Globalisation refers to the increasing flow of ideas, capital, goods, services and people across borders. It has occurred throughout history but has accelerated due to advances in technology and transportation. Key drivers of globalisation include the development of the internet, telecommunications, air travel and multinational corporations operating worldwide. While globalisation has led to greater economic growth and cultural sharing, it has also been associated with job losses and increased inequality within nations as well as threats to local cultures and political sovereignty. Overall the document provides a broad overview of the causes, consequences and debates surrounding the phenomenon of globalisation.
What is Globalisation?
• Globalisation is the flow of
Ideas,Capital,Commodities,people,technology,
knowledge and Information around the Globe
• These flows has taken place through out
human history
• But now the flow is more quick and wider ,
the connectivity has increased because of
development in communication technology
CAUSES OF GLOBALISATION
•The speed of these flows
has increased
• Technology remains as
critical element
• The invention of the
telegraph,the telephone,
and the microchip
• Internet and world wide net
• The development of high
speed transporting system
• Printing technology
• Mass media and Electronic
media
• Stock market exchanges
• Money market
• Modern education,
professional degrees such
as MBA,B Tech,MCA and
Medical degrees
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THE SPEED OFCOMMUNICATION HAS
REACHED EVEN TO THE RURAL POOR
POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES
• Globalisationaffect traditional conceptions of
state sovereignty
• Globalisation results in an erosion of state
capacity
• ‘Welfare state’ is now giving way to a more
minimalist state
• Increased role of multinational companies all
over the world leads to a reduction in the
capacity of governments to take decisions on
their own.
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POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES
• Atthe same time, globalisation does not always
reduce state capacity. The primacy of the state
continues to be the unchallenged basis of
political community
• State capacity has received a boost as a
consequence of globalisation, with enhanced
technologies available at the disposal of the state
to collect information about its citizens. With this
information, the state is better able to rule
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
• Themention of economic globalisation draws
our attention immediately to the role of
international institutions like the IMF and the
WTO and the role they play in determining
economic policies across the world.
• This flow or exchange can take various forms:
commodities, capital, people and ideas.
Globalisation has involved greater trade in
commodities across the globe
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
• Therestrictions on movement of capital
across countries have also been reduced.
• Those who are concerned about social justice
are worried about the extent of state
withdrawal caused by processes of economic
globalisation They point out that it is likely to
benefit only a small section of the population
• Some economists have described economic
globalisation as recolonisation of the world
CULTURAL CONSEQUENCES
• Globalisationaffects us in
our home, in what we
eat, drink, wear
• Globalisation leads to the
rise of a uniform culture
or what is called cultural
homogenisation
• Global culture is the
imposition of Western
culture on the rest of the
world
• The popularity of a burger
or blue jeans, some
argue, has a lot to do with
the powerful influence of
the American way of life
• The culture of the
politically and
economically dominant
society leaves its imprint
on a less powerful society
• ‘McDonaldisation’ of the
world
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CULTURAL CONSEQUENCES
• Itleads to the shrinking of
the rich cultural heritage
of the entire globe.
• It would be a mistake to
assume that cultural
consequences of
Globalisation are only
negative.
• It leads to each culture
becoming more different
and distinctive. This
phenomenon is called
cultural heterogenisation
• But sometimes external
influences simply enlarge
our choices, and
sometimes they modify
our culture
• The burger is no
substitute for a masala
dosa and, therefore, does
not pose any real
challenge
• Blue jeans, on the other
hand, can go well with a
homespun khadi kurta
CULTURAL INFLUENCES
• Thishas taken the form of objecting
particularly to various cultural influences —
ranging from the availability of foreign T.V.
channels provided by cable networks,
celebration of Valentine’s Day, and
westernisation of the dress tastes of girl
students in schools and colleges.