SOC 279: Globalization
Midterm review sheet
Nicole Hala
Spring 2011
The midterm exam will consist of two sections:
I.
Key Terms. You will be asked to define 7 out of 10 terms (in a few sentences or paragraph)
selected from the list below. Each item will be worth 8 points, for a total of 56 points.
II.
Short responses. You choose 4 out of 6 questions and answer them in one or more paragraphs.
Each item will be worth 11 points, for a total of 44 points. (All questions will specify the relevant
author/title, so you do not have to worry about memorizing author names and matching them with
course material.)
The exam will cover the following key terms (IN BOLD ITALICS) and the key arguments (i.e., those discussed in
class and/or highlighted in the lecture slides) from the material below:
Debating Globalization
General Introduction, pp. 1-5; Introduction, pp. 9-10.
GLOBALIZATION / DETERRITORIALIZATION
Ch. 1, "The Hidden Promise: Liberty Renewed" (Micklethwait and Wooldridge)
NATION-STATE / ZERO-SUM GAME / CRONY CAPITALISM / COMMUNITARIANS / ANOMIE
Ch. 2, "How to Judge Globalism" (Sen)
WESTERNIZATION
Ch. 3, "From the Great Transformation to the Global Free Market" (Gray)
WASHINGTON CONSENSUS / THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION / THE ENLIGHTENMENT THESIS /
COUNTERMOVEMENTS
Ch. 4, "Jihad vs. McWorld" (Barber)
MCWORLD / JIHAD / SOFT POWER
Ch. 5, "The Clash of Civilizations" (Huntington)
CIVILIZATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Ch. 7, "Sociology of the Global System" (Sklair)
WASHINGTON CONSENSUS / TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION (TNC ) / TRANSNATIONAL CAPITALIST CLASS
(TCC) / CULTURE-IDEOLOGY OF CONSUMERISM
* "The Rise of the New Global Elite" The Atlantic (Freeland)
PLUTOCRACY / OLIGARCHY / PHILANTHROCAPITALISM
Experiencing Globalization
Ch. 13, "How Sushi Went Global" (Bestor)
CONSUMERISM / CORE & PERIPHERY / BRAND EQUITY
Ch. 14, "McDonald’s in Hong Kong" (Watson)
LOCALIZING ADAPTATIONS / CENTER (CORE) & PERIPHERY
Ch. 12, "The Global Ecumene" (Hannerz)
CENTER (CORE) & PERIPHERY / BEENTO / BUSH / DIASPORA / CULTURAL BROKERS / CREOLIZATION
Ch. 17, "Strategic Inauthenticity" (Taylor)
GRIOT / MBALAX / YOUSSOU N'DOUR
Economic Globalization
Ch. 18, "Commodity Chains and Marketing Strategies: Nike and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry"
(Korzeniewicz)
COMMODITY / GLOBAL COMMODITY CHAIN (GCC) / SUBCONTRACTING / SEMIPERIPHERY
Ch. 20, "Incensed about Inequality" (Wolf)
GREEN REVOLUTION / ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) / GDP PER CAPITA /
GLOBAL INEQUALITY / WITHIN-COUNTRY INEQUALITY / BETWEEN-COUNTRY INEQUALITY
Ch. 21, "Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality?" (Wade)
NEOLIBERALISM / PURCHASING POWER PARITY (PPP)
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