There are three levels of issues that fuel the divide between different world regions and countries. According to Munasinghe (2009), the main problem is due to the economic growth, or lack of growth, exclusion, and poverty. Immediate drivers are the increase of population, consumption patterns, and governance. Finally, there are...

Over the last decades, political relations, human and social dynamics and the global environment has become intertwined (Fuchs, 2007). This has led to more global economic integration as well as global forms of governance which further promotes globalization. All big firms are expanding their businesses to other countries so that...

1. What do you believe are the three greatest global problems we face as a human species? Explain why you selected each one and rank them in order. The three greatest global problems we face as human species are environmental destruction, technological advancement, and changing demographics, in that order. Environmental...

Comparing Gimenez’s and Sen’s takes on globalization, we see two distinctly different definitions of this process. Gimenez defines globalization as a term used to gloss over and obscure what is essentially capitalist development. She proposes that it is nothing more than a trendy way of talking about the increasing dominance...

a) Micro-governments refer to a new phenomenon, whereby various institutions within a a nation-state are accorded more political power by the central government. Such emergence of micro-governments can be volitional or not from the perspective of the central government. For example, micro-governments can exist in the form of autonomous entities...