Global social change, world systems theory, and cultural globalization concepts from a college sociology course.
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- What is globalization in sociological terms?
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The intensification of worldwide social, economic, political, and cultural interdependence and exchange across borders.- What is world systems theory?
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A framework that sees the global economy as a single capitalist system divided into core, semi-periphery, and periphery nations with unequal power.- Who developed world systems theory?
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Immanuel Wallerstein, a sociologist who proposed the theory in the 1970s.- In world systems theory, what are core nations?
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Wealthy, industrialized nations with strong economies and military power that dominate the global system.- In world systems theory, what are peripheral nations?
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Economically dependent nations with weaker industrial capacity that supply raw materials and labor to core nations.- What is the semi-periphery in world systems theory?
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Nations that are economically between core and peripheral nations, exhibiting characteristics of both exploitation and dominance.- What is glocalization?
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The adaptation of global products, ideas, and practices to local cultural contexts, blending the global and local.- Who coined the term glocalization?
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Roland Robertson, a sociologist who theorized how global processes are always localized.- What is cultural globalization?
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The spread of ideas, symbols, beliefs, and practices across the world through transnational networks and media.- What does Arjun Appadurai mean by ethnoscapes?
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The global flows of people, including tourists, immigrants, refugees, and workers moving across borders.- What does Arjun Appadurai mean by technoscapes?
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The global flow and distribution of technologies, machinery, and technical knowledge across borders.- What does Arjun Appadurai mean by financescapes?
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The global flows of capital, currency, and investment that cross national boundaries rapidly.- What is the homogenization thesis in globalization studies?
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The argument that globalization creates cultural uniformity by spreading Western, particularly American, culture worldwide.- What is the heterogenization perspective on globalization?
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The view that globalization produces cultural diversity and hybridity as local cultures adapt and resist global influences.- What is cultural hybridity?
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The blending of elements from different cultures to create new, mixed cultural forms and identities.
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