Posts Tagged "globalization"
mcdonaldization and globalisation
Commentary on Robinson’s nine theses
Counter-hegemonic struggles should re-semanticize their discourse on globalization and start from the bottom up to redress the transnational capitalism that has been accountable for many socio-economic problems. This is Robinson’s thesis in the article “Globalisation: nine these on our epoch” where he problematizes such concepts as transnationalization, global integration, and economic globalization as agents of commodification, alienation and de-humanization
Generally, what Robinson asks are the following:
Read More1. What is globalization, and what is its socio-economic impact to society and nation?
Who, Me?
Hello there! My name is Ai, Japanese for "love". This blog is a celebration of love for life. I couldn't stay in one place for too long, so I'm always walking, traveling or changing address. I'm an editor of a quarterly rice science magazine and a weekly publication on international commodity trade. Our company is based in Singapore but I'm usually in the Philippines. My goal right now is to make people happy, because I am--well, except when I'm being sentimental.
