Making Connections

1. What would Kwame Anthony Appiah think of Thomas L. Friedman’s five gas stations theory? What additional gas station scenarios might he imagine? Which ones might he eliminate?

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   Chapter 11 - Making Connections: What would Kwame Anthony Appiah think of Thomas L. Friedman’s five gas stations theory? What additional gas station scenarios might he imagine? Which ones might he eliminate?
2. How might Josef Joffe or Joseph Nye Jr. respond to the problem that Heather Havrilesky raises about the portrayal of the Muslim world in American media?

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   Chapter 11 - Making Connections: How might Josef Joffe or Joseph Nye Jr. respond to the problem that Heather Havrilesky raises about the portrayal of the Muslim world in American media?
3. What would Deirdre Straughan make of the photo of the Slovakian fan in the Dracula mask? Does it support or challenge her argument? Explain.

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   Chapter 11 - Making Connections: What would Deirdre Straughan make of the photo of the Slovakian fan in the Dracula mask? Does it support or challenge her argument? Explain.
4. Friedman says that in “most societies people cannot distinguish anymore among American power, American exports, American cultural assaults, American cultural exports, and plain vanilla globalization” (para. 7). How would Josef Joffe suggest distinguishing among them in order to give the United States the tools to lead?

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   Chapter 11 - Making Connections: Friedman says that in “most societies people cannot distinguish anymore among American power, American exports, American cultural assaults, American cultural exports, and plain vanilla globalization” (para. 7). How would Josef Joffe suggest distinguishing among them in order to give the United States the tools to lead?
5. Appiah says, “Yes, globalization can produce homogeneity. But globalization is also a threat to homogeneity” (para. 8). How might Friedman respond? What about Straughan?

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   Chapter 11 - Making Connections: Appiah says, “Yes, globalization can produce homogeneity. But globalization is also a threat to homogeneity” (para. 8). How might Friedman respond? What about Straughan?