ABSTRACT
The idea of ‘globalisation’ has been used in all sorts of ways by all sorts of people to explain changes taking place over the last 30 years or so. Some writers claim that globalisation essentially refers to the spread of the power and influence of multinational (or transnational) companies. For many writers, ‘globalisation’ is seen as a new phase (or period) in history that is either ‘post-industrial’ or ‘post-modern’. ‘Theoretism’ is the kind of thinking practised by large numbers of modern social scientists and theorists. It is bound up with the implicit status hierarchy in the social sciences which puts ‘theorists’ those people (empiricists) who merely describe or count things in the world. The experience of globalisation is a consequence of policies and practices designed to ‘integrate’ Australia into the global economy. These policies reflect the views of governments and business leaders inside Australia and outside that Australia needs to be exposed to the global economy.
