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Tag: Globalization

  • Global Justice Now – A Useful Example of an NGO

    Global Justice Now is a decentralized democratic global social movement which aims to challenge the powerful and create a more equal and just world. It’s a great example of a small, politically oriented NGO (Non-governmental organisation) so makes a great study for that part of the Global Development module within A-level sociology. Some of their…

  • Outline and explain two ways in which religious organisations have changed in response to globalisation

    This is a suggested answer to the first type of 10 mark question you’ll find in section A of the AQA’s second sociology paper (paper 2, topics in sociology). For some general advice on how to answer (both types of) 10 mark questions – please see this post.  This is a brief, bullet pointed answer…

  • Globalisation and Global Development: Good Resources

    Some useful links to good teaching resources for Globalisation and Global Development. Good resources providing an overview of global trends and global inequalities: Firstly, this 2016 video imagines the world as 100 people, and so illustrates what percentage of people live on less than $2 a day and so on (once you get through the…

  • Responses to Globalization

    Seabrook (1) argues there are three principle responses to globalization: Fatalism A fatalistic response, which states that the world is simply powerless to resist globalization. Seabrook argues that most leaders of the developed world take the position that globalization is inevitable and irreversible. He suggests these leaders are experiencing an ‘impotence of convenience’ – their…

  • Globalization and Flip-Flops

    The Flip Flop Trail is a relatively recent (2014) anthropological study by Professor Caroline Knowles, in which she explores the day to day lives of the people involved with the manufacture, distribution, consumption and disposal of the humble ‘flip-flop’. Professor Knowles has been following the flip-flop trail since at least 2006 (so that’s over ten…

  • Kenichi Ohmae, The Borderless World – Neoliberal Radical Globalism

    Harlambos (2013) describes Kenichi Ohmae as ‘one of the most uncompromising and wholeheartedly enthusiastic advocates of globalisation from a right-wing neoliberal perspective who sees economic change as the driving force of globalisation’ The interlinked economy  According to Ohmae (1994) political boarders are becoming less and less important, as countries increasingly form a giant, interlinked economy…

  • Does Globalisation mean the Decline of the Nation State?

    In the early stages of Globalisation (1600 -1950s especially) Nation States were very powerful – Colonialism for example was led by European governments and monarchies and the most serious conflicts tended to be between nation states – culminating in World War 2. However, since then, many globalisation theorists argue that increasing global flows in trade…

  • Barbie and the Development of Global Commodity Chains

    One illustration of the global commodity chain can be found in the manufacture of the Barbie doll, the most profitable toy in history. The 50-something teenage doll sells at a rate of 2 per second, bringing the Mattel Corporation, based in Los Angeles, USA, well over a billion dollars in annual revenues. Although the doll…

  • What is Political Globalisation?

    ‘Until the end of the Second World War, national governments were traditionally responsible for ensuring the welfare of their citizens, however since 1945, more and more governments have become members of International Institutions, such as the United Nations and the European Union, through which they agree to stick to International guidelines on issues such as…

  • Cultural Globalisation

    Food, tourism, the media, sport, are all examples of cultural globalisation