Definition: Globalisation is the 'market-organized and imposed expansion of production that emphasizes comparative advantage, free trade, export orientations, the social and spacial divisions of labor and the absolute mobility of corporations' (Fisher and Ponniah, 2003, p 28). In other words, we find ourselves in a world where capitalism has reformed on a global level, exploiting the most vulnerable people and environments in the world in the interests of the dominant and privileged.
Ledwith, M. (2005). Community Development. Chicago: Policy Press.
Application:Globalisation plays out in community development because the idea that the western worldview is superior plays out in oppression of subordinate groups of people based on gender, race, age, sexuality, age, faith, ethnicity and disability play out both locally and globally. It is important for community organizers to understand these power dynamics and how they may play out in working with a community.
Adaptation: When one tries to call an IT support line, the call is often routed to an automated system or someone who may be in India or another country. This globalisation enables companies to outsource and have workers provide IT consult and services at an extremely low rate.
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