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"Around the World in 80 Days" as a Guide to 19th Century Globalization

a deck steward on a tramp steamer. The film points out quite nicely the fact that the book really is a travelogue, with each episo...

Globalization Theories and China's Starbucks

for their parents as a way to thank them for all they did in bringing up the young people (Chinese tea culture, 2006). Tea in Ch...

Airline Industry and Globalization

Indeed, the fact that people are more readily able to travel into otherwise limited or inaccessible places has re-established tour...

Globalization and Undermining of Democracy

equal access and to and say in the distribution of the wealth and resources of a country."3 Clearly the U.S. is not an economic de...

Slavery and Globalization

one kind or another. In essence slavery is the ownership of another human being for the financial gain of the owner. This can take...

America's Power Preeminence

this governments interactions with both the people of this and other countries and with the governments of other countries. This ...

Definition of a Global City

Global cities act as pivotal points where people meet. And not only are global cities found, but global regions exist as well. Sas...

Cultural Diversity and Globalization Problems

One cannot, after awhile, tell which country a business is really associated with. One gets a sense that globalization, while easy...

Post Second World War and Global History

that the Russians "made very serious mistakes" (Booth 37). In an attempt to avert a secret attack, President Kennedy ordered Prem...

Nation State Sovereignty and Globalisation

of authority or rule as exercised by a sovereign or sovereign state" (Dictoinary.com, 2002). This is granted to the state, or to t...

Globalization and the Effects of New Digital Media

11). The combination of the digital media boom and the deregulation of media ownership which is occurring on a worldwide basis has...

Can Globalization Be Reversed?

globalization but most agree that the word describes a world where market forces are the driving forces. Trade and investment are ...

The Impact of Globalization on the Trafficking of Women

the trafficking of women and children around the world" (Anonymous, 2002). Coupled with the help of the US Agency for Internation...

Globalization Concerns

1998). The concept of globalization becomes clearer if used in an economic context (Oratamangun, 1998). Basically, globalization i...

Indonesia, Argentina, and Australia Corporate Leadership Perceptions

Lewis (1996) reports that Asians typically will consider the past as well as the future in assessing the worth of a potential alli...

U.S. Involvement in the Columbia Plan

to alternative development; 6 percent to human rights programs; four percent to assist the 2 million Colombians who have been disp...

Thomas L. Friedman and Samuel P. Huntington on Globalization

is not just our "pop" culture that has caused so much influence. Aside from the political force of the United States, we note th...

Trade, Globalization, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the European Union

such as Fred Bergsten, an editor with The Economist, believe that the worlds entire economy will benefit from regional arrangement...

India and the Negative Impact of Tourism

if the government has to show its best face, and will hide those who live in squalor, thus perpetuating the problem of poverty. T...

Globalization and the European Union's Role

that China now wishes to be included in an organisation it see as capitalist, and is currently petitioning to join the World Trade...

Connection Between Democracy and Human Rights

certain intolerable regimes, then democracy might stand a chance. However, that is easier said than done. Kampelman (2002) asks:...

Trafficking of Women Yesterday and Today

gain. There are a variety of factors which impact trafficking and an understanding of a few of them will highlight the point that...

Various Aspects of Globalization in Thomas L. Friedman's The Lexus and the Olive Tree

occurred before, is on the verge of discovery in many ways. But, at the root of its existence, its definition still remains the sa...

Ethnic Groups in the United States

views. Generally, the idea of ethnic or racial tolerance takes two approaches; in the one, acceptance consists of ignoranc...

Post Cold War Globalization and Thomas L. Friedman's The Lexus and the Olive Tree

to us that, for a 10-year-old, the world continues to hold great promise. In the meantime, no one ever said growing up was easy" (...

Modern State and Globalization

community? Or by participation in the issues of a community? Where does one draw the line? As the basic premise of democratic gove...

Currency Transaction and Globalization

regional barriers placed in its path" (Kedia 22). One of the ways that such boundaries have been removed or minimized has been th...

Globalization and Supply Chain Management in the Automotive Industry

Management of the supply chain then also becomes more complex. Flaherty comments that the consequences of a longer supply chain in...

Chandler and Friedman on Globalization

for the suburbs. Although this story is set in the town of Peterson, it could be any big American city whose livelihood is indust...

Definition of Globalization and its Dangers

expense of myriad unsophisticated societies. As such, this dichotomy of progression has rendered globalization a much-contested c...