Globalization In Zimbabwe Essay

INTRODUCTION

Globalisation is the process of the intensification of economic, political, social and cultural relations across international boundaries as noted by Akindele (1990). The world has become a single global village resulting from increased trade, political interferences and cultural exchange of ideas between nations thus both the developing and developed countries now depend on each other for political, cultural and economic activities. This report looks at the effect of globalisation in Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole. Expectations are that this report will be able to show how globalisation has negatively affected Zimbabwe particularly by contributing to its under-development, thus leading to its economic crisis. It focusses on

Communication and transportation technologies facilitate cultural diffusion. The world’s population is increasingly being exposed to electronic transmitted information and becoming integrated into a society dominated by western cultural products, such as movies and music. These things promote a hyper capitalist way of life as reported by ( Global Sociology, 2015 ). "For one of the most important effects of industrialism has been the transformation of technologies of communication.” (Giddens 1991: 76/77). Cultural globalisation is manifesting in Africa through mostly changing of laws and crimes. African States and their forces of law and order are more suited to handling traditional crimes but however, with the advent of globalization and the progress in information technology, the emergence and growth of cyber-crimes has become inevitable for which the law enforcement agencies have not been well prepared. Increase in these crimes across borders has made the forces of law and order look helpless, unhelpful and incapable. In Zimbabwe globalisation is displacing tradition for modernisation. Many cultures have crept into Zimbabwe, which include dressing, dancing and language. These imported cultures are actually ruining the value system of the people, especially the youth. Most of the youth are

The World Bank’s lending program in Zimbabwe is inactive due to arrears, deteriorating terms of trade and increasing policy instability. Globalisation is not facilitating the establishment of economic conditions necessary for genuine democracy and good governance to thrive but instead it is imposing economic specialization based on the needs and interests of external forces. Globalization has largely been driven by the interests and needs of the developed world (Grieco and Holmes, 1999). It is transforming economies of African countries into series of enslaved economies linked to the outside but with very little linkages among themselves, democracy can hardly thrive in such environments (Rodrik,