Globalization, integration and democratization of the world’s culture, economy, and infrastructure through transnational investment, rapid proliferation of communication and information technologies, and the impacts of free-market forces on local, regional and national economies.

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historical roots and antecedents, see the Sidebars “The WTO and the Politics of Global Trade”, “Seeds of Globalization”, and “Global Impacts of the Industrial Revolution” in the Industrial Revolution article.
Social and cultural impacts of globalization are discussed in Culture: The Development of Global Culture, World Health Organization, World Food Supply, and Poverty: Causes of Poverty – The Global Distribution of Resources.
Political aspects are found in World Government, International Arms Control, the sidebar “Defense Planning after the Cold War” in the Cold War article, and the United Nations.
Business and economic aspects of globalization are discussed in Business: Current Trends, Foreign Trade: World Trade, World Trade Organization, and North American Free Trade Agreement, among others.
Technologies that have spurred globalization in the second half of the 20th century include Telecommunications, the Internet, Television, Global Positioning Systems, Communications Satellites, Electronic Funds Transfer, and World Wide Web.
Ecological and environmental impacts of globalization may include Global Warming, Deforestation, Pollution, and Endangered Species.
Writers and thinkers who have addressed different facets and effects of globalization include Marshall McLuhan, R. Buckminster Fuller, and George B. Schaller.

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