ABSTRACT
Since the latter half of the twentieth century, globalization has been one of the most widely discussed issues in the western world and beyond. It has become a ‘buzzword’ for politicians, journalists and social scientists alike, and it has even entered into the lexicon of popular discourse. Why globalization has garnered so much attention is largely because the concept is thought to have bearing on many key social transformations, such as the spread of new communication and information technologies, the opening up of new hybridized forms of social identity, the acceleration of certain types of economic activity, the development of new environmental hazards and the onset of new geopolitical regimes and challenges.
