A second ‘domain question’ is that of causal determination(s) in globalization.
Is the core of the process economic, political or cultural? Is there an underlying
material or an ideational determinacy? Are there multiple determinations, and how
would they be ordered? Whether distinct globalization theories choose to give a
causal priority or empirical emphasis to the material or the ideational will depend
on the larger metatheoretical and even philosophical underpinnings of particular
theories, but as well on normative and political considerations.
Other major domain questions are: