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Liberalism and globalisation

Liberalism and globalisation Asia Europe Journal (2004) 2: 167–173 ASIA DOI: 10.1007/s10308-004-0084-x EUROPE JOURNAL Springer-Verlag 2004 Graham Watson To all previous generations, the major political challenges have been local, national, or involving part but not all of our world. Even the so-called ‘world wars’ of the twentieth century left many countries untouched. Our generation no longer enjoys such a limited constituency. While it remains true, as Tip O’Neill said, that ‘all politics is local’, local now sometimes means local to our global village. The expression ‘global village’ was coined to demonstrate the phenomenon of globalisation. Globalisation is about a world of inter-connected communi- ties. Technology and the spread of language learning have transformed our ability to communicate. Exploration and the trade and investment which have followed have changed our economic perspectives and practices and have vastly increased wealth. Travel has opened new horizons and opportunities for human contact undreamt of by our forebears. Yet globalisation has not come without a cost. Criminals have organised global networks to a point where internationally organised crime has grown to pose a gargantuan threat, human-driven damage to our natural environment threatens the future viability of human life on our planet, and powerlessness and alienation from government http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Europe Journal Springer Journals

Liberalism and globalisation

Watson, Graham
Asia Europe Journal , Volume 2 (2) – Jan 1, 2004
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Copyright © 2004 by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
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Economics
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1610-2932
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10.1007/s10308-004-0084-x
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Asia Europe Journal (2004) 2: 167–173 ASIA DOI: 10.1007/s10308-004-0084-x EUROPE JOURNAL Springer-Verlag 2004 Graham Watson To all previous generations, the major political challenges have been local, national, or involving part but not all of our world. Even the so-called ‘world wars’ of the twentieth century left many countries untouched. Our generation no longer enjoys such a limited constituency. While it remains true, as Tip O’Neill said, that ‘all politics is local’, local now sometimes means local to our global village. The expression ‘global village’ was coined to demonstrate the phenomenon of globalisation. Globalisation is about a world of inter-connected communi- ties. Technology and the spread of language learning have transformed our ability to communicate. Exploration and the trade and investment which have followed have changed our economic perspectives and practices and have vastly increased wealth. Travel has opened new horizons and opportunities for human contact undreamt of by our forebears. Yet globalisation has not come without a cost. Criminals have organised global networks to a point where internationally organised crime has grown to pose a gargantuan threat, human-driven damage to our natural environment threatens the future viability of human life on our planet, and powerlessness and alienation from government

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