GLOBL 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-7: Agricultural Extension, Joseph Schumpeter, Himalayas
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The 5 characteristics of global studies that scholars agreed on were that it had to be: transnational, interdisciplinary, contemporary and historical, critical and multicultural, globally responsible. Global studies as an academic field is fairly new. Two popular ways of thinking globally are. Scape culturally shaped understanding of the world. Transnational more than international, stretches beyond borders of nations and regions and stretch across the various areas of the world. Glocalization how local communities are affected by global trends. Local settings can also influence global trends (no beef in mcdee"s india) Describes the phenomenon of globalization in the 1990s. Argues that globalization has increased even more since the turn of the century in 2000 and takes as his example the terrorist act on september 11, 2001. Osama bin laden recorded in a mountain cave in afghanistan denouncing modernity and secularism and it perfectly captures the complex dynamics of globalization.
