International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

A study of globalization: Is it a new phenomenon

  • Author:
  • Manas Roy
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • Page Number: 304 to 317

Asst. Prof., Dept of Humanities, Birbhum Institute of Engineering & Technology, Suri, Birbhum, West Bengal

Online published on 30 September, 2013.

Abstract

Globalization promotes increasing economic integration and growing economic interdependence between countries in the world economy. This study is trying to find out the meaning of globalization which includes the general idea of globalization. This study also analyses globalization in historical perspective that is, from where globalization actually came from, its evaluation in current phase. In a nutshell, this study analyses the evolution of globalization in different centuries. In fact, there are some paradoxical statements about its occurrence and its evolution.

Keywords

Globalization, Economic integration, Cross border competition, Age of discovery, Cold war