Democracy at Risk: American Culture in a Global Culture

Barber says that global culture is American--increasingly trapped within American culture in its technologically facilitated, free market supported, globalizing form--which he refers to as McWorld. Barber's McWorld with its global markets, consumer manipulation, illusion of competition, and its...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World policy journal 1998-06, Vol.15 (2), p.29-41
1. Verfasser:	Barber, Benjamin R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis Capitalism Citizenship CIVIL SOCIETY Civilization Consumer economics Consumer goods Consumer sovereignty Consumerism Culture Democracy FOR POLITICAL CULTURE SEE POL/CULTUR Globalism Globalization GLOBALIZATION, ON A GLOBAL SCALE International aspects International economic relations International relations Monopolistic competition Movies Multiculturalism News content Privatization Social conditions & trends United States UNITED STATES, 1945 TO PRESENT
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Zusammenfassung:	Barber says that global culture is American--increasingly trapped within American culture in its technologically facilitated, free market supported, globalizing form--which he refers to as McWorld. Barber's McWorld with its global markets, consumer manipulation, illusion of competition, and its antigovernmental privatizing ideology is discussed.
ISSN:	0740-2775 1936-0924