Globalization (globalisation) in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local

or regional phenomena into global ones. It can be described as a process by which the
people of the world are unified into a single society and function together.

This process is a combination of economic, technological, sociocultural and political

forces.[1] Globalization is often used to refer to economic globalization, that is, integration
of national economies into the international economy through trade, foreign direct
investment, capital flows, migration, and the spread of technology.[2]

Saskia Sassen writes that "a good part of globalization consists of an enormous variety of
micro-processes that begin to denationalize what had been constructed as national -
whether policies, capital, political subjectivities, urban spaces, temporal frames, or any
other of a variety of dynamics and domains."[3]

The United Nations ESCWA has written that globalization "is a widely-used term that
can be defined in a number of different ways. When 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, capital, services and labour...although considerable barriers
remain to the flow of labour...Globalization is not a new phenomenon. It began in the late
nineteenth century, but its spread slowed during the period from the start of the First
World War until the third quarter of the twentieth century. This slowdown can be
attributed to the inwardlooking policies pursued by a number of countries in order to
protect their respective industries.. however, the pace of globalization picked up rapidly
during the fourth quarter of the twentieth century..."[4]

Tom G. Palmer of the Cato Institute defines globalization as "the diminution or

elimination of state-enforced restrictions on exchanges across borders and the
increasingly integrated and complex global system of production and exchange that has
emerged as a result."[5]

Thomas L. Friedman has examined the impact of the "flattening" of the world, and argues
that globalized trade, outsourcing, supply-chaining, and political forces have changed the
world permanently, for both better and worse. He also argues that the pace of
globalization is quickening and will continue to have a growing impact on business
organization and practice.[6]

Noam Chomsky argues that the word globalization is also used, in a doctrinal sense, to
describe the neoliberal form of economic globalization.[7]

Herman E. Daly argues that sometimes the terms internationalization and globalization
are used interchangeably but there is a significant formal difference. The term
"internationalization" refers to the importance of international trade, relations, treaties etc.
owing to the (hypothetical) immobility of labor and capital between or among nations