Globalization is a concept with a variety of meanings that make it quite confusing. The concept encompasses a wide variety of events and aspects of personal and social life. However, some scholars have attempted to offer some definitions of this concept: it has been defined as the increasing unification in the world's economic order through the reduction of barriers to free international trade such as tariffs, import quotas, and export taxes. Globalization describes the process in which regional economies, cultures, and societies have integrated through transportation, communications, and trade (Croucher 10). It is closely associated with economic globalization, which is “the process by which markets and production in different countries are becoming increasingly interdependent due to the dynamics of trade in goods and services and flows of capital and technology” (Held 92) . However, it is not only driven by economic factors, but also by a combination of economic factors with technological, biological, political, and socio-cultural factors (Croucher 10). Globalization has also been defined as a positive factor in the disintegration of the economic system. different national borders in favor of a shared culture and a global economy, as well as global political integration. It appears to be an unstoppable progression and its likely consequences and impacts are the same in many nations. There are benefits for less developed countries and cultures, such as the possibility of improving their economic conditions, participating in the new global economy, as well as improving the political freedoms of citizens. Surprisingly, Thomas Friedman in his essay “The Revolution is in the United States” states that “for some people, Americanizing globalization seems more than ever…… middle of paper……00. Print.---.. “The revolution is the USA”. Signs of Life in the United States: Popular Culture Readings for Writers. 6th ed. Ed. Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. 157-162. Print.Held, David. A globalizing world: culture, economy, politics. New York: Routledge, 2000. Print.Huntington, Samuel. “The clash of civilisations”. Foreign Affairs 72.3 (1993): 22-28. Academic expanded as soon as possible. Network. October 25, 2011. Keleman, Daniel, and Eric Sibbitt. "The Globalization of American Law". International Organization 58 (2004): 103-136. Academic expanded as soon as possible. Network. October 24, 2011.Michener, Roger. Ed. Nationality, patriotism and nationalism in liberal democratic societies. St. Paul, MN: PWPA, 1993. Print.Wenar, Leif. “One world: the ethics of globalization”. Ethics and International Affairs 17.2 (2007): 122. Academic expanded soon. Network. October 25. 2011.