ABSTRACT
The first question which globalisation poses is whether citizens are in any way conscious of the occurrence of the phenomenon. However much that phenomenon is being discussed, not just in elite circles, but in much broader groups among the population, largely as a result of comments made in the media, it cannot be assumed that every member of every country, even every adult of every country, perceives that globalisation takes place. Yet any reaction to the very notion of globalisation depends necessarily on whether or not one is aware, if not of the occurrence of the phenomenon, at least to the possibility that the phenomenon might occur.
