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The term 'globalisation' refers to a series of phenomena that have occurred over the last few decades that have accelerated international interdependence between nation states. Increasingly, everyday life for citizens around the world is influenced by global trends and decisions taken at an international level. Globalisation manifests itself in a number of different ways.
Firstly, we can think of globalisation, represented by the acceleration of global trade and promotion of policies, which aim to remove national restrictions on the types and quantity of imports and exports.
Alongside this, globalisation has seen the formation of large trading blocs around the globe made up nation states which have increasingly sought to implement common laws, regulations and standards at a continent-wide level. The foremost of these institutions is , which has standardised rules and regulations across the continent to such an extent that many member states even have a .
In addition, a process of globalisation has taken place, in which people have become more likely to live, work and travel around the world, and have more ideas, values and customs in common across national borders than has been the case in the past.
All of these phenomena have been accelerated by rapid progress in , which has aided people's ability to communicate, travel and trade more quickly and cheaply and to a far greater extent than at any other point in human history. Globalisation has had a substantial impact on international matters such as conflict, poverty, human rights and the environment. As a complex system of interconnectedness, globalisation has provoked wide-ranging debates and has both advantages and disadvantages, with which it is important to familiarise yourself.