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Globalization and War, 2006.
A review of Tarak Barkawi's thesis "Globalization and War".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, £ 31.95
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This paper considers the thesis of Tarak Barkawi in his book "Globalization and War" as he finds that war is itself a factor contributing to globalization. In part, Barkawi's discussion of war is a counter to the view of Samuel Huntington that war emerges from a "clash of civilizations." Instead, according to the paper, war is seen more as part of a process of change and as being based on an old image of world geography in a new context.
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Globalization and the Cold War, 2002.
Explains the relationships between globalization and the Cold War.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 50.95
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Early globalization in the form of international trade emerged as an economic necessity. During the Cold War period, this became fragmented due to regulated trade policies and politics of alliance. The end of Cold War replaced the tradition of political alliance with global partnership and triggered the current process of globalization.
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A 'Global War against Terrorism' and Social Movements in America, 2002.
Discusses anti-war social movements in North America, focusing on the United States' all-out war on terrorism.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 37.95
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This paper begins with an analysis of an on-line article that refers to the American "attack" on terrorism. The article assumes an anti-war stance and this essay examines the social movements of anti-war sentiments in relation to this particular article, as well as in relation to other anti-war movements in America. It is a sociological analysis of social collectives, and describes both American and Canadian anti-war movements, with direct reference to U.S. military and politics.
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Differences Between The Cold War System and Globalization, 2001.
A look at the Thomas Freidman book, "The Lexus and The Olive Tree."
1,020 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, £ 25.95
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This paper takes a look the differences between the cold war system and globalization as seen in Thomas Freidman's book, "The Lexus and The Olive Tree". The author looks at how the defining measurement of the Cold War system was muscle and defense strategies, while the new globalization system is defined by global markets, the Internet, and satellites which reinforce the idea that we are all part of the same world no matter your geographical location.
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"Freidman?s assessment that globalization has spread Americanization is interesting. Americans tend to be known for their short attention spans and greedy behavior. We are a culture who watches five different thirty- second commercials in one half hour of television. We are always indulging ourselves to the ever-changing new trends. I believe that this is the product of the free-market, capitalist society in which Americans live today. Freidman says that the countries that are most willing to let capitalism flourish will thrive in the new system of globalization. However, where there is competition there is even more greed. This can greatly influence ones? motivations, politics, morals, and overall belief structure."
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Globalization and Global Labour Patterns, 2005.
An analysis of the factors leading to globalization and global labour patterns.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 10 sources, £ 76.95
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This paper discusses globalization and global labour patterns. The paper argues that in a globalized world corporations are determining the labour conditions in both developed and developing countries. It suggests that the corporations are essentially making cheap, unskilled and flexible labourers.
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"Globalization and Global Labour Patterns Globalization is one of the most controversial issues in politics and economics. In "Note on Terminalogy" David McNally defines globalization as, "The mainstream term for the new world Economy of the past twenty years" (McNally 9). How exactly has the world economy changed? While discussing the political and economic changes that have occurred over the last three decades Teeple explains, A system of highly integrated world trade was an irreversible fact by the end of the 1970s, confirmed and hastened by the new means of transportation and communications, whose increased productivity were transforming the worldwide distribution of products and hence the global conditions for valorization (Teeple 71)."
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Processes of Globalization and Shared Global Culture, 2005.
A discussion on whether the processes of globalization are producing a shared global culture.
2,028 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 45.95
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The paper states that it is not complicated to find some globalized places such as airline terminals, international hotels or CNN business news revealing the effects of globalization and its repercussions on our understanding of culture in the modern world. The paper relates that through the growing of global interconnections and the processes of ideas and global goods crossing national borders, cultures fuse across the globe. The paper also discusses the presence of English as an international language, and a homogenization of culture. The paper confirms that, culture is a set of values and practices characterized by its particularity, which nevertheless needs universal criteria as a reference to justify this particularity. It is also crucial to define culture as an "encompassing" concept and to keep in mind that it is difficult to know what is cultural.
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"In addition, a shared global culture is also relevant as a global dissemination of an American or Western culture. Indeed the processes of globalization are providing fuel for a cultural imperialism, that is to say a global culture liable to be a hegemonic culture. Thus the assertion of a shared global culture seems to be linked to what Friedman describes as "the increasing hegemony of particular central cultures, the diffusion of American values, consumers goods and lifestyles" (Friedman, 1994: 195). The diffusion of dominant standard icons and references such as MacDonald's, Coca-Cola leads to think about an obvious Americanization. In a word, cultures are both confronted by a global dominance of the western culture and by the practices of global capitalism. The result is probably a decrease of cultural differences: a process which undeniably worked to the advantage of the USA and others Western nations. A striking example of this tendency of cultural imperialism is the United Nations Educations Scientific and Cultural Organization's call for a "new world information and communication order" and its politics on global culture."
