Global Systems & Governance - Globalisation

Question 9

What do global systems refer to?

Answer 9

Refer to any organisations groupings, or activities that link different parts of the world. TNCs, for example, operate in two or more countries, linking their economies. Such relations or activities may provide opportunities, impact on inequalities and have an effect on people and the environment.

Question 10

What does global governance refer to?

Answer 10

Refers to attempts to regulate global systems and activities for example by the United Nations, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Their interventions may have an impact on people and the environment.

Question 11

What is globalisation?

Answer 11

Globalisation is the increasing connections between places and people across the planet established through trade, politics and cultural exchanges, and helped by technology and transport.

Question 12

What are the geographical concepts related to globalisation?

Answer 12

Different types of connection or movement are linking people and places together. These connections and movements can be forged across a global-scale distance or space. These connections and movements can make different places interdependent on one another for trade or other forms of support. Places are becoming dynamic, as societies and cultures begin to mix and change as a result of connections and movements.

Question 13

What are the three main forms of globalisation?

Answer 13

1) Economic: largely caused by the growth of international corporations (TNCs).

2) Social: the impact of western culture art, media, sport and leisure pursuits on the world.

3) Political: the growth of western democracies and their influence on poor countries, and the decline of centralised economies

Question 14

What are the dimensions of globalisation?

Answer 14

Globalisation has many interconnected aspects.

• Flows of information technology and capital.
• Flows of products and labour
• Flows of services and global marketing
• Patterns of production, distribution and consumption.

Question 15

What are the geographical factors that affect globalisation?

Answer 15

• Global connections/movements are becoming easier and faster thanks to technology.
• Global connections/movements are planned by governments, organisations (UN) and businesses.
• Global connections/movements are driven by global corporations seeking profit.

Question 16

What different factors influence globalisation?

Answer 16

• New technology communications and information systems.
• Transport systems
• Global financial markets
• Trade agreements
• Security