Assignment: Globalization

Before posting on the discussion board, please read the following:

• Lechner and Boli (Eds.), (2015). The Globalization Reader (5th ed.)

o Chapter 11: Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy

• Appelrouth, S. and Edles, L.D. (2008). "The Global Society" Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory:

o Chapter 17 [PDF, File Size 351 KB]

Answer any of the following questions:

• What are the four perspectives of globalization? Which perspective best describes the process? Give reasons. Select one example of globalization, and explain how each of the four perspectives views it. Then explain why one perspective is best.

OR

• Explain the theoretical framework used by the Appudurai article in explaining globalization. Do you think the "scapes" are separate, or do they interact? For example, does the flow of people impact the flow of ideas?