Deck 16: Globalization Theory

Question 1

Globalization can be analyzed _____. Select all, but only those that apply.

A) culturally
B) economically
C) politically
D) institutionally

Answer 1

A, B, C, D

Question 2

Globalization theorists who focus on economics emphasize the spread of _____. Select all, but only those that apply.

A) cultural imperialism
B) liberalism
C) socialism
D) markets

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Globalization theorists who focus on economics emphasize the spread of _____. Select all, but only those that apply.

A) cultural imperialism
B) neoliberalism
C) socialism
D) market regulations

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Global culture heterogeneity entails _____.

A) cultural imperialism
B) transnational expansion of common codes
C) transnational expansion of common practices
D) a blending that creates cultural hybrids

Question 5

Globalization theorists who focus on economics emphasize the spread of _____. Select all, but only those that apply.

A) cultural imperialism
B) neoliberalism
C) capitalism
D) markets

Question 6

Which concept describes globalization as a runaway world fraught with risk?

A) Juggernaut
B) Cosmopolitanism
C) Globalism
D) Globality

Question 7

How was globalization theory a reaction against previous perspectives, especially modernization theory?

A) A Western bias
B) An Eastern bias
C) A Northern bias
D) A Southern bias

Question 8

Global culture heterogeneity entails _____.

A) cultural imperialism
B) transnational expansion of common codes
C) transnational expansion of common practices
D) a blending that creates cultural hybrids

Question 9

Which theorist sees globalization as an elimination of the local as the existence of closed spaces is more illusory as opposed to actual?

A) Benjamin Barber
B) Anthony Giddens
C) Ulrich Beck
D) Zygmunt Bauman

Question 10

Globalization entails the spread of ______ across the entire world. Select all, but only those that apply.

A) practices
B) relations
C) consciousness
D) organization

Question 11

Which concept(s) does Roland Roberson use to describe how the global interacts with the local? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Cultural imperialism
B) Cultural hybrids
C) Glocalization
D) Glocal

Question 12

Which theorist thinks globalization largely entails managing the risk from a runaway world?

A) Benjamin Barber
B) Anthony Giddens
C) Ulrich Beck
D) Zygmunt Bauman

Question 13

Which globalization theorist thinks there is a localized and ethnic reaction to political homogenization known as "Jihad"?

A) Benjamin Barber
B) Anthony Giddens
C) Ulrich Beck
D) Zygmunt Bauman

Question 14

Which concept describes globalization as hegemonic expansion of neoliberal, capitalist economics?

A) Juggernaut
B) Cosmopolitanism
C) Globalism
D) Globality

Question 15

Which globalization theorist challenges globalism or economic characterizations of globalization reduced to the hegemonic forces of neoliberal capitalism?

A) Benjamin Barber
B) Anthony Giddens
C) Ulrich Beck
D) Zygmunt Bauman

Question 16

Globalization theorists who focus on economics emphasize the spread of _____. Select all, but only those that apply.

A) cultural imperialism
B) liberalism
C) capitalism
D) market regulations

Question 17

Which globalization theorist thinks political homogenization involves the growth of a single political orientation called "McWorld"?

A) Benjamin Barber
B) Anthony Giddens
C) Ulrich Beck
D) Zygmunt Bauman

Question 18

Which globalization theorist challenges economic characterizations of globalization by showing how it involves multidimensional and multidirectional ecological, political, and cultural dimensions?

A) Benjamin Barber
B) Anthony Giddens
C) Ulrich Beck
D) Zygmunt Bauman

Question 19

Which globalization theorist thinks globalization is a clash between fundamentalism and cosmopolitanism?

A) Benjamin Barber
B) Anthony Giddens
C) Ulrich Beck
D) Zygmunt Bauman

Question 20

Which theorist thinks globalization is a two way process between Eastern and Western influences that produces new areas by "squeezing sideways"?

A) Benjamin Barber
B) Anthony Giddens
C) Ulrich Beck
D) Zygmunt Bauman

Question 21

According to Samuel Huntington, which is a characteristic of civilization? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) The most enduring type of human associations.
B) The broadest level of cultural identity.
C) The broadest level of subjective self-identification.
D) Span across more than one state without performing a state function.

