Globalization is responsible for a lot of bad writing - Daniel W. Drezner

Part of the problem lies with the term itself; globalization remains an enigma. People have difficulty defining it, but claim to know it when they see it. The opinion mafia tries to use it an all-encompassing prism through which one can make sense of world affairs. This sort of concept is difficult to pin down, and all the more dangerous because of it; without rigorous analysis of such arguments, policymakers are prone to accept misperceptions of globalization that are politically expedient.

Globalization, as defined in this course, means the reduction of barriers to the exchange of goods, services, and ideas across national borders. In the past three decades, a constellation of technological, economic, and political changes have drastically reduced barriers to international exchange.

From Daniel Drezner's syllabus (doc) for Globalization and Its Discontents (U. Chicago).