Is Globalisation Best Understood as a Temporary Era or as an Inevitable Process? - PO-222 - Creux Léa
"We prefer to speak of globalism as a phenomenon with ancient roots and
of globalization as the process of increasing globalism, now or in the past"
(Keohane ; Nye 2000). As this quotation from Keohane and Nye explains, the
roots of globalisation are ancient and the links forged by globalism help shape
our contemporary globalisation. Globalisation can be explained in 'waves' and
can be distinguished in several sectors throughout history, but nowadays
globalisation represents above all 'an unprecedented contraction of space and
time, the digital challenge, or the generalisation of free trade and the policies of
deregulation of exchanges carried out by international institutions' (Tannous ;
Pacreau 2020). Contemporary globalisation is imposed on all countries, but
some countries are more involved in this process than others.
Moreover, 'global' problems that are both the cause and consequence of
globalisation require urgent cooperation and give rise to a reflection on the
temporalities of globalisation. The temporary aspect of globalisation is rejected
by researchers who present globalisation as a long process, albeit with periods
of accentuation (Tannous ; Pacreau 2020).
The process of globalisation therefore seems essential for all countries
and even necessary for those countries that are already lagging behind the
countries of the North. However, although globalisation is inevitably imposed
on all countries, it does not guarantee equitable development and integration
into the world economic market. Thus, we will study how taking globalisation
into account as a long process allows the countries of the North to impose
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