Question 22

According to Zygmunt Bauman, what problem(s) do tourists confront in the global world? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Difficulty in moving at high speeds.
B) An inability to move through space.
C) Unending and uncertain choices.
D) The burden of risks and dangers.

Question 23

According to Samuel Huntington, which is a characteristic of civilization? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) The most enduring type of human associations.
B) Close alignment with religion.
C) Include a totality.
D) Close alignment with race.

Question 24

Which concept describes globalization is linked to the closing of spatially fixed nations that root people?

A) Juggernaut
B) Cosmopolitanism
C) Globalism
D) Globality

Question 25

According to Ulrich Beck, which of the following is distinct to recent globality as opposed to earlier manifestations of transnationality? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Everyday life is profoundly affected across national borders.
B) Interactions across national borders are profoundly affected.
C) Transnationality is incorporated into self-perception via mass media, consumption, and tourism.
D) Community, labor, and capital no longer have particular places.

Question 26

According to Ulrich Beck, globality involves what types of unique transnational processes that began only recently? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Processes are geographical widespread and expansive.
B) Processes are more stable across time.
C) The density of processes is more intense across relationships and networks.
D) Neoliberal Capitalist Markets are increasingly closed off.

Question 27

Which theorist sees globalization through the creation of "hybrids" from combinations of local and global cultures?

A) Jan Nederveen Pieterse
B) Anthony Giddens
C) Ulrich Beck
D) Zygmunt Bauman

Question 28

Which concept describes globalization as an illusionary closing of local spaces?

A) Juggernaut
B) Cosmopolitanism
C) Globalism
D) Globality

Question 29

Which dimension of George Ritzer's McDonaldization promotes standardization across time and space, like scripting employee statements and expecting almost ritualistic-like behaviors of customers?

A) Efficiency
B) Calculability
C) Predictability
D) Control through nonhuman technology
E) Irrationality of rationality

Question 30

Which dimension of George Ritzer's McDonaldization emphasizes speed and quantity over quality, like serving unhealthy food that can be prepared quickly prepared in large portions?

A) Efficiency
B) Calculability
C) Predictability
D) Control through nonhuman technology
E) Irrationality of rationality

Question 31

Which dimension of George Ritzer's McDonaldization entails utilizing the best or quickest means to achieve a desired goal, like serving food through drive-through windows?

A) Efficiency
B) Calculability
C) Predictability
D) Control through nonhuman technology
E) Irrationality of rationality

Question 32

Which concept describes the people who "win" via globalization because they can move freely through space?

A) Juggernaut
B) Cosmopolitanism
C) Tourists
D) Vagabonds

Question 33

Which concept describes the broadest levels of cultures and cultural identities?

A) Juggernaut
B) Cosmopolitanism
C) Civilization
D) Globality

Question 34

According to Ulrich Beck, globality involves what types of unique transnational processes that began only recently? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Processes are geographical more localized or less expansive.
B) Processes are more stable across time.
C) The density of processes is less intense across relationships and networks.
D) Neoliberal Capitalist Markets are increasingly closed off.

Question 35

Which theorist sees globalization in terms of a "space war" where mobility becomes the most important and differentiating factor in global stratification?

A) Benjamin Barber
B) Anthony Giddens
C) Ulrich Beck
D) Zygmunt Bauman

Question 36

According to Ulrich Beck, which of the following is distinct to recent globality as opposed to earlier manifestations of transnationality? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) A growing awareness of ecological dangers.
B) Transcultural others are more apparent.
C) The level of global culture industries is unprecedented.
D) Increasing numbers of transnational agreements, actors, and institutions.

Question 37

According to Ulrich Beck, globality involves what types of unique transnational processes that began only recently? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Processes that are geographical more localized or less expansive.
B) Processes that are more stable across time.
C) The density of processes is more intense across relationships and networks.
D) Neoliberal Capitalist Markets are increasingly closed off.

Question 38

Which dimension of George Ritzer's McDonaldization utilizes machines and computers to control and even replace human labor, like automated friars that control the cooking of fries with timers and thermostats?

A) Efficiency
B) Calculability
C) Predictability
D) Control through nonhuman technology
E) Irrationality of rationality

Question 39

Which concept describes the people who "lose" via globalization because they cannot move freely through space?

