Modern Or Post-Modern Globalisation Flashcards
Whilst already prominent in Korea, who introduced the printing press to the west?
Johannes Gutenberg, approx 1440
Benefits of the printing press
• Higher levels of literacy
• Improved education =
- reduced poverty
- improved economic conditions
Who coined the term ‘Fordism’?
Antonio Gramsci (1934) “Americanism and Fordism”
What is proto-globalisation?
a phase of increased trade links that characterised the period immediately before modern globalisation - HOPKINS (2003) ‘Globalisation in World History’
One of the first major acts preventing immigration to the UK
1971 immigration act
what is incipient globalisation?
the initial stages of globalisation. lacking technology to become full globalisation
SCHOLTE (2005) ‘Globalization: A Critical Introduction’
what is expansionism
a shift where globalisation becomes dominated by the west, it is an expansion of Europe and North America.
HOPKINS (2003) ‘Globalisation in World History’
which railroad was completed in 1869?
The First Transcontinental Railroad
allowed trade to occur far more easily
what is ‘Belle Époque’ (beautiful area) referring to?
used to describe the period 1870-1914. The intensification of trade, migration and economic interaction.
HIRST & THOMPSON (1996) ‘Globalisation in Question’
who argues that the third world are marginalised in terms of trade and investment?
HIRST & THOMPSON (1996) ‘Globalisation in Question’
argue that economic power is focused on the ‘triad’ (East Asia, Western Europe and North America). Globalisation is not equal, and certainly not benefitting many countries.
who argued that modernity is an expansion of the west?
GIDDENS (1995) ‘Time-space distanciation and the generation of power’
What is time-space distanciation?
The stretching of social systems across space and time. People are no longer limited to particular spaces (skype, online banking etc). No longer need for face-to-face contact.
GIDDENS’ 1995 quote about about no need for face-to-face contact:
“The modes of connection between different social context or regions become networked across the earths surface as a whole”
when was the heyday of globalisation?
1870-1914, according to HIRST & THOMPSON (1996). More migration, more globally encompassing trade, not just the triad.
Why was 1914-1945 a period of de-globalisation?
World Wars prevented economic growth, connectivity and interdependency. Nationalism in states.
1929 financial crash restricted trade.
