M8D2 Assignment: Globalization & Religious Fundamentalism

By the end of this activity students will be able to:
Analyze social phenomena utilizing theoretical frameworks (Sociology Major Outcome #2)
Analyze significant political issues according to the standards of the discipline in three of the following areas: The enduring controversies and values underlying the contending theoretical and philosophical controversies which have marked either classical political theory and/or modern positive political theory (Political Science Major Outcome #2)
Read the asssigned readings in the textbook and answer this portion of question 4 on page 825: According to Ritzer, what are some of the leading factors accounting for “grobalization”? Are we moving inevitably, with unstoppable force, into a “grobalized” world order? Why or why not?
• Watch/Listen 
o PowerPoint slides for Chapter 16 [PPT File Size 1333KB]
o World Systems Theory [Video File 2 mins 49 secs]
o https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=DokCX7RRbo8&feature=related
o Immanuel Wallerstein on the end of Capitalism [Video File 7 mins 45 secs]
o https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=nLvszWBf6BQ