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What is globalisation

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the process by which people their culture money good and info can be transferred between countries

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three types of globalisation

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Political, Social, Economic

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Shrinking world definition

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the world is becoming theoretically closer due to the increase in trade and therefore globalisation

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Concepts increasing shrinking world
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internet, fibre optics, containerisation, steam ships, mobile phones, mobile banking, jet aircraft, telegraph

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containerisation how and why its been improved

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each container same size and shape to trading off becomes easier as each partner knows the capacity of its good receiving, helping to improve speed of trade for globalisation

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players definition

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anyone with a vested interest or involvement with a particular process or event

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1930s key players

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global economic shut down free trade into protectionism and economic were shattered
1944 43 countries met so this would not happen again

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Tariff

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a tax placed on goods that are imported from other countries

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Quotas

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a limit placed on the number of goods that are imported from other countries

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Embargos

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a ban placed on certain goods imported from other countries

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Subsides

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a sum of money grantee by the government to help an industry or business keep the price of goods low

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Barriers to trade (4)

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Tarrif, quota, embargo, subsides.

discourage trade and encourage protectionism

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what are trading blocs

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countries which group together to improve their economic interests and trading patterns

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trade blocs examples (2)

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ASEAN, European union

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what is ASEAN

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association of south-east asian nations, 10 countries, formed in 1967, combined gdp of $3.6tn

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what is the European union

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27 countries, formed in 1993, gdp of $19tn, free trade zone, free migration,

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advantage of trade blocs

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removes intra community trade, producers focus on what there good at making, smaller nations merge with tncs

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Disadvantages of trade blocs

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loss of sovereignty, interdependence(example oil problem, one problem has knock on effect)

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what is the IMF

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international monetary fund, 1944, supporting economic policies that promote financial stability and monetary cooperation essential to increase productivity and job creation

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what is the World bank

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1944, 187 countries, reduce poverty by lending money to members to help improve their economies by building schools, facilities and medical centres

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what is WTO

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world trade organisation, 1995, governments can negotiate trade agreements and all major decisions made by the membership as a whole

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What is offshoring

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Off loading ur business onto another country taking advantage of cheap labour

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Offshoring example

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Royal Dutch shell has headquarters in uk and Netherlands

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What is free market liberalisation

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Restrictions being lifted on how companies and banks operate

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What is Open door policy
the economic policy initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1978 to open China to foreign businesses that wanted to invest in the country.
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Open door china facts
Foreign TCS are allowed to invest in some sectors of chinas domestic market, china agreed to export more rare earth materials
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Closed door china facts
Social media platforms have little to no access to chinas market, only 34 foreign films shown in cinema each year
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Two ways of measuring globalisation
AT Kearney index, KOF index
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The KOF index
Looks at three aspects of globalisation and a series of variables to convert each one substituting any missing data, into a score out of 100
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A.T Kearney index
Four main indicators; political engagement, technological connectivity, personal contact and economic integration
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How do TNCs influence globalisation
Using global production networks New places to do businesses Global products more local
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What is a TNC
Trans national company that has operations in more than one country Grown by buying up foreign firms in merges and acquisitions, link countries together through production of goods
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Why the uneven spread of TNCs.
Not all places are suitable for production for example accessibility or natural resources
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Global production network
A TNC manages its GPN like a manager of a football team 250 countries in production for a mini, engine form Brazil.
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what is Glocalisation
Adapting the goods or services of a business to increase the consumer appeal in different countries, commonly used for religious or cultural differences E.g BMW make right hand drive for uk
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what is Outsourcing
When a TNC contracts another company to produce the goods and services they need rather than do it themselves, complex supply chain.
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What is global shift
A significant economic shift in centre of gravity from west to Asia, lots of manufacturing has been moved to Asia
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Why has global shift occurred
Asian nations allowed in TNCs(open door) Cheap labour Outsourcing High populations
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Costs and benefits of economic growth
Benefits, poverty reduction, improvement in education and training Costs, loss of productive land, pollution and health problems, pressure on resources
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What’s the case study for rural to urban migration
Mumbai.
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What is deindustrialisation
Process of social and economic change cause by the removal or reduction of industrial activity in a country or region
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What was the cause for uks deindustrialisation
Margret thatcher came into power and wanted to promote economic shift so shut down coal factories, these powered factories so all was eventually shut down
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What loss did the workers in factories feel after deinstitutionalisation
Money, manufacturing has 12% more pay to an equivalent tertiary job, this means there skills wouldn’t get them as good as pay.
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Deindustrialisation case study??
Red car
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Trade flow from south to north
Primary goods, raw materials, food E.g, Africa to Europe
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Trade flow north to south
Manufactured products and services E.g Europe to India
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What’s switched off mean
Detached, Not being globalised and very independent and isolated
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Core countries
Canada, Austrália, UK Spain
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Semi periphery countries
India, South Africa, Brazil
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Periphery countries
Russia and majority of Africa
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What’s a core country?
Owns and consumes 80% of goods and services, IMF world bank, most global investment
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What’s a periphery?
Owns and consumes 20% of global goods despite having 75% global population Lower income Very few global economy decisions
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What’s a global city
Defined not by number but by influence
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What’s a million city
A city with over a million residents
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What’s a megalopolis
A chain of roughly adjacent metrapolion areas, in one specific country
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What’s a super city
A vast urban area, often got several smaller cities
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3 stages of concern for globalisation
Progressive/cautious/resistance acceptance of