Globalisation and Risk

Globalisation and Risk

Globalisation is a complex set of processes involving the integration of political, technological and cultural, as well as economies. It is describes a number of processed by which culture, people, companies and information are able to move freely and quickly around the world, unimpeded by national borders or other territorial limitations. (Wild, Wild, Han, 2001: 6) Globalisation influences our everyday life, such as increase risk, change tradition and family, and so forth. This essay focuses on the effects of globalisation on risk.

Globalisation had both positive and negative effects on risk. According to Giddens’s view that risks are bound up with globalisation, it is a double-edged. On one hand, it is the certain dynamic of an innovative society and a core element of economy development; on the other hand, ecological risk has become the most serious problem facing world society. (Harry, C. B.1979) agree with this point, Harry said the same view in his ...