Contemporary World First Lesson Flashcards
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In the groups of “globaloneys” this group disputes the usefulness of globalization as a sufficiently precise analytical concept.
Rejectionists
This is one of the
most popular subjects of contemporary
academic research.
Globalization
It is the stretching of economic, political, and social relationships in space and time.
Globalization
When did the interest for global study increase?
1960s and 1970s
Academic literature describes it as a process, a
condition, a system, a force, and an age.
Globalization
Proponents of this view contend that existing accounts of globalization are incorrect,
imprecise, or exaggerated.
Globaloneys
What category of globaloney does the argument below fall into?
Susan Strange (1996) considers
globalization as a vacuous term,
suggesting that it has been used
in academic discourse to refer
to ‘anything from internet to a
hamburger.’
Rejectionists
This description of globalization as ‘globaloney’ falls into three categories.
- Rejectionists
- Sceptics
- Modifiers
Members of this group of baloneys point to the limited nature of the globalizing processes,
emphasizing that the world is not nearly as integrated as many globalization
proponents claim;
Sceptics
This group of critics disputes
the novelty of the process while acknowledging the existence of moderate globalizing
tendencies.
Modifiers
What category of globaloney does the argument below fall into?
Globalization is an analytically
impoverished concept (the
same as nationalism) because of
its complexity and ambiguity.
This characteristic often leads
to the legitimation of some
claims while delegitimizing the
others (Calhoun, 1993)
Rejectionists
They emphasize the limited
nature of current globalizing
process. Which group/category of globaleys use this argument?
Sceptics.
What are the 3 concepts of globalization?
Most Popular subject during the
60s and 70s
Various scholars introduced
several approaches in
understanding the notion of
globalization.
While Scholar motivated to
formulate a universal concept of
globalization this led to certain
divide on the lenses and suits of
studying globalization
It is the expansion and intensification of
social relations and consciousness
across world time and across world
space.
Globalization
What are the 4 conflicting interpretations of globalization
1.Globalization as Globaloney
- Globalization as Economic Process
- Globalization as Political Process
- Globalization as Cultural Process
This group points the limited nature of globalizing process, according to them
the world is not fully integrated as many globalization proponents claim
Sceptics
What group of globaloneys uses the argument “Hirst, Thompson and Bromley
(2009) asserted that the world
is not truly a global economic
phenomenon but rather
centered on Europe, Easter
Asia and North America.
Majority of economic activity
around the world remains
primarily national in origin and
scope.”
Sceptics
What are the weakness point of improvement of Rejectionists?
Challenge the academic
community to provide additional
examples of how the term
globalization obscures more than it
enlightens
Complement the social scientific
enterprise of exploring
globalization as an objective
process with more interpretative
studies of the ideological project of
globalism
This group of globaloneys critics the novelty of the globalization process while they
acknowledge the existence of moderate globalizing tendencies;
Modifiers
It is an outlook that is limited to one’s immediate community.
Parochialism
What are the weakness points of improvement of the Sceptics?
Hirst and Thompson set a
overly high standards in order
for the economy to be counted
as “fully globalized”
Their efforts to construct an
abstract model of a perfectly
globalized economy
unnecessarily polarize the
topic by pressuring the
readers to either completely
embrace or entirely reject the
concept of globalization.
Accordingly, he
assigns to culture and
ideology merely
subordinate role as ‘idea
systems” on the ‘real’
movements of the
capitalist world economy.
The most serious shortcoming of the
Hirst-Thompson Thesis lies in an
attempt to counteract neo-liberal
economic determinism with a good
of Marxist economic
determinism.
What group of globaloneys uses the argument “Hirst and Thompson added
that without a truly global
economic system, there can be no globalization [Hirst-
Thompson Thesis].”
Sceptics
What group of globaloney uses the argument “This group disputes the novelty
of the process, implying that
the label ‘globalization’ has
often been applied in a
historically imprecise manner.”
Modifiers
What group of globaloneys uses the argument “Hirst-Thompson Thesis
emphasizes the “iron logic of
economic globalization.”
According to this, the iron logic
of economic globalization tends
to produce disempowering
political effects.”
Sceptics
