globalizers
World market advocates
Globalizers are people or forces that promote or advance globalization—the integration of economies, cultures, and societies across national boundaries.
The term often appears in political and economic debates, sometimes neutral, sometimes critical: The globalizers promised prosperity would spread to developing nations.
Critics use it to identify those pushing free trade agreements, multinational expansion, or cultural homogenization.
Operating across multiple countries
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- importsGoods brought in
exports · supply-chain · deregulation · privatization · offshoring · IMF · neoliberalism · commodification
Making things the same
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- cosmopolitanismBelief in shared humanity
- McDonaldizationSociety adopting fast-food principles
- AmericanizationAdopting US cultural norms
hybridity · glocalization · diaspora · multiculturalism · creolization · world-music · cross-pollination · Bollywood
Movement to new territory
- tourismLeisure travel sector
- jet-settersAffluent frequent travelers
- expatriatesPeople living outside homeland
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
Unequal distribution of resources
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- sweatshopsExploitative manufacturing facilities
- protectionismShielding local producers
- localismPreference for nearby things
backlash · nationalism · populism · deglobalization · sovereignty
Independent charitable organizations, abbreviated
- supranationalGoverning beyond single states
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- multilateralismMulti-party international cooperation
- NAFTAContinental free-commerce bloc
Interconnected computer systems
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- digitalizationConverting to electronic format
- connectivityState of being linked
- e-commerceInternet-based buying and selling
platforms · fiber-optics · satellites · smartphones · Alibaba · fintech · cryptocurrency · streaming
multinational
Operating across multiple countries
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- tariffsTaxes on imports
imports · exports · supply-chain · deregulation · privatization · offshoring · IMF · neoliberalism · commodification
homogenization
Making things the same
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- cosmopolitanismBelief in shared humanity
- McDonaldizationSociety adopting fast-food principles
Americanization · hybridity · glocalization · diaspora · multiculturalism · creolization · world-music · cross-pollination · Bollywood · K-pop
migration
Movement to new territory
- tourismLeisure travel sector
- jet-settersAffluent frequent travelers
- expatriatesPeople living outside homeland
inequality
Unequal distribution of resources
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- sweatshopsExploitative manufacturing facilities
- protectionismShielding local producers
localism · backlash · nationalism · populism · deglobalization · sovereignty
NGOs
Independent charitable organizations, abbreviated
- supranationalGoverning beyond single states
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- multilateralismMulti-party international cooperation
NAFTA · harmonization · G20
internet
Interconnected computer systems
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- digitalizationConverting to electronic format
- connectivityState of being linked
e-commerce · platforms · fiber-optics · satellites · smartphones · Alibaba · fintech · cryptocurrency · streaming
globalizersanti-globalists
Opponents of international economic integration
nationalists · nativists · tribalists · Brexiteers · communitarians