# Outline of globalization

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the broad, interdisciplinary subject of globalization:
Globalization (or globalisation) – processes of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture. Advances in transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, including the rise of the Internet, are major factors in globalization, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities. Globalizing processes affect and are affected by business and work organization, economics, sociocultural resources, and the natural environment.

## Global studies

Global studies – interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary academic study of globalizing forces and trends. Global studies may include the investigation of one or more aspects of globalization, but tend to concentrate on how globalizing trends are redefining the relationships between states, organizations, societies, communities, and individuals, creating new challenges that cannot be solved by nations or markets alone. Study of the factors contributing to globalization may originate in many academic concentrations, such as political science, economics, and sociology.

## History

History of globalization – generally broken-down into three periods: Archaic, Proto-globalization, and Modern.
* The Archaic period is defined as events and developments from the time of the earliest civilizations until roughly 1600.
* The period of Proto-globalization roughly spans the years between 1600 and 1800. It was largely shaped in this era by the operations of colonialism.
* The Modern period of globalization covers from the 19th century until the present time. Imperialism and industrialization have figured largely in shaping modern globalizing forces and trends.

## Globalization concepts

Links below are to articles, unless otherwise specified.

### Globalization-related theories

Since globalization is not an independent phenomenon but is highly interrelated with world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture, explanations of why globalization occurs and what the effects of globalization are or can be expected are related to theories ranging from economic development to revolutionary socialism.
* Coupled human–environment systems
* Capitalism-related
* Dependency theory
* Ecological modernization
* Economic development
* Economic nationalism
* Engaged theory
* Industrialisation
* Mercantilism
* Modernization
* Modernization theory
* New international division of labour
* Post-contemporary society
* Post-industrial society
* Postmodernism
* Primitive accumulation of capital
* Regulation theory
* Revolutionary socialism
* Sociocultural evolution
* World-systems theory

### Globalization-related indices

* List of globalization-related indices
* Corruption Perceptions Index
* Democracy Index
* Global economic indicators (category)
* Freedom in the World
* Global city
* Globalization Index

## Aspects of globalization
### Global business organization

International business development and the organization of business and trade worldwide are fundamental aspects of globalization and the development of globalizing systems.
* Global business organization (category)
* Corporate citizenship
* Global sourcing
** Cross-border leasing
** Global strategy
*** Global R&D management
** Intermodal freight transport
** Low-cost country sourcing
** Outsourcing
** Supply chain management
*** Global supply-chain finance
* Industrial ecology
* International business
* Standardization
** International standards
*** International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
* International trade
** Free trade zones
** Special Economic Zones
* Multinational companies

### Economic globalization

Economic globalization
Economic globalization – increasing economic interdependence of national economies across the world through a rapid increase in cross-border movement of goods, services, technology, and capital. International economic activities and institutions that influence or characterize economic globalization include:
* Economic globalization (category)
* Free markets
* International economics
** Development economics
** Economic integration
** International finance
*** Global financial system
** International monetary systems
*** World currency
** North–South divide
** Social economy
** Trade globalization
** World economy
* Global economic indicators (category)

### Sociocultural globalization

All aspects of globalization are essentially sociocultural in nature. Here, aspects of the globalization of culture are detailed, including cultural diversity, cultural homogenization and its backlash, as well as multiculturalism, multilingualism, global civics, world governance and other political developments and social movements related to globalization.
* Anti-globalization
* Criticisms of globalization
* Cultural globalization
** Cultural appropriation
** Cultural diversity
** Cultural homogenization
** Interculturalism
** Multiculturalism
** Time–space compression
* Democratization of technology
* Economic liberalism
* Endangered languages
* Global civics
* Global elite
* Global digital divide
* Global health
* Global inequality (category)
** International inequality
* Global politics
** Global justice
** International law
*** International human rights law
** World democracy
** World government
** Consumer movement
** Occupy movement
** Supranational union
** Transnationalism
* Global village
* Globalism
* International development
* International education
* International organization
* Internet
** World Wide Web
* Multilingualism
* Pizza effect
* Race to the bottom
* Social web
* Transformation of culture
* Transnational cinema
* Transnational organized crime
* Universal Declaration of Human Rights
* Westernization
** Americanization
*** Cocacolonization
*** Disneyfication
*** McDonaldization
* World Englishes
* World Music Awards
* World population
* World Values Survey

