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Globalisation

Meaning in sociology, with examples

/ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/nounCore term

In sociology, globalisation means: The growing interconnection of the world's economies, cultures and populations through trade, investment, migration, travel, media and digital communication.

In Turkish: küreselleşme

How it is used

A major theme in contemporary sociology. Debates ask whether globalisation makes cultures more alike (homogenisation) or mixes them in new ways (glocalisation, hybridity), and who gains and who loses from it. It is often used with economic, cultural and political.

Example sentences

  1. Cultural globalisation has spread the same films and brands to almost every country.

  2. Giddens described globalisation as the intensification of worldwide social relations.

Common collocations

  • economic globalisation
  • cultural globalisation
  • effects of globalisation
  • anti-globalisation movement
  • modernityThe type of society that emerged in Europe from around the eighteenth century, marked by industrialisation, urbanisation, the nation-state, science and a belief in progress.
  • migrationThe movement of people from one place to another to live, either within a country or across national borders, for reasons such as work, family, education or safety.
  • diasporaA population that lives outside its original homeland, often spread across several countries, while keeping cultural, emotional or economic ties with it.
  • capitalismAn economic system in which the means of production are mostly privately owned and goods and labour are bought and sold in markets for profit.

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