As a result, political reforms and adjustments of foreign strategies are engulfing the whole world. (China and its Reactions to Globalization) Therefore, as the economic changes and reforms in China interface with the international community, the structure of the countries governance also changes. This has led critics to claim that new models of government have begun to emerge in China. But they also suggest that these new models "…differ considerably from

As always throughout his book, whenever analyzing the past and the events of the past, the focus quickly transfers to the future. When discussing the interaction between the Neanderthal and the Homo Sapiens, the transition immediately goes to looking into the past and in understanding that the human individual is sometimes unlikely to make any compromises in his search for progress. One can also better understand the ruthlessness of the

Globalization and Business Trends How globalization is affecting the political, legal, and economic forces impacting today's business environment Globalization is indeed associated with a lot of interconnectedness of different sectors worldwide. It is affecting the political, legal and economic forces worldwide hence impacting on the day-to-day business environment. Politically, poor nations have become more dependent on decisions being made by rich nations like USA which determines what is legal to be traded and

Globalization, fostered by free flow of information and rapid progress in technology, is a driving force that no country can turn back. It does impose market discipline on the participants which can be harsh, but is the mechanism that drives progress and prosperity. Globalization emerged as a buzzword in the 1990s but the phenomena it refers to are not entirely new. As a ubiquitous term, what does "globalization" mean? Some

Globalization of Hybrid Cultures Argentine Nestor Garcia Canclini, in his book, "Globalization of Hybrid Cultures," presents a culture made up of surviving traditions and incoming modernity, particularly in Latin America, where he was born. Viewing the quaint merger at a pluralistic perspective, he asserts that pluralism is indispensable in dealing with Latin America, that is, in considering its "contradictory and unequal components" of modernization, which are emancipation, expansion, renovation and democratization

Transportation and Logistics Management Tanya Combs "Globalization is the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross-border transactions in goods and services, freer international capital flow, and more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology" (International Monetary Fund -- quoted by Rushton, et al., 2007) Globalization's impact on the world economy, in particular on the logistics and transportation management of the economies of the world, has been momentous. World