GS101 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Nationstates, Economy, Colonialism
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Both fragmentation and unification of people + cultures occurs from globalization. It is important to look at the bigger picture, not just the details, to determine how we ought to react to. Globalization: a set of external, material, social processes that change our world into new social conditions. Globalization involves the new thought that the human race is one and the world is our home. Core concepts: globality + globalization: globality as a social condition. Most issues are not yet settled, they are still manifesting across globally, nationally, locally. One"s viewpoint of world = personal bias. Globalization is interdisciplinary (psychology, economics, sociology, etc. ) The modern period is referring to 1450- 1989. Globality sets in after 1989 with the rise of technology: globalization and localization. Involves political, economic, cultural, ideological and environmental aspects. There is planetary awareness but still a strong national/local consciousness. There is immense wealth but also extreme poverty.
