ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the reasons for the growth of international schooling. The field is inextricably linked to the forces of 'globalization', and the current phase has facilitated 'space' for enormous growth in scale and nature, especially in countries previously 'missing' from the scene, such as Dubai and China. The current phase of globalization, termed by many economists as 'Kondratieff Wave 5' beginning with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the emergence of the internet have witnessed an increase in global communication and trade. It might be useful to consider several alternative viewpoints on the different forms of globalization. One conceptual framework argues that globalization and internationalization are related, but not the same thing. Another framework, drawn up during the protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks, identifies an extreme version of globalization. A further useful framework identifies three broad forms of globalization. These are market, political, and social form.
