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1、北京科技大学本科生毕业设计(论文)外文资料翻译TheThreatofGlobalizationByEdwardS.HermanNewPoliticsvol.7,no.2(newseries),wholeno.26Winter1999Globalizationisbothanactiveprocessofcorporateexpansionacrossbordersandastructureofcross-borderfacilitiesandeconomiclinkagesthathasbeensteadilygrowingandchangingastheprocessgatherssteam
2、.Likeitsconceptualpartner"freetrade,"globalizationisalsoanideology,whosefunctionistoreduceanyresistancetotheprocessbymakingitseembothhighlybeneficentandunstoppable.Andaswithfreetrade,whileglobalizationmaysometimesyieldeconomicbenefits,boththeprocessandeconomic-politicalregimeitishelpingbringaboutthr
3、eatenprogressiveends,andshouldberecognizedassuchandfoughtateverylevel.Admittedlythisisaformidabletask,astheeconomicandpoliticalpowerofitsbeneficiaries,anditsmomentum,aregreatandcontestingitseemsanalmostutopianundertaking.Butglobalizationhasitsvulnerabilities,andattackingitintellectually,atthelocalle
4、velofplantabandonmentsandmoves,aswellasatthenationalpoliticallevelcanhelpbuildunderstandingandsupportforalargeroppositionalmovement.GlobalizationasIdeologyGlobalizationisjustoneofanarrayofconceptsandarguingpointsthathavebeenmobilizedtoadvancethecorporateagenda.Othershavebeenderegulationandgettinggov
5、ernmentoffourbacks,balancingthebudget,cuttingbackentitlements(non-corporate),andfreetrade.Likefreetrade,globalizationhasanauraofvirtue.Justas"freedom"mustbegood,soglobalizationhintsatinternationalismandsolidaritybetweencountries,asopposedtonationalismandprotectionism,whichhavenegativeconnotations.Th
6、epossibilitythatcross-bordertradeandinvestmentmightbeeconomicallydamagingtotheweakerparty,orthattheymighterodedemocraticcontrolsinboththestrongerandweakercountries,isexcludedfromconsiderationbymainstreameconomistsandpundits.Itisalsounthinkableinthemainstreamthatthecontestbetweenfreetradeandglobaliza
7、tion,ontheonehand,and"protectionism,"ontheother,mightberewordedasastrugglebetween"protection"--oftransnationalcorporate(TNC)rights--versusthe"freedom"ofdemocraticgovernmentstoregulateintheinterestsofd