Globalization's winners and losers
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
Globalization has been good to North Americans over the past few decades. As Fishlow and Parker argue, “Television sets, microwaves, automobiles, and computers have become less expensive and more reliable,” a reality that speaks to the greater fact that our collective quality of...
Sociology of culture: Globalization: A threat to culture?
Thesis - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The post-modern era of globalization can be simultaneously considered as a threat to culture and a medium for bringing previously peripheral cultures onto the world stage. Whether one embraces its new challenges and opportunities or is skeptical towards its implications, everyone can...
Globalization and the women's movement in Chile
Thesis - 9 pages - Political science
Globalization, namely the neoliberal economic policies and democratic decentralized market oriented state, is considered to be both a positive and negative development. Globalization intends to improve the conditions of developing countries so that they may experience all the...
Globalization and work: The role of trade unions in balancing globalization
Thesis - 13 pages - International relations
The trade-union teams of a company, a branch or a territory, are confronted daily with the stakes in globalization. It is the case when, because of the saturation of the mobile telephony market in Europe, Mitsubishi closes its unity of Vitré to become established in China; when to...
How does trade globalization affect women working conditions in South America?
Thesis - 5 pages - Human resources
The international trade agreements have important impact on people living in poverty. But these impacts operate at different levels. In some cases, trade can stimulate the development of these countries, help the economic growth, help employment, give access to local population to variated goods...
Drugs and globalization
Essay - 6 pages - Journalism
Relations between drugs and international trade are a long story, we could think of the 19th century and the important consumption of opium in Europe, as can be seen for example in the film From Hell. Opium was obviously not produced in Europe for climatic reasons and essentially came from Asia....
Globalization and jobs
Thesis - 5 pages - Human resources
Over the past two decades, labor has become increasingly globalized. The integration of China, India, and the former Eastern bloc into the world economy, together with population growth, has led to an estimated fourfold increase in the effective global labor force, which could more than double...
Explain and assess this statement: "It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity" Kofi Annan
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
Since 1995 and the establishment of the WTO, the quick spread of new technologies, and the increasing interdependence between countries, supporters and detractors of globalization have been arguing about whether globalization actually exists and if its effects are positives or...
Is today's globalization different from globalization a hundred years ago?
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
Michael D. Bordo, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History at Rutgers University, says, in Globalization in Historical Perspective (2002), says “globalization has become a buzzword of the new millennium”. Indeed the term...
How do the international conferences participate in resisting the globalization movement?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
Globalization is a phenomenon that appeared in the early 20th century. It refers to an increase in the interdependence of the economies, societies, cultures and politics. Globalization has disrupted the face of the World since its apparition. Indeed, international relations are now...
"How should we define globalization?"
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Defining the concept of globalization is very controversial and much disputed among economists, sociologists and political observers. There is no single concept of globalization, and commentators are unable to agree on the empirical evidence for its extent. These divisions are,...
Globalization: A General Essay
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
The process of globalization is one that has been widely examined by scholars and experts. Although most seem to agree that the process of globalization is indeed having a powerful impact on the development of the international community, the analyses and evaluations that have been...
Globalization and its effect on Western Civilization
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
Western Civilization has been shaped by the many people and events that have witnessed its transformation from the dawn of the early modern period in 1500 up to the present day. The present word view has been formed by many events including the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the...
How is sexuality and sexual behavior in the developing world shaped by globalization?
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Globalization greatly affects the sexual behavior, choices, habits, risks, identities and health of individuals in the developing world. Sexuality has certainly been altered by the intensification and spread of networks and flows interconnecting individuals and political, economic,...
How has globalization affected power relations among states?
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
Globalization has affected the political world system. Power relations amongst states have been altered due to a number of social, economic and political developments. “Contemporary globalization is associated with a transformation of state power as the roles and functions of...
