Globalisation

Question 1

+/- of Trade Blocs:

Answer 1

+:
- Larger market
- MnA
- Protection from global shifts

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Loss of sovereignty
Interdepenence
Compromisation and concession to other countries

Question 2

Jebel ALi

Answer 2

• UAE embraced SEZs
• Largest in the world
• $1bn of new development, low taxzone + free trade
• Cumalative causation; momentum
• Subsidisation and investment in risker pursuits; Emirates

Question 3

Dhaka

Answer 3

• Polluted suburbs
• Rana Plaza Collapse
  – 1100 people dead
  – Cheap labour + no safety
• World’s poorst air quality
• Fish stocks depleted; increased flooding from garbage deposition
• No environmental clearance certificates

Question 4

Scunthorpe

Answer 4

2200 jobs lost due to deindustrialisation via offshoring
Local town Grimsby still recovering frm 20 year losses
- Ghost town
- 90% decline in UK Steel/ Iron
- Global shift not beneficial

Question 5

Karachi

Answer 5

• Pakistan’s industrial and financial centre
• 20% of Pak GDP
• Murders and kidnappings decreased between 2013 and 15
• High RUM
  – Katchi Abadis
• Migrants earn better wage; but 70% work in informal centre

Question 6

Russians in London

Answer 6

A8 Migration
Huge wealth -> reinvestment in area but is dirty money?

Question 7

Paralympics

Answer 7

Sold 2 million tickets in Rio
Promotes disability
- Not seen as a source of pride in emerging countries
- Value based on sporting metrics?
- Affluent event

Question 8

PNG

Answer 8

• Cultural erosion from Western colonialism
• Intermarriage + Evangelism leads to a decline in culture
• Bougaineville’s resentful of Australian + British motives
  -> BRA vs police + army

Question 9

Cannes

Answer 9

Burkini Ban
Not “respecting” secularism and “good moral”
Suppression of freedoms?
Political and social tensions

Question 10

Germany’s Radical Right

Answer 10

Social + political tension frm Middle Eastern Migration
- Increasing rate of right -extremism crimes
- Concerns about social decline
- RIse of European nationalism

Question 11

Controlling globalisation

Answer 11

China
Largest number of imprisoned jounalists and cyber dissidents
60 internet regulation companies in China
Breeds trade protectionism

France:
- Movies and Radio have quota for French produced material

Question 12

First Nations, Canda

Answer 12

• Canadian Aboriginals
• Embracing some aspects of globalisation
• Have market with eergy companires to protect land and culture
• Want to be custodians of traditional land
• Applied for World Heritage Site Status

Negatives:
- Effects of alcohol + drugs
- Overextraction

Question 13

Totnes

Answer 13

Localism: local > global
- Totnes £
- Encourages local trade
- Communal reinvestment
- Reduced food + trade miles
-:
- Local food can be more damaging due to ghg
- Extensively farmed; higher cost per item, but not affordable for source