Exam 15: Globalization: the Interconnected World

Supporters of globalization suggest that the availability of communication technologies has increased the ways in which populations can experience and shape their world. Which of the following was NOT noted in the text as an aspect of the benefits of globalized communications during the Arab Spring uprising in 2011?

What aspect(s) of globalization do global justice movements protest against?

Pia is a 4-month-old child who was born to an impoverished family in the Global South. Her parents work when employment is available in their locality but their wages are so low that they are categorized as "working poor." Pia is subject to an uncertain future. Which of the following is noted in the text as one reason that Pia may not live to her first birthday?

The text likens neoliberalism to which popular theoretical process?

The race to the bottom refers to lower wages, declining working conditions, and job insecurity in the developing world, not the developed world.

Antonella lives in Toronto. While visiting New York, she stopped to eat Chinese food on her way to a Hungarian film festival. Before going home, she went and bought a pair of shoes made in Brazil and a purse made in Italy. According to the text, the travel, food, film, shoes, and purse are all part of which dimension of globalization?

Modernization theory holds that undeveloped countries must follow the road travelled by successful Western democratic societies.

According to the criteria set out in the text regarding core nations, which of the following countries would be deemed a core nation?

What is the role of technology in globalization?

Which of the following names has Stegar (2009) given to the phenomenon of corporate giants having more economic power than some countries?

What is the name of the counter-summit to the World Economic Forum organized to as one form of global justice movement?

What is the "race to the bottom" and who is involved? Be sure to include examples with your answer.

Dependency theorists and their supporters like to blame developing countries for their lack of progress.

Matthias is taking a course in political studies. He is learning about various economic philosophies that have proliferated in the past 100 years. Which term best describes the economic conception that "prosperity and democracy will flourish when market forces are unimpeded by government"?

What transnational financial institutions were constructed after World War II? What purpose did they serve?

Financial institutions such the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and the World Trade Organization were created to control the transfer of funds to nations that were wavering between joining the Soviet bloc and democratically led nations.

If you claimed that global poverty arose from nations such as the United States exploiting nations such as Haiti, Uganda, and Vietnam, you would be following the same assumptions as which of the following theories?

Different political and economic interests struggle to promote their own brands of globalization.

According to the text, organized crime has benefited from globalization. Which of the following has NOT assisted organized crime?

Which of the following is NOT a common activity used by global justice movements?