A) Juggernaut
B) Cosmopolitanism
C) Tourists
D) Vagabonds

Question 40

According to Ulrich Beck, globality involves what types of unique transnational processes that began only recently? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Processes are geographical widespread and expansive.
B) Processes are less stable across time.
C) The density of processes is less intense across relationships and networks.
D) Neoliberal Capitalist Markets are increasingly closed off.

Question 41

Which of Arjun Appadurai's "scapes" refers to spatially mobile entertainment and informational images that helps create cultural hybrids?

A) Ethnoscapes
B) Mediascapes
C) Technoscapes
D) Financescapes
E) Ideoscapes

Question 42

Which of Arjun Appadurai's "scapes" refers to spatially mobile political information and propaganda?

A) Ethnoscapes
B) Mediascapes
C) Technoscapes
D) Financescapes
E) Ideoscapes

Question 43

Which of the following fractions are part of Leslie Sklair's global capitalist class? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Corporate fraction of executives.
B) State fraction of bureaucrats and politicians.
C) Technical fraction of professionals.
D) Consumerist fraction of merchants and media executives.

Question 44

Which concept describes the mixing of local and global cultures?

A) Hybridization
B) Cosmopolitanism
C) Civilization
D) Globality

Question 45

Which of Arjun Appadurai's "scapes" refers to spatially mobile money and wealth that helps create cultural hybrids?

A) Ethnoscapes
B) Mediascapes
C) Technoscapes
D) Financescapes
E) Ideoscapes

Question 46

According to George Ritzer, _____ are things that work exactly the same way all across the globe.

A) "nonplaces"
B) "nonthings"
C) "nonpeople"
D) "nonservices"

Question 47

Which concept describes how there is an affinity between globalization and nothing because it is cheaper and easier to diffuse and spread substantively lacking phenomena across the globe rather than more substantive phenomena?

A) Juggernaut
B) Cosmopolitanism
C) Grobalization
D) Globality

Question 48

According to Leslie Sklair, how is the capitalist class transnational? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Shared global interests
B) Seek control across nations
C) Global perspectives on a wide variety of issues
D) See themselves as citizens of world
E) Share similar lifestyles

Question 49

Which of the following is an imperative of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri's Empire? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) It seeks to incorporate all that is can.
B) It inevitably promotes resistance and conflict.
C) It differentiates, or affirms difference.
D) It entails managing a hierarchy of difference.

Question 50

Which of the following is noteworthy about Arjun Appadurai's landscapes? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) They are dependent on nation-states.
B) Global flow increasingly occurs through the disjunctures among them.
C) All territories are affected by them in the same way differently by them.
D) They create similarities amongst once different cultures.

Question 51

According to George Ritzer, _____ are employees that can work almost anyway in the world often by relying on technology and scripts.

A) "nonplaces"
B) "nonthings"
C) "nonpeople"
D) "nonservices"

Question 52

According to George Ritzer, _____ involves the replacement of humans with machines that do things for customers.

A) "nonplaces"
B) "nonthings"
C) "nonpeople"
D) "nonservices"

Question 53

Which of Arjun Appadurai's "scapes" refers to spatially mobile people who help create cultural hybrids?

A) Ethnoscapes
B) Mediascapes
C) Technoscapes
D) Financescapes
E) Ideoscapes

Question 54

Which of the following is noteworthy about Arjun Appadurai's landscapes? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) They are independent of nation-states.
B) Global flow increasingly occurs through them.
C) All territories are affected by them in the same way differently by them.
D) They create similarities among once different cultures.

Question 55

Which of the following is noteworthy about Arjun Appadurai's landscapes? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) They are independent of nation-states.
B) Global flow increasingly occurs through the disjunctures among them.
C) Territories are affected differently by them.
D) They create similarities amongst once different cultures.

Question 56

Which of Arjun Appadurai's "scapes" refers to spatially mobile information that helps create cultural hybrids?

A) Ethnoscapes
B) Mediascapes
C) Technoscapes
D) Financescapes
E) Ideoscapes

Question 57

According to George Ritzer, _____ are a subtype of nothing where settings are empty or devoid of content.

A) "nonplaces"
B) "nonthings"
C) "nonpeople"
D) "nonservices"

Question 58

Which refers to the unintended consequences of George Ritzer's McDonaldization like long lines and dehumanization of customer and employee alike?

