Globalisation is little more than a new form of Imperialism. A Corporate Imperialism, in that the extension of a Company’s power and force is through rampant territory and market-share gain, its sole interest the bottom line and, of course, the pursuit of maximum profits. An empire building strategy of Big Business. As Multinational Enterprises enter new, especially ‘emerging economy’, markets to expand their corporate ideology what is the effect on the populations in those countries? South Africa
Introduction Gibson-Graham(2006) defined globalisation as”a set of process by which the world is rapidly being integrated into one economic space via increased international trade,the internationalisation of production and financial markets,the internationalisation of comedy culture promoted by an increasingly networked telecommunication system”(p.120) Globalization is a link between nations and local regions.Ther exists a connection social and economic relationshipsGlobalization can refer to those
Today globalisation is a word used and known by nearly everybody. It is literally in everybody’s lips, as Bauman, Z. states in his book “Globalization: The Human Consequences” (1988). There are thousands of debates going on about a globalized world. But the question remains: What is meant by the expression “Globalisation”? Do we live in a globalized world? And can there actually be enough of globalization? How does globalization effect our live and what are the advantages and disadvantages of globalization
and a rich mixture of hybridised cultural influences which combines Western electric guitar playing, Cuban-derived brass sounds and traditional African rhythms (Morley,1996). As Morley (1996) argues, in 1950s and 1960s, the indigenous music of West Africa was almost defunct in many urban areas, while US popular music and Cuban dance