Cultural Globalization

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This paper explains that the correlation between economic influence and cultural influence is manifested in the spread of American and Western culture into national economies increasingly dependent upon American and Western economic investments and consumer products. The author points out that one of the most troubling consequences of cultural globalization is its political impact in the form of increasing fragility throughout the Third World. The paper stresses that, if there is ever to be a global society, the basis of such a society is likely to be Western socio-political culture, which can lead to a backlash from non-Western cultures.

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"Fragile, failing, and failed states such as Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, and Somalia present the United Nations and other international organizations with a host of problems, including civil wars, regional instability, famine, terrorism, and overpopulation.
Disintegrating Third World states not only destabilize the regions they are in, but also destabilize the entire international community as well. They pose endless problems for Western policy makers because they are sources of international controversy and division, compel other nations to take sides in various economic, political, and religious disputes..."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Barber, Benjamin R. Jihad Vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism are Reshaping the World. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996.
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• Bluestone, B. "The Inequality Express." The American Prospect. Volume 20. 1994.
• Sachs, Jeffrey, Larrain, Felipe, and Larrain, B. Macroeconomics in the Global Economy. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1993.

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