Cultural globalisation
- Created by: Connie
- Created on: 29-05-15 18:35
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- Cultural globalisation
- Globalisation sceptics
- Post-colonial thought- 'cultural homogenisation'
- Americanisation; sometimes dubbed 'Coca-Colonisation' or cultural imperialism
- Domination of TNCs
- 'Winners and losers' the losers are women and migrants (Saskia Sassen)
- Marxism; commodity fetishism
- Naomi Klein & logos
- 'McDonalisation' & Apple- impact on developing countries
- Overall,
- 1. Serves interests of economic/political domination
- 2. Cultural homogenisatio
- 3. Captivity of consumerism and materialism
- Hyperglobalist
- Post-Fordism- the greater autonomy of the worker through the advancement of technology; decentralisation of the workplace
- Our lives are easier and quicker; 'deterritorialisation'
- Harvey's 'time-space compression'human interaction takes place outside time
- Overall,
- 1. Workers/ the poor are better off
- 2. Liberal democratic ideas are spreading
- 3. The local is still present (seen in rise of religious fanaticalism)
- Globalisation sceptics
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