Explain globalization.
What will be an ideal response?
Wallerstein emphasizes broad, structural aspects of globalization, that underscores the subjective dimensions of Western expansion into non-Western societies. Developing largely out of a codependent relationship where the core is highly dependent on the periphery’s resources. This dependency goes in the other direction when periphery nations are strong armed to do business only under certain terms that solely benefit the core.
You might also like to view...
Since love has different meanings in different contexts, the text states that love is
A) an illusion. B) impossible to study. C) socially constructed. D) biologically determined.
According to the text, the functions of the family may include all of the following except: a. assignment of social roles and status
b. socialization of children. c. acting as a unit of economic cooperation and consumption. d. caring for extended family.
Researchers whose questions exploreunderstanding social variation over time and place are likely to use which research method?
a. demographic analysis b. comparative–historical perspective c. extended cases d. ethnography
Given that cultural diffusion could upset the stability of a society, which perspective is most likely to argue that most cultures resist new cultural components that do not fit comfortably into their social system?
A. interactionist perspective B. feminist perspective C. functionalist perspective D. conflict perspective