The term implies a degree of integration among individuals comparable to that among cells within individuals.
Forced integration, among other things, had ended the community's relatively idyllic isolation.
In a typically contradictory move, globalisation, while promoting economic integration among elites, has exacerbated sectarianism everywhere else.
Richard Kozul-Wrisheads head of the unit for economic co-operation and integration among developing countries at Unctad.
A real future for Iraq depends on America's commitment to fostering cultural and religious integration among the different factions.
In the process, it represented the most far-reaching attempt at economic integration among sovereign countries.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the G.C.C. was founded to foster economic integration among Gulf states.
In addition, Tunisia is a member of the Arab Maghrib Union, which aims at economic integration among its member states.
For all the talk of deepening integration among South-East Asian nations, their response to the crisis has been piecemeal.
Enlargement also made integration among EU states harder, a strategic objective of the UK in pushing for the admittance of central and eastern European neighbours.
And so globalisation, which promotes integration among shrewd elites, helps incite ressentiment everywhere else, especially among people forced against their will into universal competition.
