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Globalisation Flashcards

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How has transport contributed to globalization?

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improved aviation and containerization = $6.4 trillion air cargo in 2012

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How has technology contributed to globalization?

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Napster influenced growth of e-commerce = 150m worldwide internet users

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Pros and cons of World Bank

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+ lends £ for development

- invests in fossil fuels

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Pros and cons of IMF

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+ bails countries like Greece

- imposes strict regulations like cutting back spending on healthcare

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Pros and cons of WTO

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+ helps resolve trade disputes

- failed to subsidize richer countries like the UK

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EU contribution to globalization

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free trade + movement of people

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ASEAN contribution to globalization

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creating peace: not creating nuclear weapons

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China’s Open Door Policy

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by 1990s: 50% of China’s GDP were generated in SEZ’s

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UK’s Sunday Trading Law

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attracted TNCs and FDIs to invest into country

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Ways of measuring globalization

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AT Kearney + KOF Index

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AT Kearney

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12 indicators across:

  • economic integration
  • technological connectivity
  • political engagement
  • personal contact
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KOF Index

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24 indicators across:

  • social globalization
  • economic globalization
  • political globalization
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KOF Index con

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bias: Ireland on top as FDI is a large % of economic globalization

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AT Kearney (and KOF Index) con

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who decides which indicator is most important?

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TNCs cons in Nigeria

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  • Ogale community of 40 000 - majority are fishermen - Shell oil spillages pollute waters = damaging fishing industry
  • 3-inch refined oil floating on water = damaging water supply = threatening health
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Glocalisation examples

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  • Halal meat in Dubai by McDonald’s

- MTV - appropriate for countries with strong faiths in East Asia

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Outsourcing

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getting a different company to produce a piece of your product for you

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Off-shoring

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having a factory in a different country

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TNCs general cons

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  • exploiting workers
  • low pay
  • bad working environment - unsafe conditions
  • long hours of work
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How is DRC switched off?

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  • physical/ environment: rich in gold and copper - unable to use due to lack of technology
  • political: corrupt leader Mobutu - dictatorship - authoritarian
  • economic: leader keeps all income = productivity + economy levels decrease
21
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Global shift impact on HICs (Redcar)

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  • deindustrialization
  • job losses
  • minimum wage jobs
  • brownfield land
22
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Global shift in India in what?

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call centre = increase in service sector as TNCs invest by off-shoring software development + by outsourcing R&D innovation centres for firms like Google + Microsoft

23
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Global shift in China in what?

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factories

24
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Pros and cons of global shift to India

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+ life expectancy 38 to 68
+ TNCs develop skills
- increased inequality (Gini Coefficient) - Dharavi = 1 toilet for 1000

25
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Pros and cons of global shift to China

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+ poverty rate decrease from 84% to 10%
+ infrastructure investment - rail systems
- air pollution kills 1.6m a year
- 390m use contaminated water a year
- overexploitation of resources = wiped out Ecuador Amazonian Forest

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Pros and cons of migration from India to UAE to the host

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host = UAE
+ larger workforce = increased economic growth
- remittances leak out of UAE economy

27
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Pros and cons of migration from India to UAE to the source

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source = India
+ Kerala is biggest benefactor of remittances - 60% out of $80b in 2018
- Kefala system = trapping women in deplorable conditions
- suicide rates: in 2019, nearly 34 000 recorded since 2014

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Pros and cons of migration from Russian oligarchs to London to the host

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host = London
+ Russian spend on luxury goods
- house prices increasing = locals outbought

29
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Pros and (cons) of migration from Russian oligarchs to London to the source

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source = Russia

+ Russian investment into stock market = £260b on London stock exchange from 28 Russian firms in London

30
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Cause of growth of megacities

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  • push-pull factors

- natural increase

31
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Impacts of growing megacities

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Mumbai
- continuing growth of squatter settlement
- pressure on housing and healthcare - resources
- pushing cities to green land and outskirts of cities = losing green environment
to urbanization

32
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Cultural diffusion costs

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tribes in Papa New Guinea:

  • wanting better lives like the West so they hunt and kill endangered species to sell to make income
  • loss of the Welsh language
  • China meat consumption - 5kg to 63kg per capita annually from the 1960s to now - meat production is 60% of all food production which contributes to greenhouse gases
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Cultural diffusion opportunities

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  • LGBTQ+ accepted
  • Paralympics
  • men and women equal rights - women in education
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Cultural diffusion political tension

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  • China/ South Korea censorship
  • French Islamaphobia - banning burka
  • rise of extremist views
35
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Ways to measure development

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economic:
- GDP - gross domestic product 
- GNI - gross national income 
social:
- HDI - human development index 
- GII - gender inequality index 
environment:
- air pollution
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Gini Coefficient

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measure of area between Lorenz curve and line of absolute equality

37
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Gini coefficient examples

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Poland 0.2

Brazil over 0.6

38
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Limiting globalisation

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  • censorship
  • migration control
  • trade protectionism
39
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Censorship example

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China:

  • lying about air quality
  • banning apps like Facebook
40
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Migration control examples

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  • Australia’s point-based system

- Trump wall between Mexico and USA

41
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Trade protectionism example

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India has 13.8% - highest among other large economies

42
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Retaining cultural identity

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First Nations:

  • Jumbo Wild: 90% residents opposed – home to sacred spirit
  • Fracking: water issues = threaten fish supply
  • Bakken Project in Alberta: oil sands and shale mining
43
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Diasporas

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  • Filipinos and Indians majorly in the service sector of the NHS
  • Bangladeshi in London: contributes to economy - culture, businesses, food
44
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Transition towns

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use bottom-up initiatives and prioritize local sourcing rather than global sourcing

45
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Define bottom-up initiatives

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locals making decisions

46
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Con of transition towns

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  • works for people with high income as local sourcing is more expensive
  • works only small scale
47
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Fairtrade

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  • higher income for farmers

- decreased pesticide by 80%

48
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Recycling

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less waste in landfill

49
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‘Keep Britain Tidy’

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decreases wastage + changes locals attitudes

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