A) Efficiency
B) Calculability
C) Predictability
D) Control through nonhuman technology
E) Irrationality of rationality

Question 59

According to advocates of cultural hybridization, which of the following is evidence of glocalization? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Growing pluralism.
B) Innovative and creative adaptation across more and more locales.
C) Contingent and relational social processes.
D) Creative commodification and media that falls short of totality.

Question 60

Which of the following is noteworthy about Arjun Appadurai's landscapes? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) They are dependent on nation-states.
B) Global flow increasingly occurs through them.
C) Territories are affected differently by them.
D) They create similarities amongst once different cultures.

Question 61

Which critique of neoliberalism concludes that without state oversight of the economy, free markets will ultimately destroy all of society?

A) The early thinking of Karl Polanyi
B) Contemporary criticisms of neoliberalism
C) Modern criticisms of neoliberalism
D) Postmodern criticisms of neoliberalism

Question 62

The global trend toward homogeneity is often associated with cultural hybrids.

Question 63

Which of the following is part of most neoliberal states? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Save financial institutions from collapse
B) Reduce barriers to capital movement
C) Work against groups that constrain capital accumulation
D) Extol virtues of free competition while support monopolization of markets

Question 64

Which critique of neoliberalism concludes that forcing people all around the world to live in organized around the pursuit of economic or material goals undermines other culture's ability to pursue the goals they value as important?

A) The early thinking of Karl Polanyi
B) Contemporary criticisms of neoliberalism
C) Modern criticisms of neoliberalism
D) Postmodern criticisms of neoliberalism

Question 65

Which of the following is part of most neoliberal economic theories? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Faith in the rationality in free markets
B) Individual as the economic actor
C) Free trade
D) Deregulation

Question 66

Which of the following is part of most neoliberal economic theories? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Low taxes
B) Tax cuts for business and industry
C) Minimal welfare spending on a social safety net
D) Limited government

Question 67

Which of the following is a contradiction of the neoliberal state? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Authoritarianism uncomfortably coexists with individual freedom and democracy.
B) Operations tend to create instability despite commitments to stability.
C) While committed to competition, the state often acts toward monopolization.
D) The well-being of everyone is comprised to benefit economic elites.

Question 68

Which concept focuses on the premise international politics is based on power, violence, and war?

A) International relations
B) Political realism
C) Complex interdependence
D) International political economy

Question 69

The global trend toward homogeneity is often associated with cultural imperialism.

Question 70

Which of the following is part of most neoliberal states? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) More supportive of business capital accumulation than unemployment.
B) Stimulating of business as opposed to individuals.
C) Private functions that were once state administered.
D) Open up flow of capital across economic sectors and geographic regions.

Question 71

Which political theory focuses almost exclusively on the formal relations among and between nation statues?

A) International relations
B) Political realism
C) Complex interdependence
D) International political economy

Question 72

Globalization of culture can be looked at in terms of increasing homogeneity or heterogeneity.

Question 73

Globalization is such an abstract and distant process, its effects on everyday life are difficult to see.

Question 74

Theorists who emphasize the homogeneity of global institutions often focus on the spread of a single, nation-state governance around the world.

Question 75

According to William Easterly, what is an advantage of economic freedom over centralization? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Unlike centralization that tries to pick wines and could fail at doing it; a survival of the fittest ensures only successful economic actions will endure.
B) Markets offer continuous feedback on success and failure.
C) Interests cannot become vested as markets allocate resources where they are needed.
D) The scale of free markets can be changed rapidly.
E) Individuals and corporations are more willing to take risks than central planners.

Question 76

In terms of culture, globalization always entails an increasing amount of Western homogeneity.

Question 77

Which theory incorporates a commitment to both individual liberty and free markets?

A) Neoliberalism
B) Political realism
C) Complex interdependence
D) International political economy

Question 78

Which political theory focuses almost exclusively on both the formal and informal relations among and between nation statues?

A) International relations
B) Political realism
C) Complex interdependence
D) International political economy

Question 79

Which critique of neoliberalism concludes that the recent and going crises across the global economy means there will likely be a shift towards Keynesian economics?

A) The early thinking of Karl Polanyi
B) Contemporary criticisms of neoliberalism
C) The death of neoliberalism
D) Postmodern criticisms of neoliberalism

Question 80

Some economic heterogeneity exists under the conditions of globalization; although it is mostly local markets that are either culturally commodified or specially tailored to because of their uniqueness.