Aspects of globalisation

Question 1

aspects of globalisation

Answer 1

• tnc’s
• trade
• communication
• internet
• travel
• companies

Question 2

Beck

Answer 2

risky society and manufactured risk
argues that there has always been risks within life from external forces, e.g earthquakes

in modern society we now have manufactured risks e.g risks were produce ourselves, e.g illness and crime

Question 3

globalisation and crime

Answer 3

David
dessines globalisation as:
the widening and speeding up of world-wide interconnectedness across all aspects

Question 4

consequences of globalisation and crime

Answer 4

Newburn 2013
identifies following consequences of crime:
-reduces power of state to have control over individual countries issues, difficult to tackle crime across multi countries such as internet fraud
-provides opp for new crime, e.g diff laws in diff countries
-Becks ‘risk society’ creates fear of immigration and fear of outsiders

Question 5

Giddens 1970

Answer 5

believes globalisation is the infestification of world-wide social relations and the link

• social change, boarders and distance less important, EU
• less barriers between nations and social groups UN
• effects on 1 society quickly spreads

Question 6

Criminal Networks

Answer 6

Castells 
argues globalisation is the development of 'networks' across boarders, therefore individual societies are outdated
-transport
-communication
-internet

result–> global complex economy, network, less risky to operate across boarders

Question 7

Capitalism, globalisation and crime

Answer 7

Taylor 1997
argues capitalism is the main driver of globalisation
-m.c more finance across the world, tax evasion
-labour abroad is cheaper, exploitation

Question 8

Castells

Answer 8

Russia
due to collapse of communism and Soviet Union
due to globalisation, crime facilitated bu=y Russian gangs
state assets were privatised and gang and gov worked together to buy up Russian $$ to drop value
could buy assets at lower prices, e.g land and gold minds

Question 9

Globalisation and crime points

Answer 9

• Beck
• globalisation and crime
• globalisation, capitalism and crime
• castells
• criminal networks
• giddens 1970
• consequences of globalisation and crime