Strayer Chapter 24

World Trade Organization

International body representing 149 nations that negotiates the rules for global commerce and is dedicated to the promotion of free trade

Transnational Corporations

Huge global businesses that produce goods or deliver services simultaneously in many countries

Socially Engaged Buddhism

A growing movement in Asia that addresses the need of the poor through social reform, eduational programs, and health services

Second-Wave Feminism

Women's rights movement that revived in the 1960s with a different agenda than earlier women's suffrage movement; [the people who participate] demand equal rights for women in employment and education, right to control their own bodies, and the end of patriarchal domination

Religious Right

The fundamentalist phenomenon as it appeared in US politics in the 1970s

Reglobalization

The quickening of global economic transactions after WWII, which resulted in total wold output returning to the levels established before the Great Depression and moving beyond them

Prague Spring

Sweeping series of reforms instituted by communist leader Alexander Dubcek in Czechoslovakia in 1968; the movement was subsequently crushed by a Soviet invasion

Augusto Pinochet

Military dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990 who was known for his widespread use of torture and for liquidating thousands of opponents of his regime

North/South Gap

Growing disparity between the Global North and the Global South that appears to be exacerbated by current world trade practices

Neo-Liberalism

An approach to the world economy, developed in the 1970s, that favored reduced tariffs, free movement of capital, a mobile and temporary workforce, the privatization of industry, and the curtailing of government efforts to regulate the economy

Liberation Theology

a theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed, advocating for social justice and political change to address poverty and inequality, and rooted in the belief that God is on the side of the poor and marginalized

Kyoto Protocol on Global Warming

a 1997 international treaty that established the first legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Jihad

"struggle" or "exertion"

Islamic Renewal

a movement emphasizing a return to the original teachings and practices of Islam, often with a focus on enforcing Sharia and addressing contemporary issues in Muslim societies

Hindutva

Hindutva is a political ideology encompassing the cultural justification of Hindu nationalism

Che Guevara

represented as a symbol of revolution and rebellion

Global Warming

Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature

Globalization

Globalization describes the growing interdependence of the world's economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and information.

Fundamentalism

Fundamentalism refers to religious belief that maintains the literal truth of the worlds in a holy book.

Environmentalism

a movement and ideology that emerged in response to the increasing impact of human activities on the environment, particularly after the Industrial Revolution, advocating for the protection and preservation of the natural world

Bretton Woods System

The Bretton Woods system was an international currency exchange regime established in 1944 by 44 Allied nations. It replaced the gold standard after World War II and operated until the 1970s. The system was designed to stabilize international trade after the perceived destabilization caused by Depression-era currency devaluations.

Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden was a Saudi Arabian–born Islamist dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda

Antiglobalization

emerged as a response to perceived negative effects of globalization, particularly economic and cultural, advocating for local autonomy and challenging the power of multinational corporations and global institutions

al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda can be defined as an Islamic militant organization founded in 1988. In addition, it was founded by Abdullah Azzam and Osama Bin Laden. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan led to the creation of al-Qaeda. The aims of al-Qaeda were both religious and political.