GEC103 The Contemporary World

Flashcards providing key terms and definitions from the GEC103 Contemporary World lectures.

Globalization

The process of increasing interconnectedness and interdependence among nation-states.

Transnationalism

Connections that specifically cross geopolitical borders, often involving immigrants maintaining ties to their home countries.

Liquid Phenomena

Elements that are in constant flux and difficult to control, allowing greater movement of people, goods, and information.

Weightlessness

The shift from physical, heavy objects to intangible, light, and easily movable modern technology and media.

Neo-liberalism

An economic and political ideology that promotes free markets, minimal government intervention, and individual freedoms.

Americanization

The global importation of products, images, technologies, and practices associated with the United States.

Globality

A state or condition where the world is fully interconnected, resulting in both positive and negative globalization.

Imperialism

Methods employed by one nation-state to gain power over an area and exercise control over it.

Colonialism

The practice, theory, and attitudes of dominating a distant territory, often involving settlers to gain political control.

Dependency Theory

The theory that explores how underdevelopment is linked to the exploitation within the global capitalist system.