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Globalization

The keyword Globalization is tagged in the following 11 articles.

Hip-Hop is for Everybody: Examining the Roots and Growth of Hip-Hop
May 4, 2012 - 2751 words | Music » Hip-hop
Starting from humble roots, hip-hop has grown from the creative outlet of underrepresented black teenagers living in the South Bronx in the late 1970s to a highly successful commercialized business that in 2000 grossed over $1.8 billion in sales in the United States... Read Article »

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Hip-Hop Rap Mos Def The Bronx Music Globalization
Dissent, Protest, and Revolution: The New Europe in Crisis
March 19, 2012 - 9003 words | Globalization Studies » Protest
In the waking moments of the twenty-first century, political science faces a burgeoning global movement, a crisis in some eyes, and a revolution in others. News and media hype over worldwide protests, from the Middle East, to Africa, to the United States and finally... Read Article »

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Globalization Protest Europe Political Dissent Occupy Wall Street Arab Spring Crisis
Computer-Mediated Communication and Globalization: Considering Social, Academic, and Business Factors
February 21, 2012 - 1434 words | Communication Studies » Globalization
“Most of us are surrounded by communication channels and tools that keep us constantly connected to sources of information and people in our communities” (Thurlow, Lengel, & Tomic, 2004, p.83). The current communication channel claiming responsibility... Read Article »

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Computer-Mediated Communication Globalization Communication
Superbrands, Globalization, and Neoliberalism: Exploring Causes and Consequences of the Nike Superbrand
December 29, 2011 - 6598 words | Globalization Studies » Globalization
The rise of superbrands has many implications for the nature of work, workers, and organizations. This paper explores superbrands and their impact in three ways. First, the dynamics of the superbrand Nike, along with the implications of Nike as a superbrand, are explored... Read Article »

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Globalization Neoliberalism Superbrands Nike Organizations Multinational Corporations
Effects of Globalization on Work and Organizations: Exploring Post-Industrialism, Post-Fordism, Work and Management in the Global Era
December 18, 2011 - 4590 words | Globalization Studies » Globalization
As we move from Fordism to Post-Fordism and from Industrialism to Post-Industrialism, the new Market that prevails under Globalization implies many changes to the nature of work and organizations. This new Market dictates, or rather governs, the way corporations think... Read Article »

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Globalization Neoliberalism Industrialism Fordism Management Organizations
Somali Refugees in Kenya: Security Deficiencies and Public Health Concerns as a Result of Ineffective Policy
August 23, 2011 - 4287 words | International Affairs » Somalia
Somalia is home to roughly 9 million people, the overwhelming majority whom are ethnic Somalis (UN Statistics Division 2010). The country has been plagued with conflict and disorder beginning just years after it attained independence. Following the overthrow of President... Read Article »

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Somalia Kenya East Africa Sub-Saharan Africa International Security Terrorism Public Health Refugees Globalization
Western Feminism in a Global Perspective
February 24, 2011 - 4559 words | Anthropology » Feminism
American women have struggled historically against certain paradigms of inferiority that all women experience. The female identity is different according to each culture and their customs, but many cultures are based on a patriarchal past where men wield more power... Read Article »

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Westernization Feminism Empowerment Gender Identity Globalization
Wine Appellation Regulation in the U.S. and France as a Response to Globalization
January 12, 2011 - 5986 words | International Affairs » Globalization
This paper explores the link between cultural identity and Globalization through the lens of wine appellation regulations in the United States, with the American Viticultural Areas (AVAs), and in France, with Champagne. The expansion of economic Globalization and some... Read Article »

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Wine Wine Appellations Economic Regulation Champagne American Viticultural Areas Globalization
Understanding the Implications of a Global Village
November 20, 2009 - 2207 words | Opinion » Global Identity
Imagine the vast spectrum of all the cultures in the world. Listen to the music—from the gentle drum beats of Africa, to the melodic didgeridoo of Australia, to the scream of the electric guitar. Taste the curry from India, the coconut milk from Thailand, the... Read Article »

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Gobal Village Globalization Modernization Westernization Dependency Theory Technological Advances Cultural Identity Humanitarian Efforts Economic Opportunities Globalizing World Globalization Studies
Child Sex Tourism: "Us" and "Them" in a Globalized World
November 4, 2009 - 5494 words | International Affairs » Sex Tourism
“In London, Hamburg or San Francisco … we rarely see ordinary, middle-aged men and women flirting with homeless teenagers who sit on the pavements begging for spare change, or inviting them out to dinner and then back home to bed.” (O’Connell... Read Article »

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Child Sex Tourism Human Trafficking Sex Trafficking Racism Globalization Sex Tourism Prostitution Brothel Otherization
Does Globalization Foster or Reduce Political Violence?
October 19, 2009 - 532 words | Globalization Studies » Globalization
Globalization has impacted societies around the world in both positive and negative ways. Despite positive changes in certain areas though, there are two significant factors that make the globalized (and globalizing) world a more dangerous place with respect to political... Read Article »

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Globalization Political Violence Terrorism