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Assignment:
Part A - Significance of the following terms
Industrial Revolution Globalization
WTO Human Development Index
Westernization Cultural Hybridity
Part B
- Provide a detailed description of one of the positions regarding the "beginning" of globalization. Be sure to describe some of the key developments that support the position you are describing.
- Choose one of the positions on cultural globalization from the course materials. Explain the position and explain why you think it is correct.
- Explain the original and current roles of the IMF and the World Bank. Be sure to explain how they differ.
- What is development? How can we measure it? Why are some countries poorer than others?
- Describe the impact of IMF, World Bank and WTO policies on developing countries.
Use only those reading to answer the question please
Required Readings
Steger, M. (2017). "Chapter 1: Globalization: A Contested Concept." In Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 4th Edition (pp. 1-17). Oxford: Oxford UP.
Steger, M. (2017). "Chapter 2: Globalization and History: Is Globalization a New Phenomenon?" In Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 4th Edition (pp. 18-37). Oxford: Oxford UP.
Kelleher A. & Klein L (2001). "Chapter 1: Introduction to the Modern World." In Global Perspectives, Edition No. 4 (pp. 4-23). Boston: Pearson.
Steger, M. (2017). "Chapter 5: The Cultural Dimension of Globalization." In Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 4th Edition (pp. 80-91). Oxford: Oxford UP.
Hebron L. & Stack Jr, J.F. (2011). "Chapter 7: Culture." In Globalization: Debunking the Myths Edition No. 2 (pp. 99-117).
Steger, M. B. (2017). Chapter 3. In Globalization: A very short introduction. (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Friedman T. (2007). The world is flat 3.0: A brief history of the twenty-first century. New York: Picador. (brief excerpt).
Ghemawat, P. (June, 2012). Pankaj Ghemawat: Actually, the world isn't flat [video file].
Moyo, D. (June 2013). Dambisa Moyo: Is China the new idol for emerging economies [video file].
UNDP website on sustainable development goals: What are the Sustainable Development Goals?
Saunders, D.