SOCIOL 1A06 Study Guide - Final Guide: 2011 Israeli Social Justice Protests, Ecojustice Canada, Global Justice
28 Apr 2016
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Reducing the time it takes certain things (information, communication) to travel from place to place. Uses technological innovations telephones, internet, media, etc. Breaks down the borders of the world connections are made more easily. The idea that globalization has no correct description or definition. Different things for different people in different countries. Examples of how people understand it: uneven, development, cultural spreading, universal ethics, capitalism, interconnectedness. The idea that globalization creates increased global consciousness. Local actions have global consequences, global actions have local consequences. Example: world cup biggest football even in the world, most international viewers, a collective interest and experience shared by the world. Refers to the connections that are made by globalization. The borderless aspect of the world and the space-time compression speed up the ways in which we socialize. Unfair division between the global north and the global south. Globalization"s values wont be embraced by all thus making this distinction.
