Globalization is the term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that result from dramatically increased international trade and cultural exchange. It describes the increase of trade and investing due to the falling of barriers and the interdependence of countries. In specifically economic contexts, the term refers almost exclusively to the effects of trade, particularly trade liberalization or "free trade" (however, see "meanings" below). More broadly, the term refers to the overall integration, and resulting increase in interdependance, among global ...

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• Globalization - Meanings
• Globalization - History
• Globalization - Nature and existence of globalization
• Globalization - Characteristics
• Globalization - Glocalization
• Globalization - Anti-globalization
• Globalization - Pro-globalization globalism
• Globalization - Measurement of Globalization

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Globalization, Globalization - Meanings, Globalization - History, Globalization - Nature and existence of globalization, Globalization - Characteristics, Globalization - Glocalization, Globalization - Anti-globalization, Globalization - Pro-globalization globalism, Globalization - Measurement of Globalization

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Supporters of democratic globalization can be labelled pro-globalists. They consider that the first phase of globalization, which was market-oriented, should be completed by a phase of building global political institutions representing the will of World citizens. The difference with other globalists is that they do not define in advance any ideology to orient this will, which should be left to the free choice of those citizens via a democratic process. Supporters of free trade point out that economic theories of comparative advantage ...

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Globalization, Globalization - Meanings, Globalization - History, Globalization - Nature and existence of globalization, Globalization - Characteristics, Globalization - Glocalization, Globalization - Anti-globalization, Globalization - Pro-globalization globalism, Globalization - Measurement of Globalization

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Is there a global mind? Could it be detected quantitatively? In an empirical approach to this question, over the last decade a half-dozen researchers have examined the outputs of electronic noise-based, truly random number generators (RNG) before, during and after highly focused or coherent group events. The group events studied included intense psychotherapy sessions, captivating theater presentations, religious rituals, popular sports competitions like World Cup Soccer, and high interest television broadcasts like the Academy Awards 1. Results of over 100 experiments conducted during such events suggest that mind and matter may be entangled in fundamental ways, and in particular that focused mental attention in groups appears to be associated with negentropic fluctuations in streams of truly random data.

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"Globalization" can mean: Globalism, if the concept is reduced to its economic aspects, can be said to contrast with economic nationalism and protectionism. It is related to laissez-faire capitalism and neoliberalism. It shares a number of characteristics with internationalization and is often used interchangeably, although some prefer to use globalization to emphasize the erosion of the nation-state or national boundaries. Making connections between places on a global scale. Today, more and more places ...

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Globalization, Globalization - Meanings, Globalization - History, Globalization - Nature and existence of globalization, Globalization - Characteristics, Globalization - Glocalization, Globalization - Anti-globalization, Globalization - Pro-globalization globalism, Globalization - Measurement of Globalization

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Anti-globalization is a term most commonly used to describe the political stance of people and groups who oppose current global trade agreements and trade-governing bodies such as the World Trade Organization. “Anti-globalization” is considered by some to be a social movement, while others consider it to be an umbrella term that encompasses a number of separate social movements. In either case, participants are united in opposition to the current global economic and trade systems, which they say undermine the environment, labor rights, nation ...

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• Anti-globalization - Ideology and Causes within the Movement
• Anti-globalization - Opposition to International Financial Institutions and Transnational Corporations
• Anti-globalization - Anti-Globalization as Anti-Neoliberalism
• Anti-globalization - Anti-War” Development
• Anti-globalization - Appropriateness of the term
• Anti-globalization - Influences on the Anti-globalization Movement
• Anti-globalization - Organization
• Anti-globalization - Main Demonstrations and appointments
• Anti-globalization - J18
• Anti-globalization - Seattle/N30
• Anti-globalization - Law enforcement reaction
• Anti-globalization - Genoa
• Anti-globalization - International Social Forums
• Anti-globalization - Influence on the developing world
• Anti-globalization - Criticisms
• Anti-globalization - Disorganization
• Anti-globalization - Addressing problems incorrectly
• Anti-globalization - Failure to propose solutions to problems
• Anti-globalization - Violence
• Anti-globalization - Motivations of movement
• Anti-globalization - Lack of evidence for claims
• Anti-globalization - Mobilizations
• Anti-globalization - Opponents of global corporatization
• Anti-globalization - Opponents of anti-globalization pro-globalists
• Anti-globalization - Books on anti-globalization

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Although the process known as globalization has visibly taken hold during the twentieth century, it has distinct historical antecedents. From the dawn of humanity, the world has grown increasingly integrated. Despite the admittedly fluid nature of history, a number of historians have divided the process of globalization into sections. Archaic Globalization Proto Globalization Modern Globalization The process of globalization is influenced by a number of empires. Among them are some of note:

