AMS 207 Midterm

globalism

Ideologies that endow the concept of globalization with particular values and meanings

connections between colonialism and the global North/global South divide

the Global North took resources from the Global South to build itself up, eager to gain their own independent resource bases most European nation-states subjected large portions of the Global South to direct colonial rule

culture

the context in which economic, social and political life makes sense to its members. It is socially transmitted, produced by and for the people, dynamic (changing all the time), shared, and learned

globality

A social condition characterized by tight global economic, political, cultural, and environmental interconnections and flows that make most of the currently existing borders and boundaries irrelevant.

globalization skeptics

Highlight central role of politics in unleashing the forces of globalization, believe rapid expansion of global economic activity originated from political decisions to lift international decisions

hyperglobalizers

Argue politics has been rendered almost powerless by an unstoppable techno-economic juggernaut that will crush all governmental attempts to reintroduce restrictive policies and regulations, believe globalization inevitably involves the decline of bounded territory as a meaningful concept for understanding political and social change, power is located in global social formations

connections between colonialism and globalization

Colonialism is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically while globalization is the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale

economic globalization

Economic globalization refers to the intensification and stretching of economic interrelations across the globe

anti-globalization

Fear loss of national self-determination and destruction of their national cultures, pledge to protect home nation from foreign elements they believe are unleashing globalization

connections between Industrial Revolution and globalization

Railways, mechanized shipping, and intercontinental air transport along with telecommunication systems helped bring the world closer together therefore forcing globalization.

justice globalism

Refers to the political ideas and values associated with the social alliances and political actors increasingly known as the social justice movement

religious globalisms

Religion has now entered the "information age" and has globalized at accelerating rates. Religion is globalized through things such as books, movies, social networks, charity funds, etc.

market globalism

Seeks to endow globalization with free-market norms and neo-liberal meanings, dominant ideology of our time, 5 claims

alter-globalization

Subscribed to alternative visions of an integrated world that resist neoliberal projections of universal free-market principles

Global North/Global South

The North may be defined as the richer, more developed region and the South as the poorer, less developed region, many more factors differentiate between the two global areas. 95% of the North has enough food and shelter.[1] Similarly, 95% of the North has a functioning educational system. In the South, on the other hand, only 5% of the population has enough food and shelter. "It lacks appropriate technology, it has no political stability, the economies are disarticulated, and their foreign exchange earnings depend on primary product exports

sovereignty

The full right and power of a governing body to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies.

sacramental consumption

The product is consumed because of the implicit associations with a system of values. (Country, Star, etc.)

fragmegration

The use of different suppliers and component manufacturers in the production of a good; results in different companies producing component parts rather than the finished good, with the components being assembled as a final product elsewhere

liberalism

a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality

franchises

contractual relationships between companies that control brand labels and individuals who buy the right to use the brand's name and products but operate the business as their own

anthropological culture

includes the deep values, ideas, assumptions, social practices, and attitudes that members of a certain community share in an automatic way. It can also be described as the context in which economic, social, and political life makes sense to the members of the group

neoliberalism

measures privatization of public enterprises, deregulation of the economy, liberalization of trade and industry, massive tax cuts, monetarist measures to keep inflation in check, even at the risk of increasing unemployment, strict control on organized labor, reduction of public expenditures particularly social spending, downsizing of government, expansion of international markets, and removal of controls on global financial flows

globalization

myriad forms of connectivity and flows linking the local and national to the global, as well as the West to the East and the North to the South, a set of social processes of intensifying global interdependence

national sovereignty

the idea that independent nations, which have declared their independence, have an organized government and are self contained, while having a right to exist without other nations interfering

Westphalian Model

the self interests of a nation state, there is no legal structure to any nation state; sovereignty, territoriality, self-determinacy

American exceptionalism

the special character of the United States as a uniquely free nation based on democratic ideals and personal liberty; this is a cultural supplement to the state policies

nation-state

there are between 192-196 independent countries in the world today where they have imagined communities of people that share a sense of belong and this territory has an institution that is representing this country that has potential representation