Category: Globalization

The term globalization is frequently used today. It has become a familiar term to most people. However, the word globalization is relatively recent. According to the Oxford dictionary, the word was first used in 1930 with the basic meaning of one world, one planet or one globe. Over the years, the term has been used…

The topic of globalization has been a popular one among social scientists for several years. Debates have raged over the years regarding the economic benefits of a more integrated global economy, with some saying there is a significant benefit to incomes and production, particularly in developing countries, whereas others believe that globalization has led to…

Globalization promotes the flow of goods, services, people, and ideas. This phenomenon has existed for thousands of years as people have been moving around the world trading goods, ideas, and technology with one another. However, technological improvements over the last century have significantly accelerated these exchanges. As such, change is occurring faster and people are…

Globalization is a procedure that has infiltrated all areas of our life, hence it is very essential to analyse whether globalization has impacted modern society positively or negatively. As every point of the issue has two sides, let’s discuss the advantages of globalization first, in reference to the debates that took place. As per the…

London is the capital city of United Kingdom. This country is part of the world thanks to the globalization. Its a process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of massively increased trade (hard power) and cultural exchange (soft power). Globalization has increased the production of goods and services. The biggest…

Over 150 years ago, Charles Dickens (1859) began a book with a line that, strangely, describes modern globalization in Mexico very well. It read as follows: It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Like the conflict between values during the mid-1800s, people are fighting for globalization with people who oppose…

What is globalization? Globalization is the different relations and exchanges between people and nations in political, economic, and cultural terms that have made the world a more interdependent place and continue to make it more connected every day. In different words, it is about changing modes of human interaction, increasing the movement of individuals, information…

There are myriad circumstances and actors at play in perpetuating the heinous commodification of human beings through human trafficking. Despite the grimness of that reality, hopefully in understanding the diversity of those circumstances, it will be possible to create more effective, adaptive and tailored responses to curtail its prevalence. Human trafficking and smuggling often follow…

The concept of national security has been modernized and it was arising during the 17th century in the midst of the Thirty Years War, which took place in Europe, and in England, where the Civil War happened. Later on, the Peace of Westphalia has come out with the idea of nation-state has the sovereignty to…

Globalisation is a process which involves the widening and deepening of global connections and flows such as commodities, information, migrants and tourists. Technology can be seen as one of the key drivers in accelerating globalisation as it has developed efficient transport systems as well as sending information overseas much quicker via the Internet, which was…