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Globalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A consequence of economic globalization is increasing relations among members of an industry in different parts of the world (globalization of an industry), with a corresponding erosion of national sovereignty in the economic sphere. Some maintain that globalization is an imagined geography; that is, a political tool of ruling neo-liberalists, who are attempting to use certain images and discourses of world politics to justify their political agendas. Globalization also means cross-border management activities or development processes to adapt to the emergence of a globalized market or to seek and realize benefit from economies of scale or scope or from cross-border learning among different country-based organizations. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Globalization   (4343 words)

Globalization - Entry from Oxford Companion to Politics The impact of globalization is mediated significantly by a state's position in global political, military and economic hierarchies; its domestic economic and political structures; the institutional pattern of domestic politics; and specific government as well as societal strategies for contesting, managing or ameliorating globalizing imperatives. Contemporary globalization is associated with a transformation of state power as the roles and functions of states are re-articulated, reconstituted and re-embedded at the intersection of globalizing and regionalising networks and systems. Globalization too has to be understood as a multidimensional process which is not reducible to an economic logic and which has differential impacts across the world's regions and upon individual states. www.polity.co.uk /global/globocp.htm   (3375 words)

FRB: Speech, Greenspan--Globalization--March 10, 2005 Globalization was enhanced further when the inflation-ridden 1970s provoked a rethinking of the philosophy of economic policy, the roots of which were still planted in the Depression era. The increasing globalization of the post-World War II era was fostered at its beginnings by the judgment that burgeoning prewar protectionism was among the primary causes of the depth of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Globalization has altered the economic frameworks of both advanced and developing nations in ways that are difficult to fully comprehend. www.federalreserve.gov /boarddocs/speeches/2005/20050310   (3809 words)

Encyclopedia of Globalization One important impact linked to globalization is that nanotechnology may reinforce, and magnify, existing disparities between the rich and poor. Since nanotechnology has the potential to transform so much in the course of future globalization, it is vital to consider both its benefits and its risks. Since research in nanoscience is expensive, global in scope, and requires a high degree of cooperation between universities, governments, and industry, questions about the private-public ownership of intellectual property need to be addressed. www.referenceworld.com /mosgroup/globalization/nanotechnology.html   (1385 words)

Globalization Globalization in this sense is a matter of degree since any given social activity might influence events more or less faraway: even though a growing number of activities seems intermeshed with events in distant continents, certain human activities remain primarily local or regional in scope. Globalization is a constitutive feature of the modern world, and modern history includes many examples of globalization (Giddens, 1990). In a cosmopolitan mode, David Held (1995) argues that globalization requires the extension of liberal democratic institutions (including the rule of law and elected representative institutions) to the transnational level. plato.stanford.edu /entries/globalization   (5024 words)

Globalization: Threat or Opportunity? An IMF Issues Brief In fact, globalization is actually making this process easier and less costly to the economy as a whole by bringing the benefits of capital flows, technological innovations, and lower import prices. Economic "globalization" is a historical process, the result of human innovation and technological progress. Spread of knowledge (and technology): Information exchange is an integral, often overlooked, aspect of globalization. www.imf.org /external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.htm   (3778 words)

Globalization Globalization has helped reduce poverty in a large number of developing countries but it must be harnessed better to help the world's poorest, most marginalized countries improve the lives of their citizens, says a new World Bank research report published today. Globalization – the growing integration of economies and societies around the world – has been one of the most hotly-debated topics in international economics over the past few years. But globalization has also generated significant international opposition over concerns that it has increased inequality and environmental degradation. www1.worldbank.org /economicpolicy/globalization   (303 words)

Category:Globalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Globalization (or globalisation) is a social change, an increased connectivity among societies and their elements due to transculturation; the explosive evolution of transport and communication technologies to facilitate international cultural and economic exchange. The main article for this category is Globalization. There are 2 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Globalization   (120 words)

the theory and experience of globalization Globalization in the sense of connectivity in economic and cultural life across the world, is of a different order to what has gone before. While with globalization the power of national governments over macro-economic forces may have been limited in recent years, the services and support they provide for their citizens have been seen as a considerable opportunity for corporations. Of course, there are issues related to globalization that do connect with imperialism (the history of conquests, colonialism, and alien rule remains relevant today in many ways), and a postcolonial understanding of the world has its merits. www.infed.org /biblio/globalization.htm   (5355 words)