• History of Globalization - The Dutch Empire
• History of Globalization - Dutch Reformed Church
• History of Globalization - VOC or Dutch East India Company
• History of Globalization - Merchant Warriors
• History of Globalization - New Amsterdam
• History of Globalization - The British Empire
• History of Globalization - British East India Company
• History of Globalization - The Ottoman Empire
• History of Globalization - The Portuguese
• History of Globalization - The Mongol Empire
• History of Globalization - Authors and citations

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Alter-globalization (or altermondialization from the French altermondialisme) is the name of a social movement which supports the international integration of globalization but advocates that values of democracy, economic justice, environmental protection, and human rights be put ahead of purely economic concerns. The term is considered distinct from the more widely-used word 'anti-globalization', which is thought to be pejorative by members of the movement. The name may be taken as coming from the popular slogan of this movement: 'Anoth ...

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• Alter-globalization - External link

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Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. The term is also used for the scientific theory of anthropogenic global warming, which attributes much of the recent observed and projected global warming to a human-induced intensification of the greenhouse effect. On this theory, the increased volumes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released mainly by the burning of fossil fuels, and, to a lesser extent, land clearing and agriculture, are the primary sources of warming. ...

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• Global warming - Overview
• Global warming - Warming of the Earth
• Global warming - Causes of global warming
• Global warming - Greenhouse gas emissions
• Global warming - Alternative theories
• Global warming - Climate models
• Global warming - Issues
• Global warming - Public controversy
• Global warming - Effects
• Global warming - Effects on ecosystems
• Global warming - Destabilisation of ocean currents
• Global warming - Environmental refugees
• Global warming - Spread of disease
• Global warming - Financial effects
• Global warming - Possible beneficial effects
• Global warming - Mitigating and adapting to global warming

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Global Consciousness is the idea that there is a collective consciousness in which all individual consciousness participates in, in some ways comparable with an electromagnetic field. There are many hypotheses as to how the field might operate. A project in Princeton University called Global Consciousness Project is created to study it. It was started in 1998 by Roger D. Nelson. There is a hypothesis that the global consciousness has been getting stronger for the last decade because of communications networks which creat ...

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CanWest Global Communications Corp. TSX: CGS.SV TSX: CGS.NV NYSE: CWG is Canada's largest international media company. The company's head office is situated in Winnipeg, Manitoba. CanWest Global Communications - Operations. See also: List of assets owned by CanWest Global Communications CanWest MediaWorks is the company's Canadian operating unit. It consists of: Global Television Network, a Canadian television network which reaches over 94% of the English-spea ...

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• CanWest Global Communications - Operations
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• CanWest Global Communications - Board of directors
• CanWest Global Communications - Concentration of power
• CanWest Global Communications - Editorial controversies

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The Global Consciousness Project, also called the EGG Project, is one of the most significant of current research projects into parapsychology. Based at Princeton, the project researches into the theory that the human consciousness may create an external field which is not detectable via conventional means. Working on the assumption that while the field of an individual's consciousness is not measurable, the combined field of a large number of people who are experiencing similar thoughts or feelings ...

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• Global Consciousness Project - Research
• Global Consciousness Project - Criticism

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Association for Global New Thought is an umbrella organization for the New Thought movement. Other related archivesNew Thought

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Globalism - N

A modern-day term referring to the need for a transformation from the present nation-state divisions into a one-world community.

(See also: Globalism, New Age, Body mind and Soul)

Although over the past years more emphasis has been given to the construction of grassroots alternatives to (capitalist) globalization, the movement's largest and most visible mode of organizing remains mass decentralized campaigns of direct action and civil disobedience. This mode of organizing, sometimes under the banner of the Peoples' Global Action network, tries to tie the many disparate causes together into one global struggle. In many ways the process of organizing matters overall can be more important to activists than the avowed goal ...

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Anti-globalization, Anti-globalization - Ideology and Causes within the Movement, Anti-globalization - Opposition to International Financial Institutions and Transnational Corporations, Anti-globalization - Anti-Globalization as Anti-Neoliberalism, Anti-globalization - Anti-War” Development, Anti-globalization - Appropriateness of the term, Anti-globalization - Influences on the Anti-globalization Movement, Anti-globalization - Organization, Anti-globalization - Main Demonstrations and appointments, Anti-globalization - J18, Anti-globalization - Seattle/N30, Anti-globalization - Law enforcement reaction, Anti-globalization - Genoa, Anti-globalization - International Social Forums, Anti-globalization - Influence on the developing world, Anti-globalization - Criticisms, Anti-globalization - Disorganization, Anti-globalization - Addressing problems incorrectly, Anti-globalization - Failure to propose solutions to problems, Anti-globalization - Violence, Anti-globalization - Motivations of movement, Anti-globalization - Lack of evidence for claims, Anti-globalization - Mobilizations, Anti-globalization - Opponents of global corporatization, Anti-globalization - Opponents of anti-globalization pro-globalists, Anti-globalization - Books on anti-globalization

