How has Australia significantly been affected by globalization? A critical realist explanatory analysis

Cheryl Livock; Yahna Richmond

doi:10.1080/14767430.2019.1618632

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How has Australia significantly been affected by globalization? A critical realist explanatory analysis

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How has Australia significantly been affected by globalization? A critical realist explanatory analysis

Cheryl Livock and Yahna Richmond

Journal of Critical Realism, Vol.18(3), pp.303-313

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14767430.2019.1618632

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Abstract

globalization

neo liberalism

multinationals

inequalities

democracy

social/economic issues

This article discusses whether and how globalization has had a significant effect on Australia, by referencing normative concepts of good or bad, of presence or absence and whether normative truth questions can be asked. These questions are answered by employing Bhaskar's most recent iteration of the RRREI(C) schema for explanatory analysis. Viewed generally, the essential or necessary component of globalization is the ideology of neoliberalism from which has emerged the more radical neoconservatism. Overall these ideologies, which underpin globalization, are having a detrimental effect economically and socially: economically because of widening wealth inequalities both in Australia and globally; and socially because of growing push for protectionism in wealthier countries like Australia. These emerging social and economic ontologically real phenomena are causing consternation and fuelling divisiveness worldwide. Nevertheless, by conducting this explanatory analysis, we were able to identify feasible interventions that would, if implemented, possibly absent the negative aspects of globalization.

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Title: How has Australia significantly been affected by globalization? A critical realist explanatory analysis
Authors: Cheryl Livock (Author) - Integrity Education and Research
Yahna Richmond (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: Journal of Critical Realism, Vol.18(3), pp.303-313
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1080/14767430.2019.1618632
ISSN: 1476-7430; 1476-7430
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Indigenous Services - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451459602621
Output Type: Journal article

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