This research will begin with the statement that globalization, one of the most ubiquitous buzzwords in today’s world, is a paradoxical process that has emerged as late as the end of the twentieth century. It is related to the world’s markets and businesses. Cutting across boundaries, it enhances countries’ ability to communicate with one another and be interdependent in a global culture.
Read More…The hyper-globalist perspective of globalization involves implementing economic changes which have cultural and political implications. It is a new approach to globalization. In this approach, the importance and authority of the nations are reduced for getting more economic benefits in the global market. Values of different changes in globalization are analyzed with the help of this perspective.
Read More…Suzanna Sawyer’s “Crude Chronicles” is an attempt to bring the latest objects of analysis into the domain of anthropology. The book narrates the struggles that exist between the indigenous social movements, the multinational energy company, and the Ecuadoran state (Sawyer, 2004: 2). It is based on anthropological research in the Ecuadorian Amazon in the 1990s.
Read More…The arrival of Western Europeans in south Chinese seaports in 1500 on trading ships which was followed by military flotillas was a novel event that was viewed as a main threat by the small and great East Asian people. Nevertheless, the superior firepower held by Western traders in 1800 led to the the systematic absorption of China area.
Read More…The author states that the effect of globalization-led migration is the growing diversity of any given state and the heightened pressure of supporting and fairly representing the interest of a state’s citizen living abroad. On the other side, globalization has resulted in some of the societies that exist as enclaves within a given state.
Read More…The Global socio-political matters never cease to mesmerize any interested character, since the times of civilization arrived at the epoch of colonization up to the time of independence. The cold war era then followed whereby the Soviets were gradually but firmly outmaneuvered by the more resourceful capitalist of the time.
Read More…Globalization has become one of the key factors influencing spatial, political, social, and technological aspects of the modern world geography as it literally reshapes the world we live in. The drastic effect of the globalization on the modern metropolis stems out of the change in the way people and places interact with each other as was pointed out by Foucault in his works.
Read More…The essay looks for examining the impact of globalisation on the people of third world countries on the one hand, and its affects on the small scale manufacturers of these countries on the other. Globalisation is certainly the invention of later part of twentieth century, which has brought the nations closer to one another with the help of revolutionary developments in the fields of IT and communication.
Read More…Coca-Cola is an international firm that is found in almost every part of the world. The company has been one of the most successful in expanding from local, to national and finally to international products. This has come as a surprise considering that the firm produces and markets beverages, which are not necessarily basic needs and is basically in the entertainment or recreational sector.
Read More…The book narrates the struggles that exist between the indigenous social movements, the multinational energy company, and the Ecuadoran state. It is based on anthropological research in the Ecuadorian Amazon in the 1990s. Sawyer reports how the Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Pastaza (OPIP) confronted multinational companies that wanted to drill for oil in their region.
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