CMNS 348 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mcworld, Economic Globalization, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
21 Oct 2015
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You should be able to explain, using examples, both of these perspectives. The cultural politics of globalization: explain the premise behind, and provide examples of, benjamin barber"s thesis in. Jihad vs. mcworld : barber puts forth a theory that describes the struggle between mcworld and jihad , questioning the impact of economic globalization as well as its problems for democracy. Mcworld needs or promotes democracy: mcworld is made up of several imperatives: the market imperative, the resource imperative, the information-technology imperative and the ecological imperative. Due to globalization, our market has expanded to transnational markets where free trade and exchange in currency are available with international laws and treaties in order to maintain stability and efficiency in the interconnected economy. Resources seem insufficient and inefficient in presence of globalization. The information-technology has opened up communications to people all over the world, allowing us to exchange information.
