Globalisation and education in Asia

Resumo

Since the end of the twentieth century it has been commonplace to speak of globalisation, its causes, manifestations, consequences, promises and its discontents. Globalisation refers to ‘the accelerated movement of goods, services, capital, people and ideas across national borders’.
The accelerated spread of markets, migrations of peoples and the widespread diffusion of ideas across borders also characterised the earlier eras of imperialism and colonialism. While these were a form of globalisation, it is the most recent phase of globalisation, starting from the 1970s, that forms the main focus of this paper.