Globalization
The idea of globalization is that with the advent of technologies, especially in the communication fields, that more countries will be able to communicate directly and cost efficiently. ... And yet, many are not convinced on the definition of Globalization, nor on the impact of this opening of the world’s borders. Jan Aart Scholte, in his book, Globalization: A Critical Introduction, has less than glowing remarks about Globalization in general. He states: “Globalization is a transformation of social geography marked by the growth of supraterritorial spaces, although territoriality and supraterritoriality coexist in complex interrelations”(Scholte,2000 ). In his book, his predominating view would seem to be that the ideal of globalization is less understood than even the practice of it. Scholte tends to spend a great deal of time simply trying to define the term, globalization and winds up becoming quite metaphysical and philosophical rather than strictly factual. ... Scholte seems to be suggesting that as it stands right now globalization poses a great threat, not only to the structure of the state, but to democracy as well. Thus, he would seem to embrace an idea of ‘glocalization’ which is a combination of globalization and localization.