Theories of Globalization

The powerful and wealthy "core" societies dominate and exploit weak and poor peripheral societies.

• World System Theory

• Glocalization

• The Transnational Practices

• The Network Society

According to Leslie Sklair Globalization perpetuates inequality – global economic system is inherently unfair

• True

• False

Globalization has led to the creation of a “global risk society.”

• Immanuel Wallerstien

• Manuel Castells

• Anthony Giddens

• Marshall Mcluhan

What theory emphasizes that globalization is a network of production, culture, and power that is constantly shaped by advances in technology, which range from communications technologies to genetic engineering.

• Time-Space Distanciation

• Theories of Global Culture

• McDonaldization

• The Network Society

It is a process whereby globalization causes one culture to consume another.

• Homogenization

• Hybridization

• Polarization

• Heterogeneity

Etnoscapes is the migration of people across cultures and borders

• Manuel Castells

• Immauel Wallerstein

• Arjun Appadurai

• Anthony Giddens

Marshall McLuhan describes the phenomenon of the world’s culture shrinking and expanding at the same time due to pervasive technological advances that allow for instantly sharing of culture.

• Global City

• Global Village

• Global Culture

• Global Risk Societies

• Culture

GLOCALIZATION means that ideas about home, locality and community have been extensively spread around the world.

• True

• False

Theories of Globalization

• The Global Village-Marshall McLuhan

• Global Risk Society-Anthony Giddens

• The Network Society-Manuel Castells

• The World-System Theory -Immanuel Wallerstein

• Theories of Global Capitalism-Roland Robertson

Homogenization is the name given to the process whereby globalization causes one culture to consume another. It would tend to highlight the rise of world beat, world cuisines, world tourism, uniform consumption patterns and cosmopolitanism

• True

• False