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Globalization and Global Survival, 2005.
This paper discusses the effects and dangers of globalization.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, £ 50.95
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This article examines the cultural, commercial, political and environmental effects of globalization. The writer then looks at the related challenges and dangers. The writer discusses how the existence of international monopolies together with the third world sweat shops and additional factors endanger global survival. The writer further discusses that globalization's exportation of environmentally and perhaps socially unsustainable Western materialism to populous developing nations such as India and China is also worrying for the future of the planet.
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"Evidence of increasing hegemony by an ever shrinking number of multinational conglomerates is fuelling increasing concern regarding global cultural, commercial, political and environmental effects from such inequitable distribution of power. The creation of international industrial monopolies and massive fortunes of unprecedented size, accompanied as it is by equally massive down-sizing, unemployment, environmental degradation and the exponential increase of Third World sweat shops and child labor, seems to be leading to disaster on a global scale."
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War in Iraq War on Terror, 2007.
A discussion of how the war in Iraq and war on terror became linked as election issues.
2,646 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 13 sources, MLA, £ 56.95
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In this paper the author argues that the war in Iraq was utilized as a persuasive tool to win an election, in which the war was linked to the more global and less definable "war on terrorism." The author further contends that in the 2004 presidential elections the voters were seeking security, and therefore they linked the two issues. This paper demonstrates that the war on terror and the war in Iraq are not connected and in fact contraindicated for the long term safety of the US, specifically with regard to future acts of terrorism. Salient quotes from primary and secondary sources are used to support the author's thesis.
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"The importance and reality of this link are now being questioned at every level. People, in both high and low places are questioning the validity of the connection and asking if this aggressive move, on the part of the US, even in the face of much international opposition was in fact appropriate to improve security in the US and her interests all over the world. The political positioning that has become increasingly obvious has undermined the faith of individuals in the nature and necessity of the War in Iraq, as people feel they were sold a bill of goods, rather than leveled with in regards to the strategic importance of the Iraq in the global war on terrorism in both the short and log term. In fact this work argues that the only connection between the war on terrorism and the War on Iraq is that the later has and will continue to serve to increase terrorist activities and actions against the US, no matter how the government spins it."
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The Global South and the Global North, 2007.
An analysis of the impact of globalization on the inequality between the global north and the global south.
1,402 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper looks at globalization and discusses how it has exacerbated the pre-existing inequalities between the poor global south and the wealthy global north. It illustrates how globalization forces some people (predominantly in the southern regions of the planet) to work while permitting other people (predominantly individuals residing in the global north) to become wealthy.
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"To start with, it is commonly known that powerful multinational corporations in the global north habitually take their manufacturing operations from Europe and/or America and deposit those aforementioned manufacturing operations in global south countries where they can avoid the onerous regulatory regimes, high corporate taxes, and high wage costs they associate with the north. At the same time, the movement of jobs and plants to the south has the unhappy effect of not only costing workers jobs in the north but also of reducing the south to the subordinate position of being "hewers of wood and drawers of water" for multinationals that are looking for cheap human resources that can be utilized in a working environment that is more permissive than the highly-regulated work environments of America and/or Europe. A good example of this phenomenon can be found in the IT sector where skilled U.S. workers are losing jobs to individuals overseas (Sosbe, 4) - presumably because the "cost of doing business" vis-a-vis wage expenses is lower in global south nations which do not have a strong tradition of labor activism or of government involvement in employee-employer relations."
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Globalization, 2007.
A comparison of the viewpoints of Tarak Barkawi in "Globalization and War" and Thomas Friedman in "The World is Flat".
3,274 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 66.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the viewpoints of Tarak Barkawi and Thomas Friedman and their contributions to the study of globalization. It discusses their opinions, as described in their books "Globalization and War" and "The World is Flat," respectively. The paper concludes that Barkawi and Friedman vary greatly in their style and respective viewpoints.
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"Although they vary greatly in their style and respective viewpoints, both Barkawi and Friedman make valuable contributions to the study of globalization. With regards to globalization and the role of the state, Barkawi view is in certain respects neo-realist in nature, while Friedman is neo-liberal with some restrictions. Barkawi regards war and the state as prominent agents of interconnection in a globalized world, while Friedman feels that they pose a hindrance to the spread of free markets. Friedman's neo-liberal approach is fundamentally flawed, but he makes several relevant, valid points. His book offers an revealing glance at the extent to which the economy has become internationalized, while Barkawi's takes an enlightening look at the formidable role that war and the state have played in forging transnational connections. In addition, he analyzes (and discredits) a number of different paradigms concerning the study of international relations."
