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Reading 1-2 Flashcards

1
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3 processes of globalization

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  • economic
  • political
  • cultural
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7 aspects of globalization

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  • financial
  • economic
  • political
  • cultural
  • sociological
  • technological
  • ecological
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aspects involved in economic process

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  • financial aspect
  • economic aspect
  • technological aspect
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Interconnection of the world’s financial systems e.g. stock markets

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financial aspect

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financial aspect primarily relates to:

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  • finance
  • currency
  • money
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A worldwide economic system that permits easy movement of goods, production, capital, and resources (free trade facilitates this)

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economic aspect

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economic aspect primarily relates to:

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goods and services

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tangible aspect

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economic aspect

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intangible aspect

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financial aspect

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The connection between nations through technology such as television, radio, telephones, internet, etc.

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technological aspect

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technological aspect relates to economic process by facilitating __________

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economic transactions

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12
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aspect involved in political process

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  • political aspect
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Countries are attempting to adopt similar political policies and styles of government in order to facilitate other forms of globalization

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political aspect

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political aspect primarily relates to:

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  • government
  • governance
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15
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concepts included in political aspect

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  • national laws
  • security
  • sovereignty
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16
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facilitate action and development

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treaties

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17
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aspects included in cultural process

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  • cultural aspect
  • ecological aspect
  • sociological aspect
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Merging or “watering down” of the world’s cultures – e.g. food, entertainment, language, etc.

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cultural aspect

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cultural aspect relates to ______

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inculturation

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20
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cultural aspect also includes the exchange of _____ and _____

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  • values
  • attitudes
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21
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cultural aspect is the ______ of foreign cultural practices such as in fashion and film entertainment

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adaptation

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Seeing the Earth as a single ecosystem rather than a collection of separate ecological systems because so many problems are global in nature

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ecological aspect

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23
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negative effects of globalization

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trade-off

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manifestations of trade-off

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  • overproduction
  • overconsumption
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A growing belief that we are all global citizens and should all be held to the same standards – and have the same rights

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sociological aspect

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sociological aspect refers to how _____ can be similar among different demographics

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social issues

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27
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concerns of sociological aspect

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basic human rights (SOGIE education and gender equality)

28
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sociological aspect is affected by _____ that is related to financial aspect

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social status

29
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points to transnational process as the reason behind certain accounts instead of globalization and its related processes

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globalization as globaloney

30
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Existing accounts of globalization are said to be:

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  • incorrect
  • imprecise
  • exaggerated
31
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4 approaches to globalization

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  • rejectionists
  • skeptics
  • modifiers
  • optimist/positivists/transformationalist
32
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Reject/opposes all the so-called positive effects of globalization (and its effects)

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rejectionists

33
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doubtful

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skeptics

34
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dispute the current level of globalization as been less than perceived, even at a “most optimistic” lens

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modifiers

35
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Dispute the usefulness of globalization as a sufficiently precise analytical concept

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rejectionists

36
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acc to ______, “globalization’ does not constitute an accurate label for the actual state of affairs”

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skeptics

37
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Refers to those pro-globalization; e.g, author Steger

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optimist / positivist / transformationalist

38
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  • Highly industrialized
  • Strong economies
  • Dominates policies
  • North America, Europe, and Eastern Asia
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global north

39
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  • Developing Economies
  • “Third-World”
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global south

40
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Situation where power is concentrated in the hands of a limited number of people

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elitism

41
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grouping of nations which share a sense of interconnection

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region

42
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Emergence of the term “globalization”

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1960s

43
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year wherein globalization gained more prominence

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1970s

44
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in ____ globalization became a household term (more widely-known or integrated)

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1990s

45
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globalization took new heights in complement to (fast-paced) modernization and the internet in the _____

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2000s

46
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globalization was already observable when:

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humans first started interacting with one another

47
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globalization is defined as:

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  • broad and inclusive
  • narrow and exclusive
48
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Definition includes a variety of issues and opportunities where different sectors may participate

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broad and inclusive

49
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Focuses on one aspect of globalization

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narrow and exclusive

50
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The increasing sameness in the world as cultural inputs, economic factors, and political orientations of societies create common practices, common economies and common government.

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homogeneity of globalization

51
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The creation of various cultural practices, new economies and political groups because of the interaction of elements from different societies of the world

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heterogeneity of globalization

52
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heterogeneity of globalization is characterized by the ______ by combining acquired influences with existing local routines

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creation of a new culture

53
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associated with cultural hybridation

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heterogeneity of globalization

54
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Selective adaptation of cultural elements, then processed through fusing/localizing/localization which leads to it becoming hybridized

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cultural hybridization

55
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Globalization + localization =

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glocalization

56
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glocalization is coined by _____

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Roland Robertson

57
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Simultaneous occurrence of both universalizing and particularizing tendencies in contemporary social, political, and economic systems

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glocalization

58
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creation of products or services for the global market by adapting them to local cultures

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glocalization in the marketing context

59
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heterogenous globalization suggests that world is still _____ and _____ exist

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  • not entirely the same
  • distinctions
60
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current status of the PH in terms of economic and political process

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homogenous

61
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current status of the PH in terms of cultural process

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heterogenous

62
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barriers that prevent or make difficult the movement of things

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solidity of globalization

63
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landforms or bodies of water

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natural

64
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barriers like Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall; Imaginary lines (e.g. nine dash line)

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man-made

65
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Barriers can be _______

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removed

66
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the tendency to melt barriers and the process involves faster interconnection or flow of things across boundaries

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liquidity and flow of globalization

67
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liquidity and flow refers to the _______ of people, things, information, and places in the contemporary world

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increasing ease of movement

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