The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization

Globalization: it’s a buzzword you can’t escape. But what on earth does it mean? For some it’s the ticket to a democratic world of instant communications and global prosperity. While for others it’s money-mad juggernaut, spinning widely out of control, threatening both cultural and biological diversity. The complex entanglement of cultures and economies has been growing since the colonial era and even before. So today commercial culture and the Western consumer model have seeped in to every corner of the globe while gaps in wealth, food security and social provision continue to grow. This No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization traces the journey towards a ‘borderless’ world. And in the process it shows that the promise of globalization is seductive, powerful- and ultimately hollow.