Advantages and Disadvantages of Globalisation

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Globalization has become one of the most debated subjects of recent times. It has been hailed as one of the best things to happen to the world by its proponents, while opponents have labelled it as neo-imperialism. Thus, this academic piece of writing wishes to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of globalisation in developing countries. It will begin by defining the key term in the question which is globalisation, thereafter, it will discuss the disadvantages of globalisation after which it will discuss the advantages of globalisation. Thereafter, a comprehensive conclusion will be drawn. Globalization is the process through which economies in the world are interrelated. There is no single definition of globalization. Caselli (2006) mentions three dimensions of globalisation mainly accepted in contemporary theory, namely economic, political and cultural, which may be further divided into sub-dimensions. A definition of globalisation should reflect this multidimensionality. Also, the fact that globalisation really does enfold the whole globe needs to be stressed, as this is the distinguishing factor between globalisation and other forms of international openness of countries According to Albrow (1990), Globalization refers to all those processes by which the peoples of the world are incorporated into a single world society, global society. Giddens (2002), also argues that Globalisation is political, technical and cultural, as well as economic. It is ‘new' and ‘revolutionary' and is mainly due to the ‘massive increase' in financial foreign exchange transactions. According him, this has been facilitated by dramatic improvement in communications technology, especially electronic interchange facilitated by personal computers. Developing countries have not been by-passed by the most recent period of globalisation; rather that participation in international
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