Time-space compression is:____________?
Correct answer: D. the technologically induced erosion of distance and time giving the appearance a world that is in communication terms shrinkingInternational Relations
- A. capitalism's insatiable requirement for new markets and profits, which lead inevitably to the globalization of economic activity.
- B. a shared ecology involving shared en environmental problems, from global warming to species protection, alongside the creation of multilateral responses and regimes of global environmental governance.
- C. central to any account of globalization since it is a truism that without modern communications infrastructures, in particular, a global system or worldwide economy not be possible.
- D. the technologically induced erosion of distance and time giving the appearance a world that is in communication terms shrinkingInternational Relations
Explanation
Time-space compression describes how communications and transport technologies reduce the practical significance of distance and time, making the world appear smaller and more interconnected. The other options describe economic globalization or global environmental governance.
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