What is globalisation.......

What is globalisation and in what way is it pertinent to our understanding of politics within the state The word ‘globalisation’ perhaps suggests ‘the shift of political activity away from the local and national and into the global realm.’ Hudson extends this definition: “Globalisation signifies an increase in the importance, volume, speed and scope of cross-border flows of ideas, money, commodities, and people, challenging the exclusive territorial authority of sovereign states.”(Newman, ‘Boundaries, Territory and …

…Globalisation may not be happening fairly and evenly. It may simply redistribute power from a democratically elected (in most cases) state to an autonomous, self serving interest group. This ‘One World’ motion may or may not be a healthy proposition, but it is happening. Moreover, I believe that it is happening to a great enough extent to say that the role which the state once played in our lives will never be the same again.