Globalisation has produced changes in economic and social characteristics with no area more affected than job competitiveness and security. A common response has been increased investment in education. Korea has experienced this job insecurity and the associated heightened emphasis on education but the ‘‘localisation of globalisation’’ in Korea has had distinctive impacts. Korea began absorbing...

This article questions the assumption that globalisation has fostered cultural dialogue. In order to understand how globalisation has specifically impacted the sphere of the cultural, it starts by examining the way cultural practises are transformed in its wake. Does globalisation yield new, global forms of culture? To address this conundrum, this article takes the example of a cultural movemen...

D EMONSTRATIONS by citizen groups against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Seattle (29 November–3 December, 1999) and more recently against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC (16–17 April, 2000) raise issues about the legitimacy of globalisation processes. To examine key domestic institutional challenges posed by globalisation, this paper focuses on ...

We find that plant and firm characteristics are the main determinants of plant exit; industry variables tend to have a peripheral impact. Large, capital intensive and productive plants are less susceptible to exit while high wage plants are more vulnerable. Multinational ownership increases the likelihood of exit, though only among domestic multinationals. Within multi-plant firms, plant featur...

This paper examines the effect of the structural changes arising from the globalisation of production and innovation and from technological changes on the environment. Drawing on theories of international production from international business and innovation, we assess the impact of longterm technological change and changes in international production on the international division of labour and...

Globalisation is one of the most important historical features that education is likely to experience in this century. The processes of globalisation need to be integrated with a set of social, technological, economic, cultural and ecological circumstances, so that people may begin to accept the fact that the world is facing a totally irreversible universal phenomenon. The concept of sustainabl...

The study of globalisation carries important conceptual insights into the contemporary security agenda following the events of 9/11. This article argues that globalisation can be defined in a variety of ways, ranging from liberalisation to Westernisation, and can also be extended into concepts of supra-territorialisation. In combination, these definitions help to explain the generation of 9/11 ...