George Ritzer - Globalization Quotes

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In the end, the key point is that in gaining a better understanding of these processes, we gain a more nuanced and sophisticated sense of the fundamental nature of globalization.

George Ritzer
One important point about the idea that there are multiple globalizations is the fact that it further complicates the whole idea of finding a point of origin for globalization.

George Ritzer
One cannot understand globalization, and many of its problems, without understanding neo-liberalism.

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It is increasingly difficult to find examples of warfare that are unaffected by globalization.

George Ritzer
The polar view, as it was for Marx, is that it was not material factors, but rather ideal factors, that are the main drivers of globalization.

George Ritzer
Globalization can also be seen as flow of "nothing" (as opposed to "something"), involving the spread of non-places, non-things, non-people and non-services.

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Of course, it remains to be seen what the effect of the Great Recession will be on resistance to globalization. It seems clear, however, that if the recession grows deeper and extends over a long period of time, it will spur much greater resistance to globalization.

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Globalization reinforces preexisting gender structures, barriers, and relationships, only now on a global scale.

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While the US was hegemonic in the era of geopolitics, it is greatly weakened as globalization competes with, and gains ascendancy over, geopolitics.

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