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The War against Drugs and Terror, 2005.
A detailed, opinionated policy proposal addressing the global wars on terror and drugs.
1,557 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper examines the domestic and international drug and terror war reform. he paper attempts to illustrate the link between the war on drugs and the war on terror, explaining that these are becoming a unified, global dilemma. The paper presents a policy proposal that will improve investigation and prevention techniques used internationally and domestically, with the goal of decreasing drug trafficking in countries also known to be high terrorist breeding grounds.
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"Throughout the years numerous policy attempts have been made to subdue the threat of terror as well as the global drug problem; however combined efforts have fallen short of achieving their goals. This, in part has to do with the accompanying factors to global problems such as; current events, the media and constituent's beliefs. These all weigh heavily and influence the agenda of policy makers and administrations. After September 11, 2001, the democratic world was shaken and the true threat of terrorism was unmistakably evident. This created a global demand for justice against Afghanistan's Taliban regime, claimed to be protecting Al-Qaeda, the organization responsible for the terrorist acts. Now, there are new actors in the realm of mass terror, and this includes Columbia."
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Globalist Theory and the War in Iraq, 2004.
Applies the perspectives of various global theories to the war in Iraq.
1,349 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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This paper looks at the war in Iraq through the globalist perspectives of Karl Marx and Immanuel Wallerstein and through the neo-Marxist concept of hegemony. The paper explains how each philosophy would view America's actions in Iraq and how these philosophies would argue that historical and economic factors contributed to those actions.
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"Traditionally, international relations is defined as the study of interstate behavior. The causes of war and conditions for peace have historically centered on the state. However, this traditional view has largely been challenged by the emergence and development of a globalist perspective. This viewpoint stresses the global effects that local actions have, and explores the motivations and consequences of individual nations trying to exert power and influence internationally. The present war in Iraq could be analyzed through different perspectives. On one side, the war could be understood as a humanitarian effort to liberate a nation from the strife and hardship experienced under a dictatorial regime, on the other side, the war in Iraq could be interpreted as an effort of one superpower to gain economic and political control over a weak nation in order to further self interest and promote local influence. A Globalist theory would follow this latter line of thought."
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Why a Second World War?, 2002.
An analysis of the causes (country by country and globally) of World War II, illustrating the argument that a second coming of global warfare was inevitable.
2,520 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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This paper examines the argument that the social and political state of Europe, the United States, and Japan after World War I made the second coming of global warfare inevitable. The root causes for each of the major countries (USA, Russia, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, etc.) are examined in detail and are intricately tied together to paint a picture of how an event as tragic as World War was an inevitable outcome of World War I.
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"While many historians consider the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, the spark that ignited the inferno of World War II the embers of global conflict had been smoldering unchecked for some time before then. In many ways, the vindictive and pernicious demands set in place by the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 made a phoenix-like second coming of German forces bent on vindication and conquest almost inevitable. While German angst percolated, half way around the globe similar discord was brewing in the Pacific with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, a blatant violation of previously signed non- aggression treaties by the major Asian countries. These two sparks ignited by German demoralization and Japanese aggression, separated by thousands of miles, ultimately led to events that would pull England, France, Italy, Russia, Northern Africa, and the United States into a two sided struggle for world domination that would leave its mark on mankind forever."
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Two Articles on Globalization, 2005.
This paper discusses and contrasts two articles regarding globalization, that is "The Truth about Globalization" by Timothy Taylor, and "Ecocide and Globalization" by Franz J. Broswimmer.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, £ 31.95
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In this essay, the writer considers two separate articles regarding globalization. The two articles discussed are "The Truth about Globalization" by Timothy Taylor, and "Ecocide and Globalization" by Franz J. Broswimmer. The writer looks at each of the author's individual arguments and views regarding the subject of globalization.
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"The two articles that we are here concerned with analyzing are "The Truth about Globalization" by Timothy Taylor, and "Ecocide and Globalization" by Franz J. Broswimmer. Taylor puts forward an intelligent and well-documented argument in favor of globalization, seeing it as a way for all people and nations to grow richer through augmentation of trade opportunities and the exchange of ideas and skills, specifically the growth of technical capacity which has been shown to be a key factor in industrializing and hence growing wealthy."
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