Gary Gereffi's work titled "The Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development" prompted me to reflect on international trade and production networks. He refers to industrial upgrading and global production networks in the apparel/textile industry. Gereffi asserts that for a country to be successful in the garment industry there needs to be a shift from assembly … [Read more...]
Confronting Globalization in Post-Colonial Africa
Samuel P. Huntington's piece was particularly compelling. He states, "It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural" (37). I absolutely agree. He asserts that cultural differences are fundamentally … [Read more...]
