Exam 20: Globalization in a Changing World

List the three perspectives in the debate of whether globalization today is something new and extreme. Which perspective do you find most compelling, and why?

Scholars are concerned that the nation-state is becoming ineffective in solving many contemporary problems because:

Which of the following see the political structures of countries adapting to challenges from new forms of economic and social organization, which range from corporations to social movements?

Which of the following statements best characterizes the risks we now face as we enter a postindustrial age?

If you were to create a society that would be dominated by one type of risk-external risk or manufactured risk-which would you choose as the dominant risk, and why? Your answer should reflect an understanding of both kinds of risk.

Globalization in the twenty-first century is:

Which of the following would argue that globalization is producing a borderless world in which national governments are no longer in control of their own economies, resulting in a loss of faith by their citizens?

Describe two ways in which globalization influences individualism and personal identity. Do you think these changes are good or bad? Why?

Why is writing considered key to the development of large-scale organizations, a major social change in human history?

The consequences of the reorientation of people's thinking from the nation-state to the global stage include the fact that:

The most essential type of employee in the postindustrial order, according to Daniel Bell, is a ________ worker.

Which of the following hold the perspective that regionalization within the world economy produces less integration and that national governments continue to play a vital role in the economy?

Why does Walden Bello see the need to advocate against globalization? What does he mean by "deglobalization," and how would it have positive outcomes for society?

The most significant political factor in speeding up patterns of change in the modern world was the:

Some scholars suggest that what is occurring today is a transition to a new society. This new society may be called postindustrial or postmodern, the information society, the service society, or the knowledge society. Why do scholars use so many different terms? What general features of the future do all these terms have in common?

An example of manufactured risk is the:

A manufactured risk differs from an external risk in that:

Which policy proposal reflects the social vision of deglobalization?

A central argument of Ulrich Beck's "risk society" is that:

In terms of people's working lives, globalization makes it more likely that individuals will experience a: