SOC 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Olive Oil, North American Free Trade Agreement
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A process of integration among the people, companies, and governments of different. Interchange of worldviews, ideas, culture: undermining of the nation-state (weakened nationality) Impacts on environment, culture, politics, economic prosperity, human well-being: they are not the same in all places and can be positive or negative. The silk road: passage way from china, through the middle east, into europe: traded silk and spices. Much of the colonial period of the americas: columbus"s goal was to find a faster way to india to further markets in europe. The current form we"re in is far more extensive than any other form we"ve seen: completely worldwide. The rise of new communication technologies: telephones, email, and the internet allow us to instantly communicate with anyone, anywhere on earth. Changes to the global economy: rise of transnational corporation (tncs, expansion of international trade and finance. International division of labor: the work is done in one area, and the goods are imported elsewhere.
