Fears Posed by Anti-Globalization Movement Members and General Public
Dominika Kampa (1207347)
World Politics
seminar tutor: Nicholas Taylor
What is ‘globalisation’, and why is it important to our understanding of world politics?
Discussing globalisation became quite a popular trend, especially in past twenty years.
Previously nobody had talked about it, but ever since the 1970s when the debate was initiated and particularly after 1989 the subject gained increasing interest of media, masses and academia. As a result, inevitably, it became such a profound part of everyday life and its impact on lives of individuals in different parts of the globe is increasing with every day.
Usually there are three distinctive features of globalisation debated in academia and those are: economic, political and cultural globalisation. Therefore it can be observed that globalisation process penetrates the most vital disciplines of every society; there is no doubt in that.
However, world and scholars of social sciences are facing the question if increasing globalisation is a good thing. There are very mixed views on this matter, as it varies from exaggerated idealising of globalisation to perceiving it as a pure evil. On the other hand, from varies studies on this matter it can be concluded that even if there are dangers and harmful outcomes of living in global world, the weight of benefits is much more valid, because, in words of Philippe Legrain, globalisation has potential to do immense good. 1 Starting with defining the term „globalisation‟, then concentrating on exploring the most common, established fears posed by anti-globalisation movement members and general public, and presenting ways in which global problems are managed by nation-states or non-state actors, this essay will try to present often raised issues of conception of globalisation and to explain why they are important for our understanding of world politics.
First of all, agreement on exact definition of the term „globalisation‟ was never achieved and respectively nowadays scholars
World Politics
seminar tutor: Nicholas Taylor
What is ‘globalisation’, and why is it important to our understanding of world politics?
Discussing globalisation became quite a popular trend, especially in past twenty years.
Previously nobody had talked about it, but ever since the 1970s when the debate was initiated and particularly after 1989 the subject gained increasing interest of media, masses and academia. As a result, inevitably, it became such a profound part of everyday life and its impact on lives of individuals in different parts of the globe is increasing with every day.
Usually there are three distinctive features of globalisation debated in academia and those are: economic, political and cultural globalisation. Therefore it can be observed that globalisation process penetrates the most vital disciplines of every society; there is no doubt in that.
However, world and scholars of social sciences are facing the question if increasing globalisation is a good thing. There are very mixed views on this matter, as it varies from exaggerated idealising of globalisation to perceiving it as a pure evil. On the other hand, from varies studies on this matter it can be concluded that even if there are dangers and harmful outcomes of living in global world, the weight of benefits is much more valid, because, in words of Philippe Legrain, globalisation has potential to do immense good. 1 Starting with defining the term „globalisation‟, then concentrating on exploring the most common, established fears posed by anti-globalisation movement members and general public, and presenting ways in which global problems are managed by nation-states or non-state actors, this essay will try to present often raised issues of conception of globalisation and to explain why they are important for our understanding of world politics.
First of all, agreement on exact definition of the term „globalisation‟ was never achieved and respectively nowadays scholars