What is Globalisation all about? Why is it so controversial?

What is Globalisation all about?
Why is it so controversial?


By Jodie Hennessy
Group 4
What is Globalisation all about?

There is no one definition for globalisation; many different people have many different descriptions of the word. Critics would say it is a force that attempts to implement a single economic system in the world, a system that is dominated by wealthy, first world countries and yet accountable to no single government or law system. Ruud Lubbers a Dutch professor of globalisation at Tilburg and Harvard University defines it on his website as ‘a process in which geographic distance becomes a factor of diminishing importance in the establishment and maintenance of cross border economic, political and socio-cultural relations’. Others feel that globalisation does not simply and singly cover economic matters; they feel that it encompasses much more. Some believe that it may not only be the sharing of a single economic ideology but a single religious ideolog...