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Class DiscussionThursday, October 9th
Study Figure 1.11 from page #9 in your textbook. What is this chart telling us? Does this information change your opinion on globalization? Why or why not?
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Objectives
•To review information from textbook on globalization
•To understand the arguments for / against globalization
•To quickly review culture
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Culture
•Learned or shared behavior that is held in common by a group of people.
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NOT THIS!
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Nationalism
•DEFINE: devotion and loyalty to one's own nation; patriotism.
•QUESTION: can nationalism be a “bad” thing?
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Ethnocentrism
•DEFINE: When you believe that your culture is superior to another culture.
•Question: can ethnocentrism be a “bad” thing?
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Cultural Hybridization
•Sometimes called Cultural Syncretism.
•The blending of two cultures to form a new, synergistic form of culture.
•EG – Indian Yuppie
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African Proverb
•Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.Every morning a lion wakes up.It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.When the sun comes up, you better start running.
• —An African proverb as quote in Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat (2005), p. 114.
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Globalization
•The economic, political, and cultural changes that are increasing the interconnectedness of people or places worldwide.
•Occurs and influences areas/cultures all over the world - does not only start in /spread from the U.S. and Europe
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Anti-Globalization• Economic disparities between
the “Have’s” & the “Have Not’s”
• NOT A NATURAL PROCESS
• Leads to a “bubble economy” – massive cash flow into developing country, (inflation = values / prices increase) then leads to depression
• Globalization has lead to the loss of unique cultural attributes of traditional societies.▫ E.g. Language
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Pro-Globalization• ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE
▫ Economic prosperity will “trickle down” to the poorest nations
▫ poor countries will gradually catch up to advanced countries
• Increases productivity / opportunities of global economy
• Countries will concentrate on activities for which it is best suited.
• E.g. – Should Americans be making automobile?
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Middle• Globalization is
inevitable.• Countries and people
must put themselves in the best position to benefit from this phenomena.
• International organizations and national governments must work together to ensure that this process is cohesive rather than disruptive.