Assess the extent to which global shift has caused more social costs than social benefits.

Question 1

Introduction

Answer 1

Define global shift and some social costs and benefits

Question 2

To a great extent global shift has caused more social costs than social benefits

Has lead to deindustrialisation in the west due to all manufacturing jobs going to Asia like China as can’t compete due to lead to spiral of decline e.g High crime lots of social inequality in a country

Sheffield used to be steel manufacture but lost global shift life expectancy comapred to London brain drain

However sheffiled starting tomodeernise job sector and people in chinas life has ………. more than sheffield has

Answer 2

Point: Has lead to deindustrialisation in the west due to all manufacturing jobs going to Asia like China as can’t compete due to lead to spiral of decline e.g High crime lots of social inequality in a country

evidence: Sheffield used to be steel manufacture but lost global shift life expectancy 80 to London 82 for men

Explain: Loss of manufacturing in areas like Sheffield in England has created / exacerbated the north south divide as places like London primarily tertiary and quaternary which lead to more and more migration of young smart people brain drain leads to more crime and less way out as not attracting investment

Even though all of this is happening Sheffield and previously industrial places are starting to modernise in there job sector with enterprise zones

also hasn’t made west people life worse more than made china better

Question 3

To some extent global shift has caused more social costs than social benefits

Point: Led to less poverty as more jobs with higher wages in manufacturing jobs

How many has China brought out of poverty

however rural - urban migration leads to how many died from pollution

Answer 3

Point: Led to less poverty as more jobs with higher wages in manufacturing jobs

evidence- 680m Chinese brought out of poverty

explain: people live in cities with access to basic amenities like healthcare, food sanitary leads to better quality of life

However leads to mass rural-urban migration people wanting to reap benefits leads to squatter settlements which are dangerous to live in and mass overpopulation leading to stress on services and lots of pollution 1.8m people a year in china die from it

Question 4

To a lesser extent global shift has caused more social costs than social benefits

Point: Lead to the people of countries in developing countries becoming more educated

evidence : China’s literacy rate …….% 1950 to ………% in 2021

clark fischer however lead to decline how peoples out life farming

Answer 4

Point: Lead to the people of countries in developing countries becoming more educated

evidence : China’s literacy rate 20% 1950 to 99% in 2021

explain : increase in jobs and urbanisation has lead to more people educated which leads to more people moving into the post industrial stage in Clark fisher more tertiary and quaternary develops country into having better overall access to amenities education + healthcare