Topic 1- The Trend of Globalisation
Well in trying to give some kind of preliminary answer, I’m going to look at the two trends which appear to make the biggest case in the pro-Globalisation debate; improving technology and the step towards open markets.
Improving technology that means the ability to transcend time and space at the touch of a button and experience an interconnected-ness between countries all over the world that was previously thought impossible. Improvements in technology for example, could be attributed to the rapidly growing amounts of expenditure centered around international brand advertising creating links between firms (Pieterse, pg 9, 2004)
The other economically driven factor I would suggest is characteristic in the pro-Globalisation debate is the gradual move towards freer trade including but not limited to the removal of tariffs, trade agreements between nations and the emphasis that nations put on encouraging their local businesses to become more competitive internationally. Media & communications according to Rantanen don’t simply effect culture but also have a hand to play in all other sectors including the ways which business is conducted (2005, pg 4-5).
While these are just two traits I’ve singled out in relation to Globalistion I would suggest they are the most important ones when looking at how individuals are swept up in the accessibility of the modern world and furthermore key to how Globalisation will come to be viewed into the future.
Nederveen Pieterse, J 2004, ‘Globalization: consensus and controversies’, Globalization and culture: global mélange, Rowan & Littlefield, Lanham, Md., pp. 7–21.
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