Global Studies Unit 1 Quiz

Never before seen degree of interconnectedness causing complex (positive and negative) impacts

• Expanding the perspectives of society— growing awareness of interconnectedness

• negative effects on the local from the global

• interdependencies and exchanges

• internationalization, westernization

globalization as a sense of social processes

• globalization relates to multiple actions and operations

• these processes create and expand networks

Deterritorialization

• geographical territory becomes less of a constraint on social interactions

• people and services are available across the globe in more immediate ways

local and global

• distant events have a profound impact on local endeavors

compressing time and space

• increases velocity of social activities

• ex computers keep becoming smaller and faster

historical antecedents

• long-term historical processes driven by trade, migration, tech innovations

• history paved the pathway for continuous globalization

creation/multiplication of connection

• internet connected matt and li

• diiscussion on the internet of who the mystery man may be

expansion/stretching of social relations

• platforms (twitter and facebook) started to be used more by the chinese even though it was banned

intensification/acceleration of exchanges

• internet allows information to be exchanged faster

• plane speeds up the time it takes to travel

effect on the subjective plane of consciousness

• human’s perspectives and minds change and expand as they experience new cultures

• fuels the thought that we are all alike

geographically uneven process

• infrastructure, wealth, etc. concentrate in specific areas rather than spreading equally

Hardwired

• the human urge to continue to explore and find something more fulfilling

cycles

• globalization is a cyclical process— not a point of origin

epoch

• 6 main waves of globalization

• rejects cyclical view as epochs do not return

event

• specific event is origin of globalization

broader, more recent changes

• years following wwII where US emerges as the superpower

• emergence of MNCs

• fall of USSR

Friedman

• countries globalizing (epoch)

• companies globalizing (broader, more recent changes)

• individuals globalizing (hardwired)

DRC case study overview

• tech companies use conflict minerals in the DRC to make their products. these minerals help rebel groups seize control of mines to fund the conflict. this fuels humanitarian crises and war. Global v local.

Anthropocene

• era where humans have the dominant impact on earth’s ecosystem, climate, etc

sustainability

• the act if not using more materials and time than you need

transnational

• crossing national borders but going beyond solely state to state interactions and frameworks

international

• interactions between nation states

historical periodization

• breaking down history into blocks to better understand how human societies are connected

global vs inernational studies

• international studies, studies the interactions between two or more states focusing on the diplomatic and political science aspects

• global studies, studies beyond borders and studies global issues more broadly

globalization vs globalism

• globalization is the process of intensifying interplanetary connection

• globalism is the ideology that supports globalization and its trends