Measuring+Global+Interactions+(H)

=What is Globalization?=

Many geographers have come up with their own definitions of globalization, but it is such a complex process that it is very difficult to define. Here are a few attempts......


 * To make world-wide in scope or application”
 * The spread of economic, social and cultural ideas across the world and the growing uniformity between different places.”
 * The spread of common culture as well as economic practise”
 * Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology.
 * Globalization as a concept refers both to the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole.
 * A social process in which the constraints of geography on economic, social and cultural arrangements recede, in which people become increasingly aware that they are receding and in which people act accordingly.
 * This ugly word is shorthand for how our lives are becoming increasingly intertwined with those of distant people and places around the world economically, politically and culturally. These links are not always new, but they are more pervasive than ever before.

=How is Globalization Measured?=

It is very difficult to quantify globalization. There are some attempts, including the KOF Index of Globalization and the AT Kearney Index of Globalization

 **KOF**

These maps show you the World pattern of globalization according to the KOF index.



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And some scans of important pages from your text book - lots of useful maps here.





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