The Sociological Aspects of the Globalization of Soccer in the United States
Essay - 5 pages - Sports
Through an extensive review of related literature, the present study intended to investigate the sociological aspects of the globalization of soccer in the United States. The key findings are as follows: 1) poorer countries suffer from “leg drain” over the richest soccer clubs,...
Examining how reducing America's presence in the international community could benefit the process of globalization and the domestic development of the United States
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The process of globalization is one that has carried with it a high price for the United States. While the US has been able to extend its overall reach into the international community, not all countries in the international community have been receptive of America's presence. The United...
Why Globalization Works by Martin Wolf
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
Martin Wolf, a British economist and prominent journalist at the Financial Times, is an ardent defender of globalization, i.e. of global economic integration through free trade. His book aims to demonstrate that globalization makes the world better off and that the problem is not...
Nation-state and globalization
Essay - 11 pages - Political science
This essay deals with one of the most controversial questions in today's social science debates: the relationship between the nation-state and globalisation. Globalisation, understood quite loosely here as a series of contemporary and unprecedented developments in the economic, social and...
Globalization in Russia: The challenge of the transition to the world economy
Essay - 12 pages - Economy general
Fifteen years ago, the Soviet Union was a socialist authoritative country, tightly isolated from capitalist countries. Nowadays, its direct heir, Russia, is one of the most quickly growing markets of the world, strongly open on the global economy. During the 1990s, Russia underwent an...
Global Strategy in Enterprise Operations - Unilever
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
A global strategy in enterprise operations evokes an organization operating in various countries with several subsidiaries. An operational strategy that allows for the international expansion of an enterprise and facilitation of international trading becomes a company operating within an...
Global Critical Thinking: China's Counterfeit Consumer Goods-Good or Bad?
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Critical thinking is more than a phrasal buzz, a reflective thought rather than a routine thought. Critical thinking involves persistent and careful processes of considerations of credibility and solutions to the supposed global issues. There are global issues that need to be addressed by the...
Global Politics and Institutions
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Globalization refers to the process of increasing connectivity between geographically distant places as well as the interdependence of both trade and the financial markets. The drive behind calls for globalization is that it encourages healthy competition as between producers and...
The main causes of global warming
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
In the recent past, the world as a whole has come to terms with the increasing incidences of heightened and elevated temperatures across all continents. The Northern and Southern hemispheres are experiencing high temperatures and this is leading to the melting of the ice at the snow caps and this...
Global Warming: Causes and Chemistry of Climate Change
Course material - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
This report serves as an overview of important aspects related to global warming and climate change. It touches on the relevant international organization and authorities in the field of climate change, forecasts of temperature increases, greenhouse gases, atmospheric chemical reactions and...
Pod Company: Going Global
Case study - 15 pages - Educational studies
Increasing foreign presence for small organizations serves to exploit broader market opportunities aiming to increase their sales revenue, counter declining domestic demand and fend off stiff competition from multinational companies. In particular, with most domestic companies yet to recover from...
Global warming - published: 24/02/2023
Presentation - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
This document contains a presentation on global warming, addressing its causes, effects, and solutions to mitigate its consequences. To view this document effectively, it is necessary to preview it as a slideshow.
How do we Explain the United States' Rise to Global Power Status in the Decades Following the American Civil War?
Essay - 4 pages - Pre-modern history
Between the end of the American Civil War in 1865 and 1900, the United States emerged as a major world power with the capacity to influence decisions and world events. The rise of the United States as a global power is closely tied with the important notion of American Imperialism, which refers...
Global Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Although equated to philanthropic activities, today's investment by corporations in pro-social programs seek to create a social impact beyond building customer loyalty. With the society experiencing a myriad of issues, among them environmental sustainability and health issues, assuming an active...
The global financial crisis (2007/2008)
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
During the 2007/2008 period, the world experienced a financial crisis that rivaled the great depression experienced in the late 1920's. According to Turner, the total cost of the crisis undoubtedly exceeds trillions using any of the major currencies . The crisis resulted in the collapses of...
