In perspective I believe that globalization should be embraced to the extent where it is benefiting us as a society, but not to the point where we lose our cultural identity. ... There are drawbacks that come along with advantages like in most cases such as cultural identity being vandalized and environmental impacts. ...
Globalization effects intercultural communication, how individuals define their local and community identity. According to Randy Kluver, cultural globalization causes an individual's ethos to be much more precisely, making room for someone to reconsider their personal identity. ... First, rather than seeing oneself as essentially a citizen of a nation or a local community, people are able to define themselves along narrower conceptions of identity and commitment, either ethnic, religious, or ideological affiliation. ... And finally, the fact that globalization allows, even encourage, o...
Female circumcision has stood as part of their cultural and ethnic identity; and some perceive it as a religious obligation. ... Kemunto and critics of globalization argue that the process will lead to a suppression of ones identity and create a blandly uniform world. ...
Globalization With the growth of technology and transportation globalization is changing the structure of the urban setting and influences economic relationships that affect each individuals" quality of life. Cities currently are striving to separate and define their identity to appeal to the seem...
Popular Culture Popular culture is the culture that is adopted and appeals to large masses of people, normally the middle class citizens. Culture consists of the customs and civilizations of a particular group. Popular culture means that artefacts and styles of human expression develop from th...
A significant part of effective leadership is the close connection between the leader and the follower, which often determines the success of the leader's mission. Unfortunately, this leader-follower relationship cannot be created according to some simple formula. Young leaders of today face special...
Key Features of Global Cities Globalization appears to have a home, and that is the new "global cities" emerging worldwide to host and drive it. Global or world cities are the place where the local meets the global, and they are crucial actors and points of contact for the new networks of the 2...
The identity of the Asia-Pacific continent as one of cultural, economic, and social difference to that of other continents, rationalises the importance of regional ties ahead of global ties. The Asia-Pacific continent is one of vast diversity in all forms; however, there is a general belief within ...
How is the notion of "Retreating from the global" The Castle: directed by Rob Sitch (1997) In a local community, north of Melbourne, residents struggle to retain their homes with the ever-increasing pressure of globalisation and economic rationalism. Globalisation looms in the form of the ...
Many argue that the term "world music" is a restrictive ghettoization of all music that is non-western and even go to the extent to argue that western recording companies are cultural imperialists that deliberately strip nations of their cultural identities by exploiting their traditional music for their own financial benefit. ...
Most importantly, the cosmopolitan view has led to a "universal political ethic" (VanKlinken, 3), through which each person can accept his/her own and others" multiple identities based on ethnicity, region, race, and nation, but is part of a global citizenship as well. ...
Globalization is associated with the issues of economic inequality, cross border crime, terrorist act, economic dependence, and environmental degradation, risk of macroeconomic volatility, spread of disease and erosion of cultural identity. ...
benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...
Many see it as a primarily economic phenomenon, involving the increasing interaction, or integration, of national economic systems through the growth in international trade, investment and capital flows. However, one can also point to a rapid increase in cross-border social, cultural and technological exchange as part of the phenomenon of globalisation. The sociologist, Anthony Giddens, defines globalisation as a decoupling of space and time, emphasising that with instantaneous communications, knowledge and culture can be shared around the world simultaneously. A Dutch academic who maint...
