BOX 2.2 DEFINITIONS OF GLOBALISATION
The authors define globalisation as the thesis that the increasing
global interdependence of states, individuals and social and economic
organisations is reducing the autonomy of individual states. Box 2.3
summarises some of the factors at work.BOX 2.3 GLOBALISATION – CHALLENGES TO THE
NATION STATE
46 SYSTEMS
... the removal of barriers to free trade and the closer integration of
national economies.
(Stiglitz, 2002: ix)
A historical process involving a fundamental shift or transformation in
the spatial scale of human social organization that links distant
communities and expands the reach of power relations across regions
and continents.
(McGrew, in Baylis and Smith, 2005: 24)De-territorilization – or... the growth of super-territorial relations
between people.
(Scholte, 2000: 46)Internal instability from mini-nationalisms, ethnicity, etc.
External instability need for regional/global security
Economic dependence on global economic and financial
organisations
Social integration development of world standards for human
rights, professional behaviour
Technical integration dependence on world communication
networks and leading-edge technical
developments increases vulnerability
Ecological threats of pollution, global warming, etc.
interdependence insoluble within state boundaries.