Modne słowo „globalizacja”. Krytyczny przegląd definicji

  • Author: Maja Megier
  • Year of publication: 2009
  • Source: Show
  • Pages: 45-56
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2009.21.03
  • PDF: apsp/21/apsp2103.pdf

THE PROBLEM OF globalization and its influence on various walks of socio-economic and political life but also on culture and international relationships is in the centre of interest of scientists and humanists. For more than 20 years or so, there have been plenty of publications presented concerning globalization issues. As some authors aptly notice, the aforementioned growth, in the number of expert publications, does not go hand in hand with better understanding of the globalization process, its aspects and effects. The article presents different ways of defining this phenomenon as well as a critical overview of expert literature that raises those issues. The concept of globalization and the most significant characteristics of globalization were polemically analyzed. The subject matters of the analysis are various approaches towards globalization and attempts of defining this concept by various authors. As this concept refers to the areas of economic, political, social and cultural activities, it in fact infiltrates all areas of human life all over the world. Since there exist various approaches and interpretations of globalization as a kind of process or phenomenon that characterizes contemporary integration of economy, culture, sciences and societies on a global scale, it is not possible to determine one, generally accepted definition of word globalization. From a selective overview of multiple definitions of globalization, one can draw a conclusion that globalization is quite ambiguous and very difficult to be exactly defined. As some researchers of this process accurately notice, in economic and political literature this notion is used to define both some processes and political phenomena and the effects of these processes. Notwithstanding what definition one or the other accepts, it shall be agreed, that globalization means tightening the correlation between individual countries, nations and regions of the world and globalization is a process that integrates all contemporary world, not only world economy.

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