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Give a reasoned definition of the term Globalisation
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Give a reasoned definition of the term Globalisation Globalisation is an abstract concept. It does not refer to a concrete object, but to (an interpretation of) a societal process. Therefore the concept cannot be defined easily. For some, globalisation refers to Americanisation, for others it is about the growing importance of the world market, yet others use it to describe a cultural or an ideological reality: globalisation as the victory of 'market plus democracy'. For most authors, globalisation is a complex concept that involves political, economic and social-cultural changes. The events of September 11th instantly ricocheted across the world; this shows that in the fabric of everyday life, as Immanuel Kant said we are all 'unavoidably side by side'. This does not merely apply to moments of catastrophe, but in the trading arrangements, in the nature of financial markets, in the emerging human rights regime, in the nature of environmental change...
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