Eurocentric perspective

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refers to European exceptionalism

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civil society associations

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Refers to the third sector

Distinct from non-profit gov’t and business

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Divergence

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people and social connections stemming from a single origin but moving and diversifying over time and space

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convergence

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different and widely spaced people and social connections coming together more rapidly than ever before

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Stratified society

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people within a society are ranked or categorized, hierarchy

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patriarchal social structure

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males hold primary power in politics, authority, social privilege, and control of property

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bureaucracy

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system of government with state officials instead of elected officials

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Mesopotamia

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ancient regions of SW Asia (Modern day Iraq)

Invention of writing and agriculture

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Enlightenment

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18th century, time in western Europe that developed social practices that focused on reason and analysis, and emphasized sciences

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Modernity

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term associated with the 18th century European Enlightenment, marked by objective science and achieving universal form of morality and law

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demographic change

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shift in a specific aspect of society such as population, age, or language

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Global North

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developed countries

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Global South

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less developed countries

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socialism

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distribution and exchange owned and regulated by the whole society

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bourgeoise

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the group that controls means of production

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social movement

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group of people working toward a common societal change

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MAD

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mutually assured destruction

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Cold War

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1947-1991, state of political hostility that divided the world into the “liberal capitalist First World” and the “authoritarian-socialist” second world

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Prehistoric Period dates

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10,000 BC- 3500 BC

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Premodern Period dates

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3500 BC- 1500 CE

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Early Modern Period dates

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1500- 1750

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Modern Period dates

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1750-1980

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Contemporary Period dates

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1980 to present

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class solidarity

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aspects wishing a society that bind people togehter

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cosmopolitan

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familiar/ at ease with many different countries

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When did the term globalization become commonly used?

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Traced to the 1940s but became popular in the “Roaring Nineties”

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Steamroller perspective

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globalization is a strong force that diminishes any “local distinctiveness”
ex. Americanization

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Global-local nexus

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(globalization) a structure or system that is neither local nor global

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The 3 assertions affirmed by globalization

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  1. Slowly leaving behind the condition of modern nationality.
  2. Moving towards a new condition of post-modern globally.
  3. We haven’t yet reached it.
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6 parts of the Buddhist parable of the blind scholars

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politics, culture, environment, economics, religion, ideology

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Explain Steger’s 4 qualities of globalization

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  1. Creation & multiplication of new and existing social networks
  2. Expansion & stretching of social relations, activities, and connections
  3. Intensification & acceleration of social exchange
  4. Emphasized global imaginary
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Rise of the ‘modern’ nation-state during the 18th century:

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has to do with European Enlightenment and developing objective science to achieve universal form of morality and law

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Features of the prehistoric period

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hunter& gathers, nomadic

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Features of the premodern period

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writing, silk road, technological advances, such as paper, silk, fabric, and metal work.

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Features of the early modern period

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enlightenment, capitalist world system

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features of the contemporary period

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deregulation of national economies, convergence and expansion, technological revolution

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Features of the modern period

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Cold war (1945-1991), convergence, increased population, immigration

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