Globalization can mean many things: internationalization, open borders, a process, an ideology, a phenomenon or an economist sees globalization as a step toward a fully integrated world market (Farazmand, 1999). In his book “The World Is Flat: A Brief History Of The Twenty-First Century,” Thomas L. Friedman spoke with David Rothkopf, a former Department of Commerce official, and he indicated globalization is a word used to describe the changing relationships between governments and big business (Friedman, 2005).
The changing relationships between governments and big business can be characterized by asking, who is doing the public 's work? Capitalism has constructed an artificial social reality that says, “government is bad,” “efficiency …show more content…
The numbers NGOs are growing and they are active. [T]hese NGOs have been important not only in political organizing; in many countries, including the United States, they have become important in delivering public services as well. … Globalization is effecting American 's federal government by diminishing readiness, reducing department liberties, and limiting national sovereignty (p. 491).
Globalization can be recognized in the growing power wheeled by quasi-governmental or international organizations like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the European Union with their increased activity in governance (Farazmand, 1999; Kettl, 2000). For example, the WTO is a negotiator among countries to bring down trade barriers by defining what must be done in order to join the organization i.e., open markets, eliminate subsidies, phase out tariffs, etc (Wheelan, 2010). A borderless world can be defined by a unified global economy, global government, homogenous culture, and … a global system of public administration (Farazmand,