But this question is prior to that posed by this Asia Pacific Roundtable; that is, what are the benefits and costs stemming from globalisation? Some kind of 'cost benefit analysis' is not so easy when globalisation is perhaps the most over used and under specified concept in the international policy sciences since the passing of the 'Cold War'. ... There is no inevitability or inexorable logic to it. ... Even leading globalisers--proponents of continued global economic liberalisation occupying positions of influence in either the public or private policy domain--now conc...

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Many see it as a primarily economic phenomenon, involving the increasing interaction, or integration, of national economic systems through the growth in international trade, investment and capital flows. However, one can also point to a rapid increase in cross-border social, cultural and technological exchange as part of the phenomenon of globalisation. The sociologist, Anthony Giddens, defines globalisation as a decoupling of space and time, emphasising that with instantaneous communications, knowledge and culture can be shared around the world simultaneously. A Dutch academic who maint...

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Introduction A common contemporary feature across many affluent countries with highly developed economies is the persistence of urban underclass neighborhoods. This phenomenon presents many national and local characteristics, nonetheless a number of common salient features can be pointed out: high unemployment, substance abuse and dependency, widespread delinquency with high incidence of violent crime, low public trust, ethnic polarization, social exclusion, higher than average mortality and morbidity rates, lack of educational qualifications, high rates of teenage pregnancy and single parent ...

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