SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Roland Robertson, Anthony Giddens, Benjamin Barber
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Soca02 week 8 chapter 9 globalization, Globalized industries and technologies may be turning the world into a more unequal place. People oppose globalization hurts local cultures and natural environment. Globalization in everyday life processes whose end result is a finished commodity. Global commodity chain a worldwide network of labor and production. Sociology make us aware of the complex web of social relations and. Sociological imagination allows us to link our biography with history and. Globalization extends the range of that linkage, connecting our biography interactions in which we are embedded social structure with global history and global social structure. Technological progress makes it possible to move things and information over long distances quickly and inexpensively: ex. Politics is important in determining the level of globalization. Transnational corporations large business that rely increasingly on foreign labor and foreign production: different from traditional corporations in five ways. Traditional corporations rely on domestic labour and domestic production.
