a.) According to Held and McGrew these three dimensions are outlined as the physical, normative and symbolic dimensions.
b.)
The increase in the international movement of people, trade goods and the overlap between international banking systems are all elements of the physical dimension of globalisation. The physical representation of globalisation is in this manner, the most apparent of the dimensions. The advancement in the technology of transport has created a freedom of movement across the globe that has never been witnessed before. With the advent of high-speed, long-distance flight people are no longer constrained by land boundaries as they once might have been. The physical dimension of globalisation, with its movement of people and trade, lies the foundations upon which the other layers of globalisation may rest. The moving people carry with them their ideas and cultures and the …show more content…
Globalisation has brought many dramatic shifts to the African continent, but none more impactful than the international economic interests and the erosion of local African culture. Tendon [cite] states through the cold war, which was a result of the process towards globalisation, has serious consequences for African countries. Leaving many one-party or military regimes such as those that can be seen in the DRC or what was seen in the Angola government until 2010. [cite] The war that waged between the ideological norms of the cold war were staged upon the African continent in many forms that bought harm to many countries and left scars still palpable today. Globalisation also brings with it a cultural dominance from the west that has imposed a strong force of erosion towards local African cultures. Alhaji argues that this removes the ability for African countries to behave autonomously on an equal basis.
b.)
The increase in the international movement of people, trade goods and the overlap between international banking systems are all elements of the physical dimension of globalisation. The physical representation of globalisation is in this manner, the most apparent of the dimensions. The advancement in the technology of transport has created a freedom of movement across the globe that has never been witnessed before. With the advent of high-speed, long-distance flight people are no longer constrained by land boundaries as they once might have been. The physical dimension of globalisation, with its movement of people and trade, lies the foundations upon which the other layers of globalisation may rest. The moving people carry with them their ideas and cultures and the …show more content…
Globalisation has brought many dramatic shifts to the African continent, but none more impactful than the international economic interests and the erosion of local African culture. Tendon [cite] states through the cold war, which was a result of the process towards globalisation, has serious consequences for African countries. Leaving many one-party or military regimes such as those that can be seen in the DRC or what was seen in the Angola government until 2010. [cite] The war that waged between the ideological norms of the cold war were staged upon the African continent in many forms that bought harm to many countries and left scars still palpable today. Globalisation also brings with it a cultural dominance from the west that has imposed a strong force of erosion towards local African cultures. Alhaji argues that this removes the ability for African countries to behave autonomously on an equal basis.