1 - Globalisation Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is Dicken’s definition of globalisation?
‘A global shift of economic activity, whereby an international economy has increasingly given way to one which is global in scope’ - (Dicken, 1992)
What is Katz’s definition of globalisation/the global shift?
‘Global trade has been going on for millennia though what constitutes the globe has expanded dramatically in that time’ - (Katz, 2001)
What are the different ways globalisation affects economics, politics and cultures?
Economic Globalisation, Globalising Politics & Cultures of Circulation
What is Allen’s definition of economic globalisation?
‘an ever-tightening mesh of networks which strengthens the interdependencies between different parts of the globe’(Allen, 1995)
What are some examples of economic globalisation?
MNCs, GPNs(Global Production Networks), Just in Time Capitalism
How does O’Tuathail define globalising politics?
‘the territoriality of global affairs no longer primarily mastered by nation states’(O’Tuathail 1996: 239)
What are some examples of globalising politics?
International institutions e.g. NATO, Global corporations etc
How does (Harvey, 1991) question the relationship between globalisation and culture?
He debates whether globalisation dissolves place identity or transforms them into unique nodes in global flows
What global events spurred on globalisation?
Declonisation, the invention of the container, collapse of Soviet Union/end of Cold War & the World Wide Web
Why was the container so important?
Created global production network
Eased the movement of products throughout the globe
Allowed for just in time capitalism(Sayer, 1986) to ensue
Aided the creation of the global factory(Levinson, 2008)
How did the collapse of the USSR contribute to globalisation?
It resulted in the end of the tripartite order(1st, 2nd, 3rd world) and a victory for capitalism, allowing for global production networks to be fully established
What was the argument behind (Fukuyama, 1992) stating that the dissolution of the Soviet Union had led to ‘the end of history’?
With the ascendancy of Western liberal democracy, humanity has reached the end of history.
Western liberal democracy has become the final form of human government as it has been universalised - essentially, we have transitioned into a new socioeconomic epoch
What is space-time compression?(Harvey, 1990)
Capital moves at a pace faster than ever before, as the production, circulation and exchange of capital happens at ever increasing speeds - particularly with the aid of advanced communication and transportation technologies - he argues that this is the driving force behind globalisation.
What are some counter arguments to space-time compression?(Katz, 2001) & (Massey, 2007)
(Katz, 2001) - No compression but stretching of space/time, (Massey, 2007) - Globalisation should be grounded as it looks different according to where you look at it from
What are some arguments against globalisation?(Engler, 2007)
Anti-globalisation activists argue that globalisation was creating dependency on the Global North for countries from the Global South, and that they envision ‘‘a world in which many worlds fit.’’ - (Engler, 2007)
