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The World as a Global Village The World as a Global Village The term "Global Village" refers to the widening and deepening of the global system. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) define globalisation as "The increasing integration of markets both for goods and services and for capital." The world village also has a hidden metaphor. It implies a small space in which people live, one where they know everything about everyone and everything that happens. It can be argued that there are a total of seven factors contributing to the globalisation movement. The first element is the breakdown of the post–War economic order with the oil crisis of 1973–4. This ...show more content... It does affect both poor and wealthy countries; a prime example is Black Friday, which led to the fall of the Conservative Party in 1991. Recently Argentina has experienced this, all investors withdrew finance, and therefore it had economic collapse. In some respects the World Economy is something of a global casino with cash flooding into areas and then being removed. This happened in East Asia, in 1996 $93 billion was flooded into the area, the following year $105 billion was withdrawn, with unpleasant consequences. It used to be said that financial speculation was down to a small number of people, similar to those in the markets of New York and London, however this has changed and now big business has become global, it is also able to participate in financial speculation. This means that states must be corporate friendly as companies are no longer tied to states, therefore if states annoy companies then they can move around the world to somewhere that enables them to make greater profits. The international labour force has also become globalised. Capitalism has undergone fundamental and structural change with the concentration of production into areas and sectors. Therefore there has been a rise in transnational Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

Nationalism In The Global Village Essay INTRODUCTION With the dawning of the information age there has been a shrinking of relative distances between people and places all over the world. With an increase in international communication comes an increase in cultural sharing. Cultures all over the planet reflect influences of neighboring cultures and other international trading partners. As these and many other factors work towards creating a global village many people are baffled by the increase in nationalism. Nationalism is a highly emotional phenomenon and as such is very unpredictable. Nationalism is far beyond its peak and the current rise is likely only an indicator of the transitional stage of globalization. GLOBAL VILLAGE ...show more content... As people travel and migrate they are not only exposed to new cultures but also expose other cultures to their own ways. For example, a man from Italy may move to North America. While there he will grow accustomed to eating new foods such as hot dogs and hamburgers. He will also introduce a new way to enjoy these foods to the natives via his extensive use of spices. This sharing of culture is not to stop here. As the man corresponds with relatives in his homeland he will share stories of the strange new culture of which he has become a part. These stories lead his relatives to dream new dreams of new lands, customs, and products. The creation and spread of global culture is complex, timely, and far–reaching. The evolution of this ethnic melting pot or global village installs fear in some and jubilation in others. While some people continue to doubt the existence and access to the global village it is a reality for others. Academics, activists, and business use the global village to promote global concerns. Transnational social movements, movements where participants seek to influence the policies and actions of nations and international organizations, have been growing. Organizations such as Greenpeace or Amnesty International are strong catalysts of the global community. They operate on three different levels, individual, national, and international. By tying individual concerns into national and Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

Communication in a Global Village by Barnlund In Barnlund's essay "Communication in a Global Village" he says, "Tomorrow we can expect to spend most of our lives in the company of neighbors who will speak in a different tongue, seek different values, move at a different pace, and interact according to a different script (61). In Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" he gives the viewer a glimpse of a community in which this is already taking place. He shows the struggle of people from different cultures trying to live side by side and the way they coexist in a shared environment. Each group has it's own way of dealing with the struggle and due to the lack of understanding and communication there arises conflict. In one scene, the ...show more content... At one point in the movie a black teenager named Buggin' Out walks into Sal's pizza parlor and notices that there are not any pictures of African–Americans on the wall. As he argues with Sal to put up some pictures of blacks he says, "Rarely do I see any American–Italians eating in here, all I see is black folks. So since we spend much money here, we do have some say." To this Sal replies, "You want brothers on the wall, you can open your own place." Both Sal and Buggin' Out refuse to back down and accept each other and their respective cultural values. As Barnlund states, "What seems most critical is to find ways of gaining entrance into the assumptive world of another culture , to identify the norms that govern face–to–face relations...(63). By hanging the pictures of only American–Italians on his wall, Sal is setting up barriers that are stopping him from gaining entrance into Buggin' Out's "assumptive world." Sal is proud of who he is and where he comes from or more generally, his culture. I think he is unwilling to change his views because he still sees himself as a tourist or a visitor in the black community. He works to get along with his customers and looks for mutual respect but he is still not able to see them as friends or neighbors. I think the underlying problem that is demonstrated in the film is the failure of people to look past the faultlines of color and culture. I think this is Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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