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The Globalization Of Globalization

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Based on Sparke’s textbook, Globalization can be defined as “the extension, acceleration, and intensification of consequential worldwide global interconnections.” This is what he refers to as “little g” globalization. These global interconnections reveal the ties and tensions of globalization. There is also “big G” globalization which is what Sparke calls using globalization as a buzzword in a political context. A big part of globalization is commodities and commodity chains. A commodity can be simply defined as anything that is bought or sold while a commodity chain is the production process that produces these commodities. Understanding commodities and commodity chains is important to be able to understand globalization. One example of how commodities demonstrate globalization is outsourcing and offshoring. By doing this, companies bring their companies overseas which means that they are interconnected with other parts of the world. Understanding commodity chains can also allow you to understand the ties and tensions. I decided to focus on the apparel industry and the commodity of a piece of clothing. This commodity shows some of the tensions related to labor, like constantly searching for the cheapest labor, and tensions related to the environment, like pollution from the clothing industry. A piece of clothing also shows ties through, for instance, in which countries clothes are produced and to which countries they are being exported to. The article "Indian Textile and

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