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Consumerism
The global spread of consumerism is a pervasive feature of culture in the global era, but it also has extensive historical roots. Consumerism can be roughly defined as a deep interest in acquiring material items not necessary to even reasonably ample ...
- Activism, Transnational
- Air Travel
- American Revolution
- Academy Awards
- Acculturation
- Accounting Systems
- Acid Rain
- Accountability
- Abortion
- Global Historical Antecedents
- Animal Rights
- African Diaspora Religions
- Civil Society, Global
- Class
- Amnesty International
- Airlines
- Apartheid
- Aesthetics
- Aging Societies
- Agriculture Sector
- Alternative Energy Sources
- Arab League
- Birth Control
- Global History, Studies in
- Arbitration
- African Religions
- Demographic Change
- Community
- Anti-Apartheid Movement
- Civil Aviation
- Cold War
- Al Jazeera
- Assimilation
- Asian Tiger Phenomenon
- Biofuels
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Burial and Crematory Practices
- Asylum
- Baha'i
- Global Communications and Technology
- Corporate Identity
- Antiglobalization Movements and Critics
- Communicative Power
- Conflict and Conflict Resolution
- Americanization
- Baby Boomers
- Banking, Offshore
- Biohazards
- Borders
- Diseases
- Citizenship
- Battle of Badr
- Global Conflict and Security
- Cosmopolitan Identity
- Antislavery Movements
- Computing
- Conquests
- Architecture
- Beirut
- Banks
- Biological Diversity
- Bretton Woods Agreements/System
- Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
- Civil Rights
- Buddhism
- Global Culture, Media
- Ethnic Identity
- Associations
- Computing, Personal
- Cooperation
- Art
- Cities
- Capitalism
- Biosphere
- Caliphate
- Food
- Constitutionalism
- Capitalism
- Global Economic Issues
- Ethnocentrism
- Charities, Charity
- Containerization
- Cyberconflict
- Artists
- Communities, Transnational
- Consumer Protest
- Climate Change
- Charismatic Leaders
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Crime, Transnational
- Christianity
- Global Environmental and Energy Issues
- Family
- Civil Society, Global
- Cybernetics
- Deterrence
- Blogs
- Contraception
- Consumerism
- Deforestation
- Civilization
- Global Health and Nutrition
- Dharma
- Christianity-Related Movements
- Global Governance and World Order
- Family Systems, Kinship
- Civility
- Failed States
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Demographic Change
- Corporations, Transnational
- Desertification
- Colonialism
- Health Care Access
- Free Speech
- Communism, as International Movement
- Global Health and Nutrition
- Gender Identity
- Connectedness, Global
- Global Communications and Technology
- French Revolution
- Cable News Network (CNN)
- Demographic Transition
- Currencies
- Earth Summit
- Democracy
- Health Care Systems
- Gay Rights
- Communist International
- Global Historical Antecedents
- Global Village
- Elites
- Handheld Devices
- Geneva Conventions
- Cartoons, Comix, Manga
- Deterritorialization and Reterritorialization
- Data Systems and Reporting, Global
- Electricity
- Dynasties
- HIV/AIDS
- Global Justice and Legal Issues
- Communitarianism
- Global History, Studies in
- Homophobia
- Foundations
- Information Age
- Genocides
- Cinema
- Diasporas
- Dependency
- Energy Efficiency
- Empires
- Hygiene
- Human Rights, International
- Confucianism
- Global Justice and Legal Issues
- Identities, Traditional
- Foundations, Asian: International Activities
- International Air Transportation Association
- Global Conflict and Security
- Creativity and Innovation
- Dubai
- Dependency Theory
- Environmental Carrying Capacity
- Empires, Modern
- Infant Mortality
- Indigenous Peoples' Rights
- Cosmopolitanism
- Global Order
- Identities in Global Society
- Foundations, European: International Activities
- Internet
- Hiroshima
- Creolization
- Family Policies
- Depression, Great
- Environmental Change
- European Union
- Malnutrition
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Crusades
- Global Religions, Beliefs, and Ideologies
- Linguistic Identities
- Foundations, U.S.: International Activities
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- Holocaust