Globalization - Global Policy Forum These materials look at the main features of globalization, asking what is new, what drives the process, how it changes politics, and how it affects global institutions like the UN. Globalization creates new markets and wealth, even as it causes widespread suffering, disorder, and unrest. Neoliberal economic theory has today achieved its greatest level of acceptance, leading to the globalization of finance, trade, and production. www.globalpolicy.org /globaliz   (228 words)

Globalization, Measuring Globalization Foreign Policy's "globalization index" examines the extent of global connectedness based on indicators such as direct foreign investment, international travel and internet use. It is impossible to measure a nebulous concept like globalization precisely, but increasing interconnectedness is readily apparent in a host of economic, demographic, technological, and cultural changes. The author looks at three historically significant moments of the last century--1913, 1955, and 1998--and compares the relative economic weight of the world's nations and regions. globalpolicy.igc.org /globaliz/charts   (328 words)

Understanding the Face of Globalization: Globalization The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization. Mobilization for Global Justice is a progressive network that works against economic globalization, and supports debt cancellation for the poorest countries. It features a wealth of information and resources related to globalization. www.uwm.edu /Dept/CIE/Resources/globalization/globalgen.html   (963 words)

Technorati Tag: globalization Say No to Globalization America is being plundered by the global elite. Globalization - Analysis Balanced articles on globalization latest news, debates, pros and cons. What Is Globalization Book Buy What Is Globalization Book at SHOP.COM. technorati.com /tag/globalization   (520 words)

GLOBALIZATION: KEY CONCEPTS From a humanist perspective, globalization entails both positive and negative consequences: it is both narrowing and widening the income gaps among and within nations, intensifying and diminishing political domination, and homogenizing and pluralizing cultural identities. Yet, because globalization is an ambivalent and uneven process, some sections of the society are feeling cheated and displaced by change and are increasingly attracted to right-wing and fundamentalist ideas and movements which want to return to old certainties. Gill: Globalization is contributing to the emergence of a differently constituted self and social morality: a self and a social morality which no longer needs to situate itself within a progress narrative. www2.hawaii.edu /~fredr/glocon.htm   (14756 words)

Monthly Review — Essays on Globalization The globalization hypothesis asserts that there has been a rapid and recent change in the nature of economic relations among national economies which have lost much of their distinct claim to separate internally driven development, and that domestic economic management strategies have become ineffective to the point of irrelevance. Opponents of the damaging consequences of really existing globalization, from left as well as from liberal perspectives, are divided on the appropriate response to it. It raises the question, "What might the other possibilities be if the two were separated?" We should speak of the existing combination of technological globalization and the globalization of power as really existing globalization; that would highlight the possibilities of an alternative globalization. www.monthlyreview.org /mrglobal.htm   (2082 words)

YaleGlobal Online Magazine Debate abounds over whether globalization is good or bad for the self, the family, the nation, and the world. The US balked at globalization before the Great Depression Does Globalization Help or Hurt the World’s Poor? yaleglobal.yale.edu /globalization   (221 words)

Documents Relating to the Process of Globalization "Globalization and Global Disinflation," Kenneth Rogoff, Economic Counselor and Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, Paper prepared for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City conference on "Monetary Policy and Uncertainty: Adapting to a Changing Economy" Jackson Hole, WY, August 29, 2003 The Challenges of Globalization for Africa, Address by Alassane D. Ouattara, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund at the Southern Africa Economic Summit sponsored by the World Economic Forum, Harare, May 21, 1997 Horst Köhler, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, "The Challenges of Globalization and the Role of the IMF," Annual Meeting of the Society for Economics and Management at Humboldt University, Berlin, Berlin, May 15, 2003 www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/globaliz.htm   (1264 words)

Globalization Globalization links Your quick guide to the best and most useful sites on globalization available on the internet an executive summary of the key features of globalization On these pages you will find a whole host of information on globalization, including: www.polity.co.uk /global   (150 words)

Alter-globalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It defines the stance of movements opposed to a neoliberal globalization, but favorable to a globalization respectful of human rights, the environment, national sovereignty, and cultural diversity. Alter-globalization (or altermondialization from the French altermondialisation) is the name of a social movement which supports the international integration of globalization but advocates that values of democracy, economic justice, environmental protection, and human rights be put ahead of purely economic concerns. In its most radical form, alter-globalization approaches and is confused with internationalism as put forth by communists, since both oppose a globalization that would prioritize business executives (capitalists) over ordinary people (the proletariat). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alter-globalization   (351 words)

