The Challenges of Globalization
Cultures in Transition in the Pacific-Asia Region
John Lidstone editor Lan-Hung Nora Chiang editor Rebecca A Stephenson editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University Press of America
Published:5th Oct '04
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Although the products of globalization are far from new, globalization as a process in the Pacific-Asian Region is both dynamic and problematic. Pacific-Asia globalization outcomes at present include: intensification of changes linked to the influences of capitalism; information technology and innovative technological systems; migration, transnationalism, and refugees; tourism for those with newly apparent disposable incomes; altered philosophical and religious perspectives, including the new fundamentalism; paradigm shifts within indigenous languages and cultures; lifestyles that embrace and/or disengage from all of the globalizing factors listed above; and others. The Challenges of Globalization defines globalization as "supra-national ideas and processes that cross national borders with impunity." Such "ideas and processes" may appear to possess a will of their own, fostering closer links between cultures, societies, and economies. But, do they? How do individuals, communities, and nation-states actually respond to the forces of globalization? This book explores globalization within the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and education.
ISBN: 9780761829515
Dimensions: 215mm x 166mm x 15mm
Weight: 263g
194 pages