...Held, Jehu Handles, and George Thomas). For example, Roland Robertson states that globalisation "refers to the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole." Tt also does not differ greatly from that offered by Richard Tiplady et at: "Globalisation refers to...

...sociological article was Roland Robertson in 1985. He defined globalisation as "a concept that refers to the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole" (Robertson, 1992, 8). Writers, including Anthony Giddens and Malcolm Waters, subsequently have distinguished...

...occurring many miles away and vice versa" (p. 64), and US sociologist Roland Robertson (1992) defined it as "the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole" (p. 8). Swedish anthropologist Ulf Hannerz's definition of a global "ecumene" as a "region of persistent...

...think — about themselves, about others and the wider world. From this angle, the global involves "the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole." There can be little doubt that the debate over globalization in recent years — what we term Globalization...

...political, social, and cultural — that we now refer to as 'globalisation'.82 Defined by Robertson as 'both the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole',83 this has had consequences for how both space and religion are experienced by actors and understood...

...issues and a concept of market ideology. Robertson defines globalization as "a concept that refers to the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of a world system. In other words, the new global concept is the new world order of a global economy....

...ideological and conceptual foundations of globalization itself. Roland Robertson's suggestion that 'globalization as a concept refers both to the compression...intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole' identifies a relationship between discourses on globalization and the mechanisms of globalization.19...

...processes of economics, politics, and culture. As sociologist Ronald Robertson (1992) has defined it, "Globalization as a concept refers both to the compression...intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole" (p. 8). Globalization is about the awareness of the changing nature and influence of geography: Not...

...Globalization is a buzzword that means many things to many people. Robertson ( 1 993) argues that the concept "refers both to the compression of the world...intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole" (1993: 8). Globalizing practices, according to Sklair ( 1 99 1 ), represent "a sociological totality"...

...7. The spread of capitalism from developed to developing nations. 8. "The concept of Globalization refers both to the compression of the world and the...intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole". 2. History of Globalization There is no agreed answer to when did globalization began. But understanding...