### Workforce globalization

Along with the globalization of business comes a new spatial division of labor, which occurs when production processes are no longer confined to national economies and labor becomes sourced from different parts of the globe. This global workforce has implications ranging from immigration policy to basic human and labor rights.
* Global workforce (category)
* New international division of labour
** Brain drain
*** Reverse brain drain
** Contingent workforce
** Human migration
*** Expatriate
*** Foreign born
*** Immigration policy
**** Illegal immigration
*** Migrant worker
** Visas
** International labor standards
* Global labor arbitrage
** Global Labour University
** Global Proficiency Certificate
** Optional Practical Training
* Global workforce
* Labor rights
* Offshoring
* Precarious work
* Visa policy by country (category)

### Global natural environment

The natural environment can be contrasted with the built environment, comprising the areas and components that are strongly influenced by humans. In the age of globalization, few absolutely natural environments remain. Human challenges to the natural environment, such as climate change, cross-boundary water and air pollution, over-fishing of the ocean, and the spread of invasive species require at least transnational and, often, global solutions.
* Global natural environment (category)
* Environmental treaties (category)
* Biological globalization (category)
* Natural environment
** Global biodiversity
*** Invasive species
**** Columbian Exchange
** Climate change
*** Global dimming
*** Global warming
*** Ozone depletion
** Planetary boundaries
** World ocean
* Earth system science
* Ecological economics
* Ecological imperialism
* Environmental social science
* Human ecology
* Global change
* Global commons
* Globalization and disease
* Sustainability
* Water scarcity
* World energy consumption
* World Environment Day

## Globalization issues

Processes of globalization present humankind with many issues that are considered problematic in at least one culture or society, and often multiple societies.
* Global issues (category)
* Climate justice
* Economic inequality
* Fair trade
* Forced migration
* Global dimming
* Human overpopulation
* Human trafficking
* Illicit financial flows
* Invasive species
* Investor-state dispute settlement
* Global digital divide
* Global justice
* Migrant sex work
* North–South divide
* Ozone depletion
* Peace
* Race to the bottom
* Transnational organized crime
* Water issues in developing countries
* Water scarcity
* World hunger and malnutrition
* Westernization

## By location

* Globalization by location (category)
* Globalisation in India
** Economic liberalisation in India
* Globalization in China
* Globalization and women in China
* Middle East and globalization

## Categories about globalization-related organizations

* International organizations (category)
** International environmental organizations (category)
** Global policy organizations (category)
*** Intergovernmental organizations
*** International non-profit organizations
** Global workforce and labor organizations (category)
** International medical and health organizations (category)

## Globalization-related lists

* Lists of environmental topics (category)
* Lists of political parties by United Nations geoscheme (category)
* 2009 flu pandemic by country
* International athletics championships and games
* List of demonstrations against corporate globalization
* List of epidemics
* List of free trade agreements
* List of global sustainability statistics
* List of globalization-related indices
* List of globalization-related journals
* List of human rights organisations
* List of intergovernmental organizations
* List of international rankings
* List of Occupy movement protest locations
* Lists of ecoregions by country
* Lists of endangered languages
* The Superclass List
* World economy – various embedded lists and indicators

## Works about globalization

* Works about globalization (category)
* Books about globalization (category)
* Documentary films about globalization (category)
* Serials about globalization (category)
** List of globalization-related journals

## Persons influential in globalization

* Writers about globalization (category)
** Category:Anti-globalization writers
** Category:World system scholars