ASSIGNMENT

TOPIC: GLOBALISATION IS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PROCESS

Submitted By:
Basanta Jyoti Deka MBE 3rd Semester Roll No: 21

GLOBALISATION: It refers to a process by which the Earth planet is considered to be one single unit or a global village where economic and social interaction among the people are guided and conditioned accordingly. The world is supposed to be a global society with global effort and co-operation. Steve Smith and John Baylis gave an acceptable definition of Globalization. According to them Globalisations refers to a process whereby social relations acquire relatively distance less & borderless qualities so that human lives increasingly played out in the world as a single place. Globalisation is a multidimensional process. The various dimensions involved form interfaces of various sizes with 'globalisation, since it is important to envisage all factors that are a part of globalisation and the fact that these factors are in no way exhausted in economic processes, even if economic globalisation makes up the cause and is an important driving force. What is just as important is recognising that not everything is a part of globalisation, nor determined by it in essential terms. Examples of each dimension can easily be found in the daily press, whereby the economic dimension is normally placed in the foreground (enormous growth in trade or direct investments, globalisation of the financial markets as a prime example, transnational integrated production, location competition of states and regions, end of national economies).

Some Dimensions of the Globalisation are stated below Environment as a Dimension The Social Dimension The Cultural Dimension The Political Dimension

 Environment as a Dimension
Global problems such as the warming of the earth's atmosphere, the ozone hole, and the deforestation of the tropical rain forests best illustrate globalisation, since global problems are clearly being dealt with which need to be approached on a global level. Despite this, regional and local problems also exist concerning the environment, even if they demonstrate cross-border character, such as the pollution of rivers. Furthermore, 'debordered' dependencies beyond space and time are made clear we realise that the survival of several distant tiny island states, which have joined to form AOSIS, and which are threatened in their existence by a continued rise in sea level, is dependent on the past and future behaviour of humanity, and in particular the populations of the highly developed industrial nations. As a result, it is not surprising that the first in a series of world conferences in the 90s, the Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, was dedicated to exactly these problems.

The Social Dimension

The world is turning into a 'global village', new communication societies (chat, e-mail) communicating across great distances are being added to traditional societies such as the family or neighbourhood. However, they are not replacing these traditional areas of communication, to name just one example from the social dimension.

 The Cultural Dimension Hollywood productions can be seen worldwide, not to deny an 'Americanisation' of culture. However, local and regional cultures do not become extinct because of this. On the contrary, the reflection on such cultures counts a one of the accompanying characteristics of globalisation, which is why the term 'globalisation' has been introduced to the debate.

The Political Dimension

Politics has to battle enormous problems. Globalisation and location competition limit the amount of leeway retained by national politics. Many problems can only be dealt with in a measured way at an international or global level. New forms of politics and arenas need to be found. European integration is seen here as a promising response to the challenges of globalisation. What is still essentially territorial politics organised within the national framework increasingly lags behind the increasingly internationally or globally organised economy, devoid of borders or excess ballast. The social-states 'embedding' of capitalism threatens to fail due to this basic disproportion. But globalisation is not actually guilty of everything that it is made out to be. Frequently, it serves politicians as a scapegoat and all-purpose weapon for argumentation.