Mapping the Global Condition: Globalization as the Central Concept

Robertson, Roland

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“…Economic imperatives such as 'the deregulation of international capital flows and trade', 'a globally integrated economy', and 'globally integrated markets' stand alongside political ones such as 'global forms of governance' and 'the world-as-a-whole' (Bordo et al, 1999;Martens & Raza, 2010;Robertson, 1990;Wolf, 2003). This recognises overlaps between globalisation, governance and international relations (Scholte, 2002), and that globalisation is not merely an economic phenomenon but also covers "technological developments, cultural exchanges, facilitated by … freer trade [and] … tourism and immigration, changes in the political landscape and ecological consequences" (Martens & Raza, 2010, p.280).…”

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Globalisation, accounting and developing countries

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Soobaroyen

2017

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

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Accounting is an instrument and an object in globalisation but its impact and manifestation is not uniform across Northern developed countries and Southern developing countries (DCs). This paper reviews contributions on globalisation and its influence on accounting in DCs, and identifies important research gaps. It examines the role of accounting in changing development policies, from state capitalism through neo-liberal market-based to good-governance policies. It then considers specific accounting issues, namely the diffusion of International Accounting Standards (now International Financial Reporting Standards) and how they promote global neo-liberalism; the development of the accounting profession in DCs in the face of competition from Northern global accounting firms and professional associations; accounting issues in state-owned organisations, and privatised and multinational corporations; government accounting reforms and the resurrection of the state in DCs; social and environmental accounting issues; and the rise of non-governmental organisations and their accounting and accountability. The discussion and conclusions reflect on achievements to date and important areas requiring further development.

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Globalisation, accounting and developing countries

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2017

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“…Lo más habitual es situar el origen de la globalización cerca del año 1500 d.C., coincidiendo con el inicio de la expansión europea por el planeta (Christian, 2007). En una fecha temprana, Roland Robertson (1990) citaba cinco fases del proceso de globalización: la primera, o germinal, entre los siglos XV y XVIII; la segunda, llamada globalización incipiente, entre el siglo XVIII y la década de 1870 d.C.; la tercera o fase de despegue entre las décadas de 1870 y 1920; la cuarta, en la que se produjo una lucha por la hegemonía, entre 1920 y 1960; y la quinta y última, denominada de incertidumbre, entre 1960 y 1990. Posteriormente, Robbie Robertson (2005) planteó la existencia de tres olas de globalización: la primera apareció con los imperios comerciales de los siglos XVI y XVII; la segunda con la revolución industrial a partir del siglo XIX; y la tercera tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial.…”

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On the origins of the globalization process

Cabello

2013

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ResumenEste artículo intenta delimitar los orígenes del proceso de globalización. Para ello, se ha procedido a revisar la abundante y dispersa literatura científica disponible. Del análisis realizado se concluye que existen cuatro respuestas habituales sobre los orígenes de la globalización. En primer lugar, situarla junto la aparición de las primeras civilizaciones humanas. En segundo, ligar el proceso de globalización con la aparición de la modernidad europea durante el siglo XV. En tercer lugar, unirla a la consolidación de la revolución industrial en el siglo XIX. Y, por último, considerarla la última etapa de la expansión del capitalismo a escala mundial a finales del siglo XX. Después, se intentará realizar una valoración crítica de estas aproximaciones. El artículo concluye afirmando que la última respuesta es la más plausible, pues se encuentra más cerca de los datos empíricos disponibles y evita las trampas de la teleología.Palabras clave: cambio social, capitalismo, modernidad, revolución industrial, teleología. AbstractThis paper tries to define the origins of the globalization process. In order to do this, it has proceeded to review the abundant and scattered scientific literature. The analysis concludes that there are four usual answers about the origins of globalization. Firstly, place it alongside the emergence of the earliest human civilizations. Secondly, link the globalization process with the emergence of the European modernity during the fifteenth century. Thirdly, connect it to the consolidation of the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century. And finally, consider it the last stage of the expansion of global capitalism in the late twentieth century. Afterwards, the paper will attempt to make a critical assessment of these approaches. The article concludes that the latter is the more plausible answer, because it is closer to the available empirical facts and it avoids the pitfalls of teleology.Key words: Capitalism, Industrial Revolution, Modernity, Social Change, Teleology. Sumario 1. Introducción | 2. La globalización surge con las primeras civilizaciones humanas | 3. La globalización comienza con la primera modernidad europea | 4. La globalización aparece con la Revolución Industrial: primera y segunda modernidad | 5. La globalización es un desarrollo reciente del capitalismo | 6. Discusión | 7. Conclusiones | Referencias bibliográficas * Para la realización de este artículo se contó con financiación a través de una Beca de movilidad postdoctoral para PDI concedida por la URJC y el Banco de Santander Universidades en su convocatoria 2012 -13, que se realizó en la Humboldt-Universität zu Berlín (Alemania).

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“…In the first part, the author presents the theoretical-conceptual and interpretive framework, mobilizing different contributions from the social sciences: the Roland Robertson (1990Robertson ( , 1992 view of the world-as-one-place; the world culture theoretical framework, designed as world institution theory (Fuller & Robinson, 1992, p. 11), or world system theory (Schriewer, 1996, p. 41), or world institutionalism (Dale, 2000b, p. 429); and the capitalist world-economy as it is advocated by Wallerstein (1995). According to the author, those theoretical inputs -being associated with the hypotheses of flexible accumulation (Harvey, 1990) and flexible specialization (Piore & Sabel, 1990) and with Manuel Castells' (1998) theory of the Network Society (namely, the crisis of the nation-state and the rise of the network state in the framework of the new transnational modes of regulation) -make it possible to capture contemporary changes as singular moments of a long process.…”

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National Policies and New Forms of Social Regulation within the Framework of Europeanization

Costa

2011

European Educational Research Journal

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Fátima Antunes is a professor at the University of Minho (Portugal) with a PhD in Sociology of Education. This book presents her doctoral thesis focused on the sociology of educational policy, thus addressing educational policies as specific objects of study. Since it goes deeper in a specific area of knowledge, mobilizing complex key inputs, it will cause difficulties to the work of reviewer. Nevertheless, given the quality of the work, it is worth the effort of carrying out such a task (even so, it can be seen as simplistic compared with the density of the book). Consequently, my proposal is to offer the reader a coherent description of a first-rate work, rooted in theoretical perspectives and empirical research, and critical reflection.Focused on a case study -the process of the foundation and development of a Vocational Schooling subsystem in Portugal -the thesis is one of the first Portuguese works relating globalization and European integration, and the educational policies, with regulation as the key conceptual framework. The very theoretical and empirical issue is the relationship between the policy formulation and the processes of implementation and re-contextualization through the actors' discourses and practices (Barroso, 2006, p. 17). The author stresses the innovative nature of this policy resulting from globalization processes. The discussion is focused on how this policy can be understood as a particular case, in Portugal, of transnational processes of globalization and European integration, therefore being the expression of a globally structured agenda of education.The book is divided into three parts.PART ONE: Looking for the Common Changes: some social science works and studies Chapters 1 & 2In the first part, the author presents the theoretical-conceptual and interpretive framework, mobilizing different contributions from the social sciences: the Roland Robertson (1990Robertson ( , 1992 view of the world-as-one-place; the world culture theoretical framework, designed as world institution theory

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Mapping the Global Condition: Globalization as the Central Concept

Cited by 258 publications

References 8 publications

Globalisation, accounting and developing countries

Globalisation, accounting and developing countries

On the origins of the globalization process

National Policies and New Forms of Social Regulation within the Framework of Europeanization

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