WEEK 1: INTRO TO GLOBALIZATION Flashcards
one can say that this is a very important change, if not, the most important
globalization
the reality and omnipresence of ____________ makes us see ourselves as part of what we refer to as the “global age”
globalization
the __________ and _________ of globalization makes us see ourselves as part of what we refer to as the “global age”
reality, omnipresence
the reality and omnipresence of globalization makes us see ourselves as part of what we refer to as the “___________”
global age
true or false: based on one of the definitions of globalization, it can be contained within a specific time frame, all people, and all situations
false
this encompasses a multitude of processes that involves economy, political systems, and culture
globalization
globalization encompasses an multitude of processes that involves these 3
economy, political systems, culture
he formulated the positive definition of globalization, stating that “the process of world shrinkable, of distances getting shorter, things moving closer. it pertains to the increasing ease with which somebody on the side of the world can interact, to mutual benefit, with somebody on the other side of the world.”
journalist thomas larsson
he regarded globalization as colonization; regression, colonialism, and destabilization
martin khor
this is when and where the first definition of globalization appeared
webster’s dictionary, 1961
this definition of globalization revealed that definitions could be classified as either
- broad and inclusive
- narrow and exclusive
literature definition
this is the broad and inclusive literature definition of globalization
“globalization means the onset of the borderless world”
this definition covers a variety of issues that deal with overcoming traditional boundaries
broad and inclusive literature definition
“the characteristic of globalization trend the internationalizing of production, the new international division of labor, new migratory movements from south to north..”
narrow and exclusive literature definition of globalization
no matter how one classifies a definition of globalization, the concept is _______ and _________, as the definition deals with either ___________, _______, or ___________ dimensions
complex, multifaceted, economic, political, social
true or false: to kumar, the debate about what can be done about globalization and what it is similar. this in relation to what academics have claimed about the definition of globalization - it is an important task
false
a more recent definition was given by him, “globalization is a trans planetary process or a set of processes involving increasing liquidity and growing multidirectional flows of people. objects, places, and information as well as the structures they encounter and create that are barriers to, or expedite those flows”
ritzer (2015)
it is a trans planetary process or a set of processes involving increasing liquidity and growing multidirectional flows of people, objects, places, and information as well as the structures they encounter and create that are barriers to, or expedite those flows
globalization
the __________ of the person who defines globalization shapes its definition
perspective
these definitions imply that globalization is ________________________________
many things to many different people
globalization is a _______, and the ______ is globalization
debate
globalization is a _______. it is changing as human society develops
reality
the 2 metaphors of globalization
solid and liquid
solid or liquid: the epochs that preceded today’s globalization paved the way for people, things, information, and places to harden over time
solid
solid or liquid: bauman’s idea; phenomena change quickly and their aspects, spatial and temporal, are in continuous fluctuation
liquid
