Question

Why is globalization the most controversial contemporary issue

Answer 1

Answer:

Under this umbrella of shared concerns, the various groups tend to cluster around one of three issues as a focus of their particular globalization critique: • the environment, • human rights and worker rights, and • inequality and poverty, particularly in developing countries.

Answer 2

Globalization is the key concept of the 21st century. Although the term in itself is vaguely defined and it is used with different meanings, we could talk about a real "cult of globalization". The term globalization is nowadays present in the speeches of nearly all statesmen or high officials of international organizations, and suffers various mutations according to the pursued objectives. It can be stated that globalization is viewed as a new and complex configuration, a transformation of historical proportions, challenging traditional concepts such as the national state, the national borders, rendering the classical economics theory obsolete. Beyond the interesting aspect of this concept, globalization affects us all, directly or indirectly. Therefore, a synthesis of the most interesting views upon the topic is needed, without launching a pro and con dispute. There is more an attempt of highlighting the different facets of this concept.