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…This theoretical discussion of economic growth, globalization, and national/political sovereignty constitutes the framework for exploring a case study of two Middle Eastern nations in regard to the measurable effects of these economic principles on their current and prospective economic development, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Read More…The widespread development of technology and interactions has complicated the security situation in the world. Today, most countries are more vulnerable to terrorism than was the case before globalization took a centre stage. For example, more people, especially in poor countries are increasingly becoming victims of cybercrime due to globalization and the liberal market.
Read More…The power and influences of globalization are unstable, reliant, and unclear and it is merely through instinctively dealing with this lethal world that people can survive. The concept of globalization, similar to that of the concept of secularisation, is charged with various meanings which also do not essentially signify each other.
Read More…Sociology refers to how we see the world, society, and ourselves. The structural-functional perspective provides major emphasis to structural arrangements. Functionalism originated from the work of French sociologist Emile Durkheim and was developed in the United States during the forties up to the sixties.
Read More…Georg Simmel’s sociology describes the social forms that grow out of interactions of individuals or their relations to one another. Therefore, he held that apart from the division of labor, universal forms of domination and subordination, and competition, among others all characterize all societies (David, 2009).
Read More…Social theories were developed centuries ago and are still being used in society today. They were generally laid down as frameworks that are being used as evidence in the study and to try and interpret the occurrence of social phenomena (Browning, Halcli & Webster, 2000). Most of the social theorists tend to explain the overall social life of people and their interaction with the environment.
Read More…The traditional work society gives the world a less stable social structure of multiple activities and the active citizen democratically organizes local and regional transnational networks. Modernization seems risky and reflexive but in order to link business with globalization, it is required to take a bold and brave step (Beck, 2000).
Read More…It is the duty of a sociologist to study events and relationships in society to identify how sociological understanding can build upon the knowledge of the way society functions. Sociology is a tool that serves to verify philosophies or create new ones. At its best, this field of study grants a means by which policies can be created that will serve the greater good.
Read More…Friedman (2005) calls it a flattened world wherein the playing field can be considered as “open and level”. Friedman explained how the world has shrunk. Technology has allowed everyone to compete in a leveled playing field within the global marketplace, something which was not possible before the major advances in information technology.
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