DVM 1100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Progress, Tongues Untied, Structural Adjustment

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 1100
• Professor: Mahmoud Masaeli

Document Summary

A process of expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world- time and world-space. It is a process of global interconnectedness and networking, starting from the 16th century, through science, technology and industrialization. Changes the geography of poverty and inequality; creates problems (trafficking, prostitution) Changes the meaning of proximity (nearness to something) (u. s. is neighbour but china might be real economic neighbour) Stimulates human consciousness (become aware of what is happening and the causes) Creates a consolidated network of institutions in the global society (example: using electronic devices to connect the world) Demise of traditional state (end of westphalian system system with borders in which states enjoyed own power) Move from local levels to global levels; move from global levels to local levels. Decreasing the significance of borders; deterritorialization (severance of social, political or cultural practices from native populations) Globalization (process) leads us to globality (condition)