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To journalists, it refers to the integration of national markets into global markets, often associated with increased free trade.

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Globalization

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An agreement between two or more nations to reduce barriers to imports and exports among them.

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Free Trade

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Whose perspective that used as an interdisciplinary approach to define Globalization process as the expansion and intensification of social relations.

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Manfred Steger

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Refers to both the creation of new social networks & the multiplication of existing connections that cut across traditional borders.

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Expansion

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Refers to the expansion, stretching, and acceleration of these networks.

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Intensification

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Globalization occur on multiple and interesting dimensions of integrations called what?

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Scapes (Flow)

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Who posits that Globalization occur on intersecting dimensions called “scapes”?

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Arjun Apparudai

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Refers to the global movement of people

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Ethnoscape

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about the flow of culture or media

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Mediascape

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Refers to the circulation of mechanical goods and software.

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Technoscape

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Denotes the global circulation of money.

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Financescape

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Realm where political ideas move around.

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Ideoscape

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According to Steger, it is an ideology, a widespread belief among powerful people that the global integration of economic markets is beneficial for everyone.

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Globalism

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A complicated, intersecting, confusing process.

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Globalization

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Criticisms are geared towards the manifestation of what?

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Globalism

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According to IMF, a historical process representing the result of human innovation and technological progress.

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Economic Globalization

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The first indicator of economic globalization.

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Increase of GDP

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2nd indicator of Economic Globalization

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Investments are moving all around the World

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3rd indicator of Economic Globalization

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speed and frequency of trading

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When did full economic globalization begin?

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Galleon Trade, 1571

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It connected Manila to Acapulco, Mexico. The first time the Americas were connected to Asian trading routes.

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Galleon Trade

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System of global trade with multiple restrictions (such as imposition of high tariffs and etc.)

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Age of Mercantilism

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It seeks to create a global economic system that would ensure a longer-lasting global peace.

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Bretton Wood System

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Who influenced the creation of Bretton Wood System?

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Maynard Keynes

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He believes that economic crises occur not when a country does not have enough money, but when money is not being spent.
John Maynard Keynes
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Two financial systems created by The Bretton Wood Sytems:
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) & International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Shortly after Bretton, countries commit to ______, which aims to reduce tariffs and other hindrances to free trade.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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A form of economic thinking where governments poured money into their economies, allowing people to purchase more, and in the process increase demand for these products.
Neoliberalism
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Advocates for the minimal government spending to reduce government debt, privatization of government controlled services, and reduction of tariffs
Washington Consensus
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Actors that facilitate economic globalization:
Government, market, MNC, IO
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A structure that allows buyers and sellers to exchange any type of goods, services, and information.
The Market
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A firm that has the power to coordinate and control operations in more than two countries.
Multinational Corporation (MNC)
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According to Ian Hurd, they provide tools and resources by which countries try to advance their interests in world politics and economy.
International Organizations (IOs)
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Term used by academics, refers to a country and its government.
Nation-State
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A group that is linked through common descent, culture, language or territorial contiguity.
Nation
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A community of people permanently occupying a definite proportion of territory, having a government of their own, and enjoying sovereignty.
State
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It is where individuals negotiate, argue, struggle against, or agree with each other. You and I are part of this.
Civil Society
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A dynamic nongovernmental system of interconnected socio-economic institutions that link the whole earth.
Global Civil Society
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International not-for-profit organizations that perform public functions but are not established or run by nation-states.
International Nongovernmental Organizations (INGOs)
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An entity created by treaty, involving 2 or more nations, to work in good faith, on issues of common interest.
International Governmental Organizations (IGOs)
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UN is called a _______ because all countries are allowed membership.
Global Organization
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If an organization has expertise on a wide variety of topics it is called ______.
general IGO
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Organizations that limit their membership to states within the designated regions.
regional IGO
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They base their membership on criteria other than geography. Ex: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OECD) and Organization of Petroleum Exporting Country (OPEC).
Selective organization
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_______ IGOs, such as NATO, limit their activities to a particular field.
Specialized IGO
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Refers to the political, military, and other diplomatic engagements between two or more countries.
International Relations
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The phenomenon which exhibits the deepening of the political, military, and other diplomatic engagements between 2 or more countries.
Internationalization
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It is said to be the modern day concept of sovereignty.
Treaty of Westphalia
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The power of the state to rule within its territory.
Internal Sovereignty
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The freedom of the state of the state to carry out its activities without subjection to or control by other states.
External Sovereignty
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When was the Treaty of Westphalia created? To end what?
1648 To end the 30 years war between the major continental powers in Europe.
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Who challenged the Treaty of Westphalia by spreading the French Revolution principles?
Napoleon Bonaparte
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What are the French Revolution principles?
liberty, equality, and fraternity.
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The Napoleonic Code
1. Prohibition of Birth Privileges 2. Encouragenent of Religious Freedom 3. Promotion of Meritocracy
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The defeat of Napoleon resulted to the restoration of the Westphalian system and gave birth to __________ or the alliance of Great Powers.
Concert of Europe
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It is a system of heightened interaction between various sovereign states, particularly the desire for greater cooperation and unity among states.
Internationalism
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Citizens of other contries must give up some freedom and establish a continuously growing state
Liberal Internationalism
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Rejects nationalism
Socialist Internationalism
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Owners of factories, companies, and other means of production.
Capitalist Class
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Those who do not own the means of production or the workers.
Proletariat Class
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When was the creation of United Nations?
After World War II
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Who was influenced by Mazzini who became an advocate of the League of Nations (which gave birth to WHO and ILO) at the end of World War I?
US President Woodrow Wilson
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The process where states in an international order continue to adhere to certain global norms despite the lack of a single government.
Global Governance
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When and where was the UN created?
During San Francisco Conference at the United States from April 25 - June 26, 1945.
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The main deliberative policymaking and representative organ.
The General Assembly
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Considered by many to be the most powerful organ. The P5 ( China, France, Russia, UK and USA)
The Security Council
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Principal body for coordination, policy review, dialogue and recommendations on social issues.
The Economic and Social Council
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Its task is to settle inter-state legal disputes with the consent of both parties.
The International Court of Justice
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It is bureaucracy of the UN, serving as a kind of international civil service.
The Secretariat

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