Globalisation and its Critics

Globalisation is a highly contentious phenomenon and it continues to spark controversies among policymakers, academics, business leaders, activists, and non governmental organisations. Globalisation opponents have many faces, but their unifying feature is scepticism towards the key tenets of globalisation - trade and immigration. Once seen as a typical feature of the (radical) left movements, trade unions, farmers or environmentalist groups, scepticism towards globalisation has spread even to unexpected spheres of the political spectrum. The article identifies specific features of the different types of globalisation critique and explores how public concerns related to globalisation are translated into political phenomena.