Globalization is the transformation of a phenomenon from the scale of one country into a world-class phenomenon. That is, what once concerned one state or some of its territory, in the process of globalization begins to affect directly or indirectly all the inhabitants of the Earth.
The main result of globalization is the division of labor at the international level, the widespread migration of human and productive resources, the international standardization of technical and economic processes, as well as the mutual penetration of cultures of different states.
Globalization covers all spheres of public life, and as a result, the world becomes more dependent on its individual parts. However, the process of globalization can be especially clearly traced in the economy — global markets are being formed, and various sectors of the world economy are being integrated.
At the end of the last century, world integration reached a particularly fast pace, this was facilitated by the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the USSR, as well as the active inclusion of China in the world economy and the widespread powerful development of information technology.
The phenomenon of globalization has both positive and negative consequences. Moreover, various experts, scientists, and politicians usually interpret the same consequences of globalization in different ways. So, it is obvious that as a result of globalization, a single transnational economic system is being formed, and interstate borders today are becoming less and less significant with every decade. This is evidenced by the increasing rate of migration of peoples of different countries around the planet. This will potentially lead to the formation of the so-called “sociomonolith” - indivisible by national, political, religious and other signs of society. Some consider this a good trend, while others advocate the preservation of individual cultures and economies in each individual country.
At the same time, it is obvious that the formation of an indivisible integral society is an inevitable consequence of the globalization process, which is gaining more and more rapid pace today. And the most positive result of such a comprehensive unification of the world may be the solution of one of the most serious problems of a planetary scale that has not left our planet for thousands of years - the threat of interethnic wars and armed clashes.
There is a social and political movement of opponents of globalization - anti-globalists. Its members are often prominent scientists, economists, public figures and other activists who criticize the process of global economic, political and cultural integration into a single world community.
