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