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Although over the past years more emphasis has been given to the construction of grassroots alternatives to (capitalist) globalization, the movement's largest and most visible mode of organizing remains mass decentralized campaigns of direct action and civil disobedience. This mode of organizing, sometimes under the banner of the Peoples' Global Action network, tries to tie the many disparate causes together into one global struggle. In many ways the process of organizing matters overall can be more important to activists than the avowed goal ...

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Anti-globalization, Anti-globalization - Ideology and causes within the movement, Anti-globalization - Opposition to international financial institutions and transnational corporations, Anti-globalization - Anti-globalization as anti-neoliberalism, Anti-globalization - Anti-war” development, Anti-globalization - Appropriateness of the term, Anti-globalization - Influences on the anti-globalization movement, Anti-globalization - Organization, Anti-globalization - Main demonstrations and appointments, Anti-globalization - J18, Anti-globalization - Seattle/N30, Anti-globalization - Law enforcement reaction, Anti-globalization - Genoa, Anti-globalization - International Social Forums, Anti-globalization - Influence on the developing world, Anti-globalization - Criticisms, Anti-globalization - Disorganization, Anti-globalization - Addressing problems incorrectly, Anti-globalization - Failure to propose solutions to problems, Anti-globalization - Violence, Anti-globalization - Motivations of movement, Anti-globalization - Lack of evidence for claims, Anti-globalization - Mobilizations, Anti-globalization - Opponents of global corporatization, Anti-globalization - Opponents of anti-globalization pro-globalists, Anti-globalization - Books on anti-globalization

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Earlier empires were largely confined to the American or African and Eurasian continents. Nations such as ancient Egypt, the Aztec Empire, the Roman Empire, the Incan Empire, and China could in one sense be considered early superpowers, but not Global Empires. Some of these early superpowers which spread across different continents include: The Persian Empire under the Achaemenids once controlled all of Asia Minor, the Levant, Egypt and parts of India and Greece. The short-lived Macedonian Empire under Al ...

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Global empire, Global empire - History, Global empire - Legacy, Global empire - Global Empires, Global empire - Related Links

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Global title translation is the SS7 equivalent to IP routing. Translation examines the destination address (e.g. the number being called) and deciding how to identify it over the telephone network. This process can include global title analysis, which is the act of looking up the number and finding a result address, and global title modification. It is possible for the result of Global Title Translation to be Route on SSN. This means that, instead of the Global Title routing, lower level MTP routing ...

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Global Title, Global Title - Overview, Global Title - Structure of the global title value, Global Title - Global Title Format, Global Title - Numbering Plan Indicator, Global Title - Type of Number, Global Title - Translation Type, Global Title - Global title translation, Global Title - Global Title Analysis, Global Title - Routing Structure, Global Title - Global Title Modification, Global Title - Global Title Routing in Mobile Networks, Global Title - Hybrid Number Routing Except North America, Global Title - IMSI Routing North America, Global Title - Routing of mobility messages on the ANSI / ITU Boundary

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Traditionally, governance has been associated with "governing," or with political authority, institutions, and, ultimately, control. Governance in this particular sense denotes formal political institutions that aim to coordinate and control interdependent social relations and that have the ability to enforce decisions. However, authors like James Rosenau [1] have also used "governance" to denote the regulation of interdependent relations in the absence of ...

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Global governance, Global governance - The concept of global governance, Global governance - Global governance vs. world government, Global governance - An example of global governance via consensus

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The climate system varies both through natural, "internal" processes as well as in response to variations in external "forcing" from both human and non-human causes, including changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun (Milankovitch cycles), solar activity, and volcanic emissions as well as greenhouse gases. (See Climate change for further discussion of these forcing processes.) Climatologists accept that the earth has warmed recently. The cause or cause ...

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Global warming, Global warming - Overview, Global warming - Warming of the Earth, Global warming - Causes of global warming, Global warming - Greenhouse gas emissions, Global warming - Alternative theories, Global warming - Climate models, Global warming - Issues, Global warming - Public controversy, Global warming - Effects, Global warming - Effects on ecosystems, Global warming - Destabilisation of ocean currents, Global warming - Environmental refugees, Global warming - Spread of disease, Global warming - Financial effects, Global warming - Possible beneficial effects, Global warming - Mitigating and adapting to global warming

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