Disillusion of a single administrative centre in order to transfer social services from public to private ownership- postal service
Theory: Neoliberalism
Advocating free and unregulated markets leading to TNC and outsourcing
Theory: Global capitalism
Tied to, and productive of, new economic forms
Political Globalisation
Interdependence
Global agreement is sought on addressing issues that extend beyond the nation state
Theory: Standardisation
Transformation of national and regional spaces, policies and outcomes to facilitate global movements.
Theory: Trans-formationalism
A thickening of global policy-making activity, especially for issues that extend beyond the nation state, increasingly aligned with globally-orientated agendas
Cultural Globalisation
Theory: Global Village
People live in local geographical areas which are globally interconnected through networks and technology
Theory: Hybridisation
Multiplying effect on culture as new cultures emerge in response to global conditions- e.g. colonisation
Theory: World Culturalists
Emergence of a global cultures, which are then adapted to local conditions- does recognise difference but again, loses individual cultures
Theory: World Culture Theory
Global culture is becoming uniform- the world has one culture (no individualisation and recognition of different)
