- What do you understand by 'poverty', 'freedom' and 'development'? Do people in different contexts understand these terms in the same way? What do you understand by globalisation? By ‘global capitalism’? By 'neo-liberalism'? By ‘Free Trade’?
- How does globalisation affect your life (think about how you consume, how you think about the world, how you relate to others, what you aspire in life)? How does it affect the lives of other marginalized people (in your area, your country, in other countries)? Are these effects positive? Negative? Both? Neither?
- Do you think the response of the government in dealing with the effects of the globalisation processes by way of designing safety nets are adequate?
- Do you feel globalisation is going to lead us to the end of national, local or traditional cultures? Would this be a positive or negative thing? What traditions or cultural practices would you like to keep, and, which would you like to see change?
- Is globalisation inevitable? Is globalisation desirable? Can you imagine what a completely 'globalised' world would be like? What would it take for this globalised world to be just for everyone? Is there anything that you think should not be globalised?
- Can you imagine a world without countries? Are countries (or 'nation states') necessary for the organisation of society? How were countries formed? What are their functions? What advantages and limitations can you see in this form of organisation?
- What challenges and possibilities does globalisation bring for social relations? Cultures? The environment? Equality? Peace? Justice? The 'eradication of poverty'? What has been done to address the challenges? What progress has been made?
- Was there ever a pre-globalised world in the contemporary modernity?
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