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Globalization is a multi-dimensional set of social processes that generate and increase “worldwide social interdependencies and exchanges while at the same time fostering people a growing awareness of deepening connections between the local and the distant

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Globalization as a process

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Globality is a social condition characterized by trans-planetary connectivity and supra-territoriality.

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Globalization as a condition

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______ is a social condition characterized by trans-planetary connectivity and supra-territoriality.

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Globality

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Globality is a social condition characterized by __________ and ___________.

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trans-planetary, supra-territoriality

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6 core claims of Globalization as an Ideology

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  1. It is about liberalization
  2. It is inevitable and irreversible
  3. Nobody is in charge of it
  4. It benefits everyone
  5. It furthers the spread of democracy
  6. It requires a global war on terror
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Globalization is virtually synonymous with the birth and spread of ________
- Immanuel Wallerstein

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world capitalism

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Core countries according to the World Systems Paradigm

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Western Europe, North America, Japan

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Semi-Periphery countries according to the World Systems Paradigm

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China, Middle East

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Periphery countries according to the World Systems Paradigm

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Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia

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Globalization is a novel stage in the evolving system of world capitalism

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Global Capitalism Paradigm

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focuses on new global production and financial system

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Global Capitalism Paradigm

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emphasizes the rise of processes that cannot be framed within the nation-state/iinter-state system

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Global Capitalism Paradigm

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3 Planks of global Capitalism

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Transnational Production, Transnational Capitalists, Transnational State

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Globalization is caused by technology and technological changes
- Manuel Castells

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The Network Society School of Thought

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According the The Network Society School of Thought, Globalization is _________

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New Economy

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New economy is: _____, _____, _____

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informational, global, networked

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World class cities of major production, finances or coordinating of the world economy

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World Cities

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What are the three world cities?

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New York, London, Japan

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the local has been globalized

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glocalization

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________ is an umbrella concept encompassing a wide variety of transformative processes, practices and developments that take place simultaneously at the local level and global level.

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Transnationality

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religion, ethnicity, consumerism, language & tourism

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The Global Village

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fast-food restaurant dominating the world

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McDonaldization

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Coordinates the allocation and distribution of scarce resources

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Economic System

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The Bretton Woods Conference is formally known as the __________.

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United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference

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The Bretton Woods Conference:

Delegates from _____ countries agreed on the two international economic organizations _______, ________.

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44, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank

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Created after The Bretton Woods Conference

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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

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“keystone international economic organizations (KIEOs)”

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The Bretton Woods Institution

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When was the International Monetary Fund created?

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1945

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Its function is to provide short-term loans to prevent devaluation and retain the state’s fixed exchange rate in instances of the temporary balance of payment deficits.

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International Monetary Fund

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IMF has since been dominated by the _____ and has been much criticized for marginalizing the _____ and failing to include emerging economies in its decision making

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West, South

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Its function in international trade was to reduce trade barriers and provide a rules-based system that enabled fair and predictable trade.

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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

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The _____ operates as a multilateral trading system, meaning that its rules apply to all its members and that negotiations are conducted among all members.

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World Trade Organization

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A complex whole of agreements, rules, institutions, mechanisms and policies regarding exchange rates of international payment and the flow of capital.

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International Monetary System

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It is a monetary system in which the value of money is determined by two different metals.

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Bimetallism

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What were the two metals that determine the value of money?

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Gold and Silver

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It is a monetary system in which the value of a country’s currency or paper money is directly linked to gold.

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Classical Gold Standard

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Recessions, banking crises, the Great Depression, and the rise of fascism defined the 1920s and 1930s. Exchange rates were largely floating and protectionism was on the rise.

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Interwar Period

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Types of exchange rate system

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Managed float system of exchange rate

Free floating exchange rate system

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A system in which exchange rates are allowed to fluctuate between days within a certain range before the central bank intervenes to adjust them.

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Managed Flow System

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A flexible exchange rate system determined solely by market forces of demand and supply of foreign and domestic currency, with no government intervention, is known as clean or pure float.

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Free Floating Exchange Rate System

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Are one-sided, non-reciprocal trade preferences granted by developed countries to developing ones, with the goal of helping them to increase exports and spur economic development

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Unilateral Agreement

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is a trade agreement established between three or more countries with the intention of reducing barriers to trade, such as tariffs, subsidies, and embargoes, that limit a nation’s ability to import or export goods.

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Multilateral Agreement

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“one of the most legalized international institutions in the world”

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World Trade Organization

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It was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939.

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The Great Depressioin

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The Great Depression began after the _________ of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors

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stock market crash

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Regarded as the founder of modern macroeconomics

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John Maynard Keynes

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an international non-profit organization designed to increase the political and economic cooperation among its member countries

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United Nations

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it is the main deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the UN as it represents the 193 member states of the UN.

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General Assebly

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It serves as the gateway of the United Nations’ partnership with the rest of the world for the coordination, policy review, dialogue, recommendations, and implementations of international development goals.

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Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

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It is assigned of supervising the administration of Trust Territories placed under the International Trusteeship System.

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Trusteeship Council

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The Trusteeship Council is made up of the 5 permanent members of the Security Council which are:

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China, France, Russian Federation, Great Britain, and the United States

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it is the principal judicial organ of the UN.

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International Court of Justice

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It has a primary responsibility, under the UN Charter, for the maintenance of international peace and security.

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Security Council

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It carries out the substantive and administrative work of the United Nations as directed by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the other organs

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Secretariat

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