Definition of Globalization in the Context of European Integration

Abstract

Globalization is perhaps the most frequently used yet least defined terms of our era. Theodore Levitt was the first to  scientifically analyse the phenomenon in his study  published in 1983; however, no one came up with a  definition accepted by everyone to date. In addition to the  introduction of scientific definitions, evolvement and the  main branches of globalization, in this paper I attempt to  present my own, scientific definition of the term that may  serve as a useful working definition in the analysis of  European integration.