Perspectives on Globalisation - Quiz

According to Karl Marx, who owns the means of production in a capitalist system?

• The proletariat

• The government

• The bourgeoisie

• The monarchy

What is the key contradiction in capitalism according to Marx?

• High wages versus government control

• Workers wanting higher wages while capitalists want to keep wages low

• Businesses wanting to pay more but being unable to

• The struggle between the military and the economy

How does Marxism view globalisation?

• As an expansion of capitalism that increases exploitation worldwide

• As a way to create equal wealth for all

• As a system controlled by the government

• As a neutral economic force

What does Immanuel Wallerstein’s World-Systems Theory divide the world into?

• The wealthy and the poor

• Core, periphery, and semi-periphery regions

• Eastern and Western economies

• Capitalist and socialist countries

What is a characteristic of core countries in World-Systems Theory?

• They control global finance and advanced industries

• They depend on agricultural exports

• They are politically unstable

• They rely on foreign aid

Why do periphery countries struggle to develop economically?

• They lack natural resources

• They are exploited for cheap labour and raw materials by core countries

• Their governments are too powerful

• They focus too much on technology

What concept does feminist theory use to explain how gender intersects with other inequalities?

• Globalisation theory

• Intersectionality

• Postmodernism

• World-Systems Theory

Why do feminists criticise globalisation?

• It often reinforces gender inequalities, such as low wages for female workers in developing countries

• It only benefits men

• It does not affect women at all

• It has eliminated discrimination

What term did Arlie Hochschild introduce to describe women migrating to care for children in wealthier countries?

• Feminisation of migration

• Economic migration

• Global care chains

• Transnational feminism

What do postmodernists argue about society?

• It is too complex to be explained by one overarching theory

• It can be fully understood through Marxism

• Traditional institutions still define all aspects of life

• Capitalism has completely disappeared