- A20: Palestinian Supporters Outnumber Globalization Protesters (April 21, 2002)
...es across Washington before marching towards the Capitol building. Anti-globalisation protesters were also joined by young communists, Black Panthers and "Ragin... - Who Are the Genoa Protesters? (June 21, 2002)
...The death of a protester made some anti-globalisation groups decide not to join Saturday's demonstration, the final planned marc... - A20: Thousands Rally at Washington Summit (April 20, 2002)
...'s military actions in the West Bank, the United States' war on terror and globalisation. Mass rallies were taking place around the capital as the Internationa... - Nobel Laureate, in Cuba, Speaks Against US Aid Policies (February 11, 2002)
...of the 2001 Nobel prize in economics. "The growing dissatisfaction with globalization has begun to focus on the hypocrisy," said Stiglitz, one of three Nobel la... - A20: Tens of Thousands Unite to Protest (April 20, 2002)
... the U.S.-led war on terror, Israeli military actions in the West Bank and globalisation. Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Charles Ramsey unofficially esti... - 400,000 March in Florence Against War With Iraq (November 10, 2002)
...day against a presumptive war on Iraq and plenty of other things as well — globalization, cultivation of genetically modified foods, commercial control of the Inte... - A20: Angered by War and Poverty, Thousands Set to Descend on Washington (April 14, 2002)
... conflict. Police are hoping for peace, while bracing for trouble. Anti-globalization activists plan protests outside the headquarters of the World Bank and Int... - US Court Okays Nigeria Lawsuit Against ChevronTexaco (March 30, 2004)
...vron Nigeria Limited admitted that there are credible and vocal critics of globalization, adding that much could be derived from it when properly harnessed. "Wo... - A20: Tens of Thousands Protest Bush Administration Policies (April 21, 2002)
...crowds that showed up in Washington for weekend protests against corporate globalization, a seemingly endless "war against terrorism" and US military aid to Israel... - Raising a Voice (February 8, 2003)
... observers, and even those who say that they don't identify with the anti- globalisation movement. Though the mood was one of defiance, the most pressing question... - A20: Many Thousands in Washington March in Support of Palestinians (April 21, 2002)
...re in the streets, many of which were closed. Those who marched against globalization seemed largely sympathetic to those marching for peace or in support of th... - Business Coalition Battles Outsourcing Backlash (March 1, 2004)
...inst state and federal efforts to keep jobs at home and otherwise restrain globalization, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported. Some of the best-financed trad... - Are the War and Globalization Really Connected? (October 1, 2004)
...ists to demonstrate how the war against terror and the drive for corporate globalization are one and the same—how peace and global justice movements share vital co... - The Rise of the New Global 'Empire' (October 1, 2001)
...d explain and unify the seemingly disparate complaints of millions of anti-globalization protestors. The book, nearly 500 pages, sold a brisk 40,000 copies the... - Greek Paper Prints Leftist Terrorist Group Proclamation Identifying 'Potential Targets' (May 14, 2004)
...able" The proclamation also expresses the organization's stance against globalization, and calls "for revolution, which is the only possible answer". It also st... - An increase in international trade at a faster rate than the growth in the world economy
- Increase in international flow of capital including foreign direct investment
- Greater transborder data flow, using such technologies such as the Internet, Wikipedia, Communication satellites and telephones
- Greater international cultural exchange, for example through the export of Hollywood and Bollywood movies
- Reduction in global cultural diversity through assimilation, hybridization, Westernisation, Americanization or Sinosization of cultures
- Erosion of national sovereignty and national borders through international agreements leading to organizations like the WTO
- Greater international travel and tourism
- Greater immigration, including illegal immigration
- Development of global telecommunications infrastructure
- Development of a global financial systems
- Increase in the share of the world economy controlled by multinational corporations
- Increased role of international organizations such as WTO, WIPO, IMF that deal with international transactions
- An increase in the number of standards applied globally; e.g. copyright laws
- Promotion of free trade
- Of goods: reduction or elimination of tariffs; construction of free trade zones with small or no tariffs
- Of capital: reduction or elimination of capital controls
- Reduction, elimination, or harmonization of subsidies for local businesses
- Intellectual Property Restrictions
- Anti-globalization
- Continental trading bloc
- Free trade zone
- GATT
- G11n
- Trade bloc
- International law
- Internationalization
- Internet
- Localization
- Mundialization
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- Cultural imperialism
- No Border Network
- Fascism
- National Socialism
- Hirst & Thompson, Globalization in question (1991), ISBN 0-7456-2164-3
- Philippe Legrain, Open World:/ The Truth About Globalization (2002) ISBN 034911644X - A largely pro-globalization book which responds to many of the complaints of the anti-globalization movement, written by a former Special Adviser to the World Trade Organisation Director-General.
- Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and its discontents (2002) A book largely sympathetic to the theory of globalization from the 2001 Economics Nobel Prize winner. However he is sharply critical of the global institutions, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organisation and the World Bank, regulating the process. ISBN 014101038X
- Naomi Klein No Logo (2001). A popular book which is very much against globalization. ISBN 0006530400
- http://www.aworldconnected.org , links, information, and resources on globalization.
Globalization
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Globalization is a social change, an increase in connections among societies and their elements. The term is applied to many social, commercial and economic activities. Depending on the context it can mean closer contact between different parts of the world (globalization of the world), or increasing relations among members of an industry in different parts of the world (globalization of an industry). It shares a number of characteristics with internationalization and is used interchangeably, although some prefer to use globalization to emphasize the erosion of the nation or national boundaries.
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Symptoms of Globalization
Globalization has become identified with a number of trends, most of which have developed since World War II. These include greater international movement of commodities, money, information, and people; and the development of technology, organizations, legal systems, and infrastructures to allow this movement. More specifically, globalization refers to:
Many of these trends are seen as positive by supporters of various forms of globalization, and in many cases globalization has been actively promoted by governments and other institutions. For example, there are economic arguments supporting globalisation, such as the theory of comparative advantage suggesting that free trade leads to a more efficient allocation of resources, with all those involved in the trade benefitting.
Barriers to international trade have been considerably lowered since World War II through international agreements such as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Particular initiatives carried out as a result of GATT and the World Trade Organisation, for which GATT is the foundation, have included:
Anti-globalization
Various aspects of globalization are seen as harmful by anti-globalization, public-interest activists.See also: Anti-globalization movement.
Globalization in question
There is much academic discussion about whether globalization is a real phenomenon or only a myth. Although the term is widespread, many authors argue that the characteristics of the phenomenon have already been seen at other moments in history. Also, many note that those features that make people believe we are in the process of globalization, including the increase in international trade and the greater role of multinational corporations, are not as deeply established as they may appear. Thus, many authors prefer the use of the term internationalization rather than globalization. To put it simply, the role of the state and the importance of nations are greater in internationalization, while globalization in its complete form eliminates nation states. So, these authors see that the frontiers of countries, in a broad sense, are far from being dissolved, and therefore this radical globalization process is not yet happening, and probably won't happen, considering that in world history, internationalization never turned into globalization.
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