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Globalization 101: Reading Assignment Analysis

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According to our reading assignment 'Globalization 101', globalization is "a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology." I think there are positives and negatives to globalization. As mentioned in the reading, globalization began in the 15th Century. While I didn't see it mentioned so far in the reading, the timing coincides with the invention of the printing press. I don't believe this is a coincidence. The printing press allowed for easier transfer of information, and as information is disseminated, either by force or choice, it is inevitable that that information will change the world …show more content…

Even China, which walled itself off from the world for centuries, could not withstand the spread of world culture. For example, as National Public Radio reported this morning (2/3/2016), today is the Chinese equivalent of the Super Bowl, which they learned about mostly through movies and social media. What can be considered good or bad are the processes and strategies used to affect the outcome of globalization. Some cultures may adopt common practices presented through natural acclimation over time, or it may be forced on them through military strategies like Operation: Iraqi Freedom, or some combination of both natural acclimation (or as Richard Dawkins might say, "memes") and military …show more content…

The world is indeed a single place that has been made smaller by advances in information technology. But as the theory states, it "does not imply consensus." Just as the residents of the the state of Mississippi do not see eye to eye with the state of New York on most economic issues, so it goes with the United States and North Korea. The same applies to social issues. While women's rights have expanded in highly developed economies, from a market-based economy perspective, those rights lag in more misogynistic and less economically developed countries. Both of these examples are solid representations of relativization, and emulation in that the affects are relative to their neighbors and has comparable because of common standards of

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