Globalization

Giddens, 1990
Globalization can thus be defined as the intensification of world-wide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice-versa.

Giddens, Anthony. Consequences of Modernity. Cambridge and Palo Alto: Polity and Stanford University Press. 1990:27

Midgley, 1997
A process of global integration in which diverse peoples, economies, cultures, and political processes are increasingly subjected to international influences.

Midgley, James. Social welfare in global context. Sage Publications, Incorporated, 1997:xi