No debate is as engaging in the twenty-first century, as the
one surrounding the phenomenon of globalisation. Economists, political
scientists public policy experts, and specialists from a range of
diverse disciplines are attracted to analyse this phenomenon and apply
it to the world around them. The analysts are generally divided in two
camps—those who praise globalisation as an evolutionary process leading
to peace and prosperity, and those for whom globalisation is a curse
instigating violence and conflict by undermining the role of the State
and adversely affecting democracy.