Globalization

1. metaphors used

1.1. Liquidity

1.2. Solidity

1.2.1. Man-made Barrier

1.2.1.1. The Great Wall of China

1.2.1.2. The Berlin Wall

1.2.2. Natural Barrier

1.2.2.1. mountains

1.2.2.2. seas

1.2.2.3. oceans

2. History and Origins

2.1. Hardwired

2.1.1. trade ( commerce )

2.1.2. missionary work ( religion )

2.1.3. adventures ( politics )

2.1.4. conquest ( warfare )

2.2. Cycles

2.3. Epochs

2.4. Events

2.5. Broader, More Recent Changes

3. main drivers

3.1. material factors

3.1.1. technology

3.1.2. transportation

3.2. ideal factors

3.2.1. changes in thinking

3.2.2. changes in ideas

3.2.3. changes in information

3.2.4. changes in knowledge

4. theorizing

4.1. Imperialism

4.2. Colonialism

4.3. Americanization

4.4. Development

4.4.1. import-substitution

4.4.1.1. Foreign Direct Investment ( FDI )

4.4.2. dependency theory

4.4.3. world system theory

5. major types

5.1. Economic

5.2. Political

5.3. Cultural

5.4. Religion

5.5. Science

5.6. Health and Medicine

5.7. Education

5.8. Sport

6. advantages

6.1. access to new cultures

6.2. advancement of technologies

6.3. lower costs for products

6.4. more jobs opportunities

7. disadvantages

7.1. pollutions

7.2. global warming

7.3. climate change

7.4. terrorism

7.5. job insecurity

7.6. outsourcing

7.7. exploitation