Globalisation and ‘Super Diversity’

Abstract

There is little clarity about what the term ‘globalisation’ means, but its origins lie in the process of creating products and developing systems of wealth and power on a worldwide basis. The term has been in regular use since the 1960s, though its origins are much older — the extent and nature of international trade has developed over centuries, gradually becoming ‘globalised’. However, the technological developments in communications, together with the opening up of financial markets, have dramatically accelerated the process of change, largely as a result of deregulation and improved international communications.