Sociology 1025A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Credentialism And Educational Inflation, Democratic Education, 1918 Flu Pandemic
21 Nov 2016
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Political dimension: looking at (im)migration, standardization of human culture/nature, declining power of nation-states. With development of the internet, the government can potentially have an increased access to our personal information: power is transferred upward to . International organizations: power is transferred downward to . Cultural dimension: cultural ideas and products are conveyed transnationally through. The vision of globalization (potential: dominating countries and exploiting them for their own benefit, globalization of production will bring employment to the developing world, communication technologies increases . Benefits of globalization: transnational institutions have helped support development in many countries, developing nations that opened up to trade experienced more growth in their economies, per capita income increased by 4x, 1950 to 2000. Affects wages and working conditions in the developing and developed worlds. But developed nations can subsidize their farmers. Cultural consequences: concerns about homogenization of culture. Majority of world are watching english speaking media coming from. Other consequences: greater conflict due to colonial empire borders.
