Globalization

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The process of increasing interconnectedness and interdependence among different regions of the world, which can impact consumption patterns and values.

Economic and Political Globalization: The interdependence of markets, governments and corporations creating a global economy and global political systems.
Cultural Globalization: The worldwide dissemination of cultural products and practices, including media, language, and lifestyle.
Social and Environmental Globalization: The impact of globalization on social and environmental factors, such as labor rights, migration, and climate change.
Global Inequality: The unequal distribution of wealth, resources, and opportunities across the world as a consequence of globalization.
Transnational Corporations: The role of multinational corporations in shaping global economy and politics.
Globalization and Development: The impact of globalization on developing countries, including poverty and inequality.
International Trade: The exchange of goods and services between countries, including the effect of free trade agreements and trade barriers.
Communication and Technology: The role of technology and communication in facilitating globalization.
Globalization and Education: The impact of globalization on education policies and practices.
Human Rights and Globalization: The impact of globalization on human rights and social justice, including issues of labor, gender, and diversity.
Economic Globalization: Refers to the integration of economies across the world, including the flow of goods, services, capital, and technology across national borders.
Cultural Globalization: Refers to the diffusion of cultural products, practices, and values across national boundaries, including media, food, fashion, and music.
Political Globalization: Refers to the increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of political systems across the world, including the spread of democracy, human rights, and international institutions such as the United Nations.
Technological Globalization: Refers to the increasing availability and use of technological devices and communication systems across international boundaries, including the internet and social media.
Environmental Globalization: Refers to the increasing interconnectedness of global environmental problems, including climate change and pollution, and the need for cooperation and collaboration across national borders to address them.
Linguistic Globalization: Refers to the spread of dominant languages such as English and the impact they have on local languages and cultures.
Health Globalization: Refers to the spread of infectious diseases, global health inequalities, and the need for cooperation and collaboration across national borders to address health problems.
Educational Globalization: Refers to the spread of formal and informal education across the world and the need for cooperation and collaboration across national borders to address education problems.
Legal Globalization: Refers to the increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of legal systems across national boundaries, including the spread of international laws and human rights.
Quote: "Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide."
Quote: "The term globalization first appeared in the early 20th century... and came into popular use in the 1990s to describe the unprecedented international connectivity of the post-Cold War world."
Quote: "Advances in transportation, like the steam locomotive, steamship, jet engine, and container ships, and developments in telecommunication infrastructure such as the telegraph, the Internet, mobile phones, and smartphones, have been major factors in globalization."
Quote: "Globalization is primarily an economic process of interaction and integration that is associated with social and cultural aspects."
Quote: "This increase in global interactions has caused a growth in international trade and the exchange of ideas, beliefs, and culture."
Quote: "However, disputes and international diplomacy are also large parts of the history of globalization and of modern globalization."
Quote: "Large-scale globalization began in the 1820s, and in the late 19th century and early 20th century drove a rapid expansion in the connectivity of the world's economies and cultures."
Quote: "In 2000, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) identified four basic aspects of globalization: trade and transactions, capital and investment movements, migration and movement of people, and the dissemination of knowledge."
Quote: "Globalizing processes affect and are affected by business and work organization."
Quote: "Academic literature commonly divides globalization into three major areas: economic globalization, cultural globalization, and political globalization."
Quote: "Removal of cross-border trade barriers has made the formation of global markets more feasible."
Quote: "Though many scholars place the origins of globalization in modern times, others trace its history to long before the European Age of Discovery and voyages to the New World, and some even to the third millennium BCE."
Quote: "Advances in transportation and developments in telecommunication infrastructure have been major factors in globalization and have generated further interdependence of economic and cultural activities around the globe."
Quote: "The term global city was subsequently popularized by sociologist Saskia Sassen in her work The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo (1991)."
Quote: "Globalizing processes affect and are affected by... sociocultural resources."
Quote: "Economically, globalization involves goods, services, data, technology, and the economic resources of capital."
Quote: "Globalizing processes affect and are affected by... migration and movement of people."
Quote: "Its origins can be traced back to 18th and 19th centuries due to advances in transportation and communications technology."
Quote: "In 2000, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) identified four basic aspects of globalization..."
Quote: "The expansion of global markets liberalizes the economic activities of the exchange of goods and funds."