Impact Of Globalization On Culture, Social Structure, And...

Impact of Globalization on Culture, Social structure, and Women’s Rights in the Middle East Marisa DiGiuseppe C11026914 INS 201 Professor Rodriguez October 7, 2014 Opposition to Globalization Although globalization is at heart an economic process, it is a complex and multidimensional process, which has political, cultural, and social dimensions. These dimensions and globalization’s gender aspects has greatly influenced the life of women in the Middle East. The various aspects of globalization have promoted growing contacts between different cultures, leading partly to greater understanding and cooperation and partly to the emergence of transnational communities and mixed identities (Moghadam, Valentine). The Library of Congress acknowledges that while many nations have embraced the changes globalization brings, more traditional societies have concerns about the nature of these changes and how their people will respond. 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