Lesson 1: Introduction to the Study of Globalization Flashcards
It refers to the social phenomenon and events caused by people?
Globalization
What do you call the process of thinking outside from what’s familiar?
Sociological Imagination
How individuals influence society
Group dynamics
What do you call the sharing of culture, money, goods and products because of trade and advances in communication?
Globalization
This theory focuses on the world as a unit.
World Systems Theory
Three Players in the World Systems Theory?
Core Countries
Periphery Countries
Semi-Periphery Countries
What do you call countries that have strong central governments with enough tax to supoort itself, is economically diversified and is independent?
Core Countries
What do you call the countries that are relatively poor, focus on one industry and are usually influenced by core countries?
Periphery Countries
These countries are relatively diversified and are created when periphery countries are in their first stages to becoming a core country or when a core country are in their first stages of becoming a periphery country?
Semi-periphery countries
What is the biggest criticism of the World Systems Theory
It is too focused on economies
What do you call the theory in which it states that traditional countries will eventually become modern countries?
Modernization Theory
What do you call the theory wherein periphery countries will not accelerate to become core countries?
Dependency Theory
What do you call the perspective in which countries will eventually become integrated ?
Hyperglobalist Perspective
What do you call the perspective in which the world is becoming more regionalized rather than integrated?
Skeptical Perspective
What do you call the perspective in which national governments are changing but are changing in ways that are unknown to us?
Transformationalist Perspective
