ch 24

Throughout the twentieth century, a dense web of political relationships, economic transactions, and cultural influences increasingly brought the world together. By the 1990s, this method of booming interaction was known as globalization. Globalization has a long history upon which twentieth-century globalization was built. The pace of globalization increased rapidly after World War II.  Most commonly, “globalization” refers to international economic transactions.  There is a time of reglobalization where the global economic transactions heightened after WWII.  World trade sky-rocketed and money became highly mobile globally.  Central to the process are transnational corporations, huge global businesses that operate in many countries simultaneously. large numbers of workers, both laborers and professionals, moved all over the world from poor countries to richer ones.  With all of this comes growth, instability and inequality.  The idea of liberation traveled around the world in the 20th century when discussing feminist movements.  Feminism has been a big ongoing discussion in the last coupe of chapters.  Every area has its own issues that deal with feminism.  There was the development of the idea of the third world.  From all the problems that existed in the world, feminist movement has owned the highest potential for change.  Something I found interesting that threw me off is how not all feminist problems completely dealt with gender, but also minority, class and party lines.   Feminism has progressively reached a point to become international.  Chapter 24 also talks about Religious and global modernity. “Fundamentalism” is a major reaction against modernization and globalization.  This is threatening to existing religions.  The Global environment has been transformed for several reasons.  Human impact on earth comes down to three things including world population, use of fossil fuels, and massive economic growth.