Anti-globalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anti-globalization militants worried for the proper functioning of democratic institutions as the leaders of many democratic countries (Spain, Italy, Poland) were acting against the wishes of the majorities of their populations in supporting the war. Members of the anti-globalization movement generally advocate socialist or social democratic alternatives to capitalist economics, and seek to protect the world's population and ecosystem from what they believe to be the damaging effects of globalization. The anti-globalization movement developed in the late twentieth century to combat the globalization of corporate economic activity and the free trade with developing nations that might result from such activity. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anti-globalization_movement   (5739 words)

Anti-globalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Globalization historians claim that dollar dominance has been achieved also by political agreements such as Bretton Woods System and OPEC dollar-only oil trade after the U.S. broke with the gold standard for the dollar. Many nationalist movements, such as the French National Front, are also opposed to globalization, but argue that the alternative to globalization is a protection of the nation-state, sometimes in explicitly racist or fascist terms. The anti-globalization movement developed in the late twentieth century to combat the globalization of corporate economic activity and the free trade with developing nations that might result from such activity. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anti-globalization_movement   (5948 words)

History / IPROG / Institute of Globalization Studies The Institute of Globalization Studies is a Moscow-based non-profit, non-governmental and non-partisan agency with the main purposes of applied scholarly research, public policy advocacy, and political project-building. The Institute's strategic mission, as conceived by its new leadership, is to inform and influence public debate in Russia and abroad on the issues of globalization, center-periphery relationship in the world system and within nations, as well as international security. The Institute intends to pursue this mission in close cooperation and dialogue with like-minded agencies and individuals in Russia and abroad, particularly in those countries that have been viewed as peripheral and neglected by Russia's official diplomacy and political mainstream. www.iprog.ru /en/history   (540 words)

Journalism and Mass Communications--Washington and Lee University Globalization is a promising counterpoint to the Cold War that divided the world into two spheres of influence, pitting the Western alliance and the Soviet bloc and their respective client states against each other. Globalization also has costs, and these costs can be assessed only within a moral framework that strikes a happy balance between the creation of wealth through corporate economic investment and quality of life for the individual citizen. By "global journalists" I am not referring to reporters who cover news outside their own borders, but rather to reporters who understand all of the connections and interrelated concepts involved in the biggest economic story of the new millennium - globalization - and are able to communicate this story effectively to their audiences. journalism.wlu.edu /ethics/day.htm   (6477 words)

Document/Essai - Nancy Thede - Democratic Development 1990-2000: An Overview - 2002 The critique of globalization is generating new perspectives on the weaknesses of democratic institutions and processes, both in new democracies and in established ones. We know that even in established democracies globalization is leading to the development and aggravation of a democratic deficit, characterized amongst other things by the erosion of legislative oversight of policy decisions at the national level. Democratic transitions provide new opportunities for negotiation and redefinition, and in many cases women have been able to achieve important changes in the constitution, in the definition of their legal rights, and on the terrain of violence against women. www.ichrdd.ca /english/commdoc/publications/demDev/ddOverview10Years.html   (17399 words)

Course Outline The forces of globalization and the cross pressures which are created by multiculturalism are redefining the concepts and role of the nation-state in both the domestic and global arenas. Significant issues of self-governance such as citizenship, sovereignty, autonomy and accountability are being impacted by the globalization forces. Democratization and democratic governance are complex and demanding political tasks in themselves but these are further complicated by the global transformations which are reshaping the social and political fabric of societies. www.hhh.umn.edu /academics/syllabi/2005/pa5012-4.htm   (843 words)

Anti globalization movement 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look for Anti globalization movement 1 in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video. Check for Anti globalization movement 1 in the deletion log, or visit its deletion vote page if it exists. Look for Anti globalization movement 1 in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anti_globalization_movement_1   (171 words)

Globalization: Globalization may have as its effect a certain leveling of cultural differences and, owing to the consumerism it promotes, may make for increasing similarity in lifestyles around the world, but it is difficult to see how this consequence of globalization may not actually have decidedly beneficial effects. The Institute focuses not only upon the economic, technological and political changes often thought to be at the core of globalization, but also on the social and cultural changes attendant upon it. Gary Madison's paper, "Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities" is the first in a series of working papers to be circulated by McMaster University's new Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, directed by Dr. William Coleman of McMaster's Department of Political Science. www.humanities.mcmaster.ca /~global/wps/98-1mad.html   (10411 words)

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