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Blurring the Lines: The Ethical Issues Surrounding the Invasion of Iraq

Posted by Refiloe Joala on Thursday, September 8, 2011, In : Globalisation

As part of its ongoing ‘global war against terror’ the United States, under the leadership of former President Bush declared war against Iraq on 23 March 2003 with the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Lindner: 2009,21). White (2011, Internet source) reported that in 2010 the death toll of Iraqi civilians was estimated at 109 794 and more 55 000 insurgents have been killed. In 2007, the estimated number of misplaced persons was approximated at 2, 225,000 making it the largest forced mis...

When did Globalisation Begin?

Posted by Nicholas Dietrich on Monday, June 27, 2011, In : Globalisation

Since the late 1980s globalisation has become a popular term for politicians, journalists and social scientists to describe the world that we live in (Flynn & Giraldez, 2002: 1). According to Tomlinson (2003: 311) the first three books with the word “globalisation” in their titles were published in 1988, after which it rapidly became what O’Rourke and Williamson (2000: 1) contend to be “the defining term of the 1990s”.

This article will briefly introduce a lesser-known debate, o...

What is Global or Transitional Civil Society and what is it's role and importance?

Posted by Trevor Kana on Monday, June 13, 2011, In : Globalisation

Global civil society is phenomenon that has yet to be fully comprehended. The lack of conceptual understanding symbolizes that it is yet an ‘island of meaning’ that is of substance in modern social science and policy-making (Anheier, Glasius & Kaldor, 2001: 3). The difficulties in conceptualising global civil society stems from the plethora of various interests been pushed under this banner. Global civil society can be; anti-globalisation campaigners against the expansion of laissez...

Indigenising globalisation

Posted by on Friday, May 13, 2011, In : Globalisation

Since the 1980’s globalisation has become a popular term for politicians, journalists and social scientists to describe the world that we live in, yet with no apparent consensus of its explicit meaning (Flynn & Giráldez, 2002a: 1).

Globalisation refers to a process of the inexorable integration of markets, nation-states and technologies, involving networks of interdependence that span intercontinental distances – in a way enabling individuals, corporations and nation-states to reach ar...

Globalising English-A brief Look at Globish

Posted by Konrad Geldenhuys on Saturday, January 29, 2011, In : Globalisation

Globalisation has many definitions and encompasses many spheres of interests and influences. One definition that seems to define it in the paramount of detail is that of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. It declares that globalisation "is a widely-used term that can be defined in a number of different ways. If used in an economic context, it refers to the reduction and removal of barriers between national borders, in order to facilitate the flow of goods, cap...