POL108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thomas Friedman, James Petras, Westernization
22 Aug 2018
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De ning globalisation: globalisation as the internationalisation of all human affairs. Here we nd the hyper-globalists ( believers" in globalisation and a borderless world") emphasis on digital revolution and. The processes through which sovereign nation-states are criss-crossed and undermined by transnational actors with varying prospects of power, orientations, identities and networks (beck, 2000) The integration of national economies into the international economy through trade, direct foreign investment, short-term capital ows, international ows of workers and humanity generally, and ows of technology (bhagwati, 2004) Globalisation as the advance of global capitalism. Here we nd the counter-globalising movement from different ideological perspective. Global invading the local loss of culture. The encroachment of external forces and foreign cultures and in uences into what are perceived as traditional forms of political and social organisation (religious extremism, far-right populism, etc. ) Travelling short, then longer distances, migrants, merchants, and others have always taken their ideas, customs, and products into new lands.
