Exam 16: Globalization Theory

Which refers to the unintended consequences of George Ritzer's McDonaldization like long lines and dehumanization of customer and employee alike?

Globalization theorists who focus on economics emphasize the spread of _____. Select all, but only those that apply.

Which of the following fractions are part of Leslie Sklair's global capitalist class? Select all, but only those that apply.

According to Samuel Huntington, which is a characteristic of civilization? Select all, but only those that apply.

Globalization theorists who focus on economics emphasize the spread of _____. Select all, but only those that apply.

According to Ulrich Beck, globality involves what types of unique transnational processes that began only recently? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which political theory focuses almost exclusively on both the formal and informal relations among and between nation statues?

Which critique of neoliberalism concludes that forcing people all around the world to live in organized around the pursuit of economic or material goals undermines other culture's ability to pursue the goals they value as important?

Which globalization theorist thinks political homogenization involves the growth of a single political orientation called "McWorld"?

Advocates of cultural differentialism use the ongoing conflict between Western and Islamic cultures along with the increasing multiculturalism of the United States as evidence of their arguments that cultures are resistant to change even under the conditions of globalization.

As a traditional Marxists, Leslie Sklair argues global exploitation is based on control over the means of production as opposed to a culture-ideology of consumerism in capitalist globalization.

According to George Ritzer, _____ involves the replacement of humans with machines that do things for customers.

Which dimension of George Ritzer's McDonaldization emphasizes speed and quantity over quality, like serving unhealthy food that can be prepared quickly prepared in large portions?

Which of Arjun Appadurai's "scapes" refers to spatially mobile money and wealth that helps create cultural hybrids?

Which concept describes how there is an affinity between globalization and nothing because it is cheaper and easier to diffuse and spread substantively lacking phenomena across the globe rather than more substantive phenomena?

Although Hardt and Negri retain a Marxian interest in production, they do recognize a new world of production and work in which immaterial, intellectual, and communicative types of labor are increasingly central.

According to Zygmunt Bauman, what problem(s) do tourists confront in the global world? Select all, but only those that apply.

Which globalization theorist thinks globalization is a clash between fundamentalism and cosmopolitanism?

How was globalization theory a reaction against previous perspectives, especially modernization theory?

Which political theory focuses almost exclusively on the formal relations among and between nation statues?