- Cuisine
- Family Systems, Kinship
- Depression, Recession, and Stagnation
- Environmental Movement
- Failed States
- Medical Systems
- International Court of Justice
- Darwinism and Social Darwinism
- Global Reporting Initiatives
- Marginality
- Gay and Lesbian Movement
- Inventions and Discoveries
- Intelligence Agencies
- Cultural Commons
- Fertility
- Deskilling
- Environmental Rights
- Global Governance and World Order
- Public Health
- International Criminal Tribunals
- Enlightenment, The
- Global Studies
- Modern Identities
- Humanitarian Intervention
- Media, Global
- Military
- Cultural Destruction
- Hong Kong
- Distribution of Wealth, Equitability of
- Environmental Security
- Global Order
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Interpol
- Ethics, Global
- Global Studies, Current Academic Approaches to
- Multiculturalism
- Humanitarianism
- Morse Code
- Pariahs, Global
- Cultural Diversity, Convention on
- Immigration
- Dollar
- Environmental Treaties, Conventions, and Protocols
- Global South
- Tuberculosis
- Justice, Transitional
- Fascism
- Global Studies, Early Academic Approaches to
- Multiracial Identities
- Humanity, Concepts of
- Nanotechnology
- Peace
- Cultural Hybridity
- Immigration and Transnationalism
- Economic Crises
- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
- Governance Networks, Transnational
- Viruses, Killer
- Justice Movements, Transnational
- Feminism
- Global Terminology
- National Identities
- Indigenous Peoples' Rights
- Navigation Systems
- Peace Activism
- Cultural Industries
- Intergenerational Relations
- Economic Development
- Fisheries
- Hegemonic Power
- Viruses and Diseases, Emerging
- Labor Rights
- Freemasons
- Globalization, Approaches to
- Otherness
- International Nongovernment Organizations (INGOs)
- Postal System, World
- Peacekeeping Forces
- Cultural Observatories
- Johannesburg
- Economic Ethics
- Floods, Tsunamis
- Hollow State
- World Food Program
- Law, International
- Global Religions, Beliefs, Ideologies
- Globalization, Measurement of
- Racial Identity
- International Nongovernment Organizations, Quasi-Forms
- Radio
- Private Security Firms
- Culture, Notions of
- Landless Persons
- Economics, Keynesian
- Forests
- Independence Movements
- World Health Organization
- Law, Regional
- Hare Krishna (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
- Globalization, Phenomenon of
- Racial Supremacy
- Open Society Institute
- Railroads
- Refugees
- Educational Systems
- London
- Economy, Informal
- Global Commons
- International Relations
- Law, Transnational
- Hinduism
- Globalization and Transnationality Indexes
- Regional Identities
- Opinion, World
- Road Signage Systems
- Religious Politics
- Events, Global
- Los Angeles
- Entrepreneurship
- Global Environmental and Energy Issues
- Leadership
- Law, World
- Hindu-Related Movements
- Hyperglobalism
- Religious Identities
- Philanthropy
- Roads and Routeways
- Revolutions
- Film Festivals
- Malthusian Idea
- Euro
- Global Warming
- League of Nations
- Law of Arctic Regions
- Humanism
- Identities in Global Society
- Secret Societies
- Publics and Polis, Global
- Silk Road, New
- Security
- Games
- Migrant Shopping Patterns
- European Central Bank
- Greenhouse Gases
- Legitimacy
- Law of the Sea
- Idealism
- Inequality, Global
- Tribal Identities
- Red Cross
- Space, Outer
- September 11, 2001 (9/11)
- Genius, Notion of
- Migration
- Extractive Industries Sector
- International Maritime Organization
- Methodological Nationalism
- Legal Systems
- Ideologies, Global
- Proto-Globalization
- Universalism
- Social Capital
- Telegraph, Telegram
- Soft Power Diplomacy
- Geographic Informational Systems (GIS)
- Migration, Illegal
- Finance, Financial Systems
- Kyoto Protocol
- Nation-State
- Lex Mercatoria
- Imperialism
- Shrinking World Concepts
- Values
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Telephone
- Terrorism
- Global Culture, Media
- Migration Policies, Types of
- Fordism
- Land Use
- Neocolonialism
- Natural Law
- Indigenous Religions, Globalization of
- World Order, Visions of
- Xenophobia
- Social Movements
- Telephony
- Treaties
- Global Intellectuals
- Mortality
