SCPL3606 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cultural Imperialism, Mcdonaldization, Glocalization

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Social Policy
• Course: SCPL3606
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Use relevant concepts and defend your position using an example. While culture does flow comparatively easily across the globe, not all cultures and forms of culture flow as easily or at the same rate. For one thing, the cultures of the world"s most powerful societies (most notably the us) flow around the world much more readily than the cultures of relatively weak and marginal societies. In the convergence perspective, the barriers are much weaker and the global flows stronger, with the result that cultures are subject to many of the same flows and tend to grow more alike. In its extreme form, convergence suggests the possibility that local cultures can be overwhelmed by other, more powerful cultures, or even a glob- ally homogeneous culture. The idea of cultural imperialism indicates that one or more cultures are imposing them- selves, more or less consciously, on other cultures thereby destroying local culture, in whole, or more likely in part.