“Globalization, Education and the Birth of a Democratically Active Global Citizen”

“Globalization, Education and the Birth of a Democratically Active Global Citizen”
By Agreement Lathi Jotia

"The whole subject of globalization has faced a number of criticisms from some world
leaders, the business sector, trade unions, economists, environmentalists, the list is long.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB) and the World Trade
Organization (WTO) have been, and continue to be blamed for perpetuating globalization
policies, which are seen by many as having caused, and continue to cause a lot of
economic disparities in a number of countries, especially those in the Global South (GS).

This economic phenomenon is viewed as geared towards further burying the economies
that are currently struggling and see no hope in “economic resurrection.” Contrarily,
other theorists and pro-globalization groups contend that the globalization wave is a true
messiah to global socio-economic and politic hiccups which currently negatively affects a
lot of lives."

I found this article by Agreement Lathi Jotia to be quite helpful in gaining a better understanding of globalisation, it gave a balanced view of the issue which was good as quite a few pieces I read gave a rather biased opinion either for or against it.

http://globalization.icaap.org/currentissue.php


Megan