- Franchise Systems
- Natural Gas
- Non-Aligned Movement
- Nuremburg Precedent
- Individualism
- World Society Theory
- Social Networking
- Television
- War
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Mumbai
- Global Economic Issues
- Nature, Concepts of
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Penal Systems
- Islam
- World-Systems Perspective
- Solidarity Movements
- Transportation Systems
- War, Civil
- New York City
- Globalization, Managed (China)
- Nuclear Power
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- Policing Systems
- Islam-Related Movements
- State–Civil Society Relations
- Universal Postal Union
- War, Urban
- Hajj
- Overpopulation
- Gold Standard
- Oceans
- Pan African Union
- Prisoners' Rights
- Jainism
- Uncivil Society
- Web 2.0
- Wars, New
- Heritage
- Paris
- Oil
- Petroleum Geopolitics
- Shari'a (Islamic Law)
- Judaism
- UN–Civil Society Relations
- Wars, World
- Hollywood
- Population and Demographic Change
- Hedge Funds
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Political Parties, Transnational
- Truth Commission
- Liberalism, Neoliberalism
- Waqfs
- Weapons
- Homogenization
- Population Control Policies
- Illegal Trade, Arms
- Parks, Reserves, and Refuges
- Power, Global Contexts of
- Universal Jurisdiction
- Marxism and Neo-Marxism
- Women's Movement
- Journalism
- Population Growth and Population Explosion
- Illegal Trade, Children
- Petroleum Geopolitics
- Regional Governance
- Women's Rights
- Modernization
- World Economic Forum
- Knowledge Management Systems
- Retirement Systems
- Illegal Trade, Drugs
- Polar Regions
- Regionalism
- Mormonism
- World Social Forum
- Knowledge Production Systems
- Rio de Janeiro
- Illegal Trade, Precious Metals
- Remediation
- Republics
- Myths
- Leisure
- Rurality
- Industrialization
- Sustainability
- Social Democracy
- Nationalism, Neo-Nationalism
- Lifestyles
- Shanghai
- Inequality, Global
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Sovereignty
- Neoconservatism
- Literature
- Shelter and Housing
- Inequality, Global Economic
- Waste Management
- Subsidiarity
- Populism
- McDonaldization, McWorld
- Singapore
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Water
- Summits, Summitry
- Postmodernism
- Maps and Map-Making
- 68 Generation
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Transparency
- Protestant Reformation
- Memory
- Tokyo
- Investments
- Treaty of Rome
- Religious Conversion
- Memory Wars
- Undocumented Persons
- Labor
- United Nations
- Religious Movements, New and Syncretic
- Music
- Urban Diseconomies
- Local Exchange and Trading Systems (LETS)
- Utopia, Dystopia
- Secularism
- Myths
- Urbanization
- Longue Durrée, Long Wave Theories of Development
- Vatican
- Shinto
- News
- Manufacturing Sector
- Welfare State
- Sikhism
- Nobel Prize
- Maquiladoras
- Westphalia, Treaty of, and the Post-Westphalian World
- Socialism
- Olympic Movement
- Marketing
- World Federalist Movement
- Socialist International
- Postmodernity
- Markets
- World Government
- Third Way Movements
- Prizes and Awards, International
- Marshall Plan
- World Order, Visions of
- World Religions, Concept of
- Scripts and Writing Systems
- McDonaldization, McWorld
- Zionism
- Sites, Global
- Mercantilism
- Zoroastrianism
- Soccer
- Microsoft
- Sports, Recreation
- Monetary Policy
- Standards and Standard Setting, Global
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Theater
- Outsourcing
- Think Tanks
- Peasant Economies
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Petroleum Geopolitics
- Universities and Higher Learning
- Petroleum Economy
- Virtual Worlds
- Pharmaceutical Sector
- Wikipedia
- Poverty and Poverty Alleviation
- Work
- Private-Public Partnerships
- World Cultures
- Privatization
- World's Fairs
- Production and Innovation Networks, Global
- Professions
- Protectionism
- Public Goods, Global
- Remittances
- Service Sector
- Sex Trafficking
- Slavery
- Tax Havens
- Taxation
- Technology Sector
- Tobin Tax
- Tourism Sector
- Trade
- Trade Agreements
- Value/Commodity Chains, Global
- Walmart
- World Bank
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
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