SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Relation, Cultural Imperialism, Mcdonaldization
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Globalization is a social, economic and political process that brings into contact and integrates people, markets, goods and services, culture, ideas, technology and capital. General definition that implies a functionalist philosophy because it assumes that the phenomenon of globalization functions to increase integration and is based in consensus. Indonesian worker were paid 14 cents an hour people are leaving their home country communication, information are being internationalized globalization; as international organization and agreements become common across the globe, what is happening to the power of nation state or government the world is becoming smaller, and so is the power of nation"s state because their people are starting to become globalized you paid average an hour. 535hours of working in order to pay for the shoes they made there were operated in horrendous working places, 6 hours overtime. Workers tried to form a union to stand up, but military was brought in to break up the union.
