M8D2 Assignment: Globalization & Religious Fundamentalism
By the end of this activity students will be able to:
Analyze social phenomena utilizing theoretical frameworks (Sociology Major Outcome #2)
Analyze significant political issues according to the standards of the discipline in three of the following areas: The enduring controversies and values underlying the contending theoretical and philosophical controversies which have marked either classical political theory and/or modern positive political theory (Political Science Major Outcome #2)
Read the asssigned readings in the textbook and answer this portion of question 4 on page 825: According to Ritzer, what are some of the leading factors accounting for “grobalization”? Are we moving inevitably, with unstoppable force, into a “grobalized” world order? Why or why not?
• Watch/Listen
o PowerPoint slides for Chapter 16 [PPT File Size 1333KB]
o World Systems Theory [Video File 2 mins 49 secs]
o https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=DokCX7RRbo8&feature=related
o Immanuel Wallerstein on the end of Capitalism [Video File 7 mins 45 secs]
o https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=nLvszWBf6BQ
M8D2: Globalization and Religious Fundamentalism
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What are some of the leading factors accounting for "grobalization"?
Grobalization is described as the imperialistic ambition of either nations or corporations and how their desires are imposed on various populations. These are also a similar term used t...