What does it mean "globalization"?
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It means the level of political, economic and social integration among countries.\n\nOften, it is "economic integration" as the primary topic of discussion when it comes to globalization. Interesting to note that the US is far from the "most global" economy in world history - the 19th century UK.\n\nYou can measure the level of a country's economic integration by taking the sum of imports and exports and dividing by total GDP.\n\nIt is a well-documented fact that economic globalization leads to the greatest level of prosperity for countries. \n\nPolitical integration? That's a different story.
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Globalization began with the Achaemenid dynasty in ancient Persia.\n\nAt its height, there were 70 million people in the empire, they affected all world trade and the Abrahamic and Dharmic religions.  \n\nThis is where economic, military and religious linkages begin to occur.\n\nFor a later starting point, try the conquest of the Americas, when Aztec and Inkan gold fund the expansion of several Western Asian maritime powers (Europe in common speak).\n\nWorld War 1, or the European Civil War as it should be known, opened up the possibilities that horrors and more horrors were to come.\n\nThe present phase of globalization, known as neoliberalism, began in the US with the defeat of Barry Goldwater, was exported to Chile in 1973 (by force), drew momentum from the oil and fiscal crises of the 1970's, the Latin American debt crises of the 1980's and the fall of the wall in the 1990's.
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Globalisation needs a world without borders
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The impact can be described in one word... globalization. Globalization reforms are actually going to boost India's economy enormously and make them a viable global market competitor to be taken very serious.
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(http://www.answers.com/globalization )
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It means "increasing or growing in numbers in a short time that it becomes significant". The second part of the sentence "who in this increasingly integrated world will be able to compete with American kids more direcly than ever for high-value-added jobs" gives the clue.
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Globalization is the term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that result from dramatically increased international trade and cultural exchange. It describes the increase of trade and investing due to the falling of barriers and the interdependence of countries. In specifically economic contexts, the term refers almost exclusively to the effects of trade, particularly trade liberalization or "free trade" (however, see "meanings" below). More broadly, the term refers to the overall integration, and resulting increase in interdependence, among global actors (be they political, economic, or otherwise).\n\n \nA picture taken in Dubai International Airport, in the United Arab Emirates showing some of the characteristics of globalization. Here, the corporation McDonalds is marketing their "McArabia" meal, consisting of grilled kofta.From 1910 to 1950, a series of political and economic upheavals dramatically reduced the volume and importance of international trade. After World War II, international trade dramatically expanded, fostered by international economic institutions and rebuilding programs. From the 1970s, the effects of this trade became increasingly visible in terms of benefits and disruptive effects.\n\nIt is useful to distinguish economic, political, and cultural aspects of globalization, although all three aspects are closely intertwined. The other key aspect of globalization is changes in technology, particularly in transport and communications, which it is claimed are creating a global village
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It has to do with the 'New World Order' and Globalization. When only a few corporations are calling the shots and pushing for this new order, globalization, they really don't care whom we trade with. The main goal is to reach the bottom line on an overhead, profit level. \n\nPolitics is just something to distract the masses and to make us feel like we have some sense of power when in reality, we have none.
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Unless we start accepting globalization and its ramifcations, I would say we will be up to our armpits in jobless people. I could go on but why? I can't change anything but myself.
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India plays a large role in the globalization and globalization process.\n\nFirst lets look at the word globalization, it is define as "The term “globalization” describes the increased mobility of goods, services, labour, technology and capital throughout the world. Although globalization is not a new development, its pace has increased with the advent of new technologies, especially in the area of telecommunications."\n\nIndia IT expertise and infrastructure helps in making this mobility happen, online service such as Amazon, CDNow and other oline retail are able to operate 24/7 without break, this is made possible by the so called Back Office Processing, which India excel.\n\nThis service include call center, where someone in India pick up the phone when you call customer service, be it an inquiry to a product, asking for an assistance with your product or filing for a complaint.\n\nSame as the order processing, when you place online order, the transaction is immediately relay to such site, where your credit are cross check, order process and goods being send for packaging and shipping from somewhere in US or in Germany as in Amazon case.\n\nThese are few example how India help in this mobility.
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Although many people don't see it this way it seems to me that globalization isn't something new. It's been around since as far back as Alexander the great. He tried to promote one culture, one language, one set of beliefs. Globalization cannot unfortunately be analyzed by saying this is good this is bad. It is always subjective. What I might see as a pro you might see as a con and the opposite. I believe for example Coca Cola should not be sold in third world countries; they hardly have enough water to drink. The Coca Cola business man sees it differently; he sees it as a developing market. That covers only one aspect of globalization but can to a certain extent be generalized.
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Because people still hold on to their national identities. There is also a large diffrence between upper and lower classes in their level of globalization in almost any nation. Is this an essay question?
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according to most theorists, no.  They tend to argue that:\n1.) overseas nations are exploited by global corporations\n    *we take their raw materials/use them up for very cheap\n    *we hire their people at extremely low wages\n2.) because of globalization, the gap between the rich and \n    poor is widening\n    *the rich get richer and poor get poorer (we exploit \n     them to make higher profits-the less they make the\n     more we keep)\n3.) I would also add that jobs are taken away from   \n    Americans when factories are moved overseas.\n    *this will hurt our economy b/c we rely on a large \n     middle class of consumers to buy stuff
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globalized they deal with china also. as well as many others. they take advantage of every opportunity. they have to. a lot of people are starving. but on a whole we are all globalized, since the Internet. more so everyday.
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Sure it does.  Advertising contributes and speeds up globalization by getting the word out about new products or services that will save time or help out in some way.
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There is little chance of true globalization any time soon, with the rapent xenophobia that is striking in so many nations, the borders being gaurded against the fear of terrorism and the hatred of anything "foreign" will shut out the utopic future of a united world.
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Perhaps you are referring to how computer networking (the Internet in particular) makes it a "small world"?  Another way to say it is that technology and the Internet have made the world flat.  It refers to "globalization" and the fact that networks and the Internet and technology have changed the way we live, work, shop and learn, not to mention the way we communicate and collaborate... just look at Y!Answers as an example.  People now interact from halfway around the world as if they were sitting right next to each other.  We can get dozens of answers to a question in SECONDS that our grandparents would have spent days or weeks researching in a library.  It's as if we are all sitting in a virtual conference room regardless of how far apart we are geographically, I think that's the idea your asking about.