Unit 12 Flashcards
the social processes that are expanding and intensifying connections across nation-states
Globalization
organizations that operate in more than one country
Transnational Organizations
a socially constructed in-group based on a shared planet
Global Imagined Community
the social processes that are expanding and intensifying connections across nation-states
Globalization
a transnational economic process that involves extracting natural resources, transforming them into goods, and marketing and distributing them to consumers
Global Commodity Chains
a practice in which countries claim control over territories, the people in them, and their natural resources, then exploit them for economic gain
Colonialism
urban areas that act as key hubs in the world economy
Global Cities
a population constitutes a nation, united by a common descent, a common language and many forms of shared culture.
Nation State System
a global market organized by a capitalist economy
World System
the practice of kidnapping human beings, transporting them around the world, and selling them for profit
Global Slave Trade
the unequal distribution of wealth, power, prestige, resources, and influence among the world’s nations
Global Stratification
a relatively small group of interconnected people who occupy top positions in globally important social institutions
Global Power Elite
those that are less developed than the semi-periphery and core countries.
Peripheral Country
the industrializing, mostly capitalist countries which are positioned between the periphery and core countries
Semi-Peripheral Country
dominant, capitalist countries characterized by high levels of industrialization and urbanization
Core Country
