Driving forces of globalization
Journal Title: European Journal of Geopolitics - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue
Abstract
The study briefly summarizes the understandings of globalization, its beginning, and periodization in social sciences. It introduces the understanding of globalization as a process whose dynamics is determined by its driving forces, outlines the concept of the driving forces of globalization, and offers the periodization of globalization according to the changes globalization undergone under the impact of its driving forces. The paper focuses on the classification of the driving forces of globalisation according to various criteria and formulates basic general principles of driving forces of globalization that may be applicable in predicting further globalization development
Authors and Affiliations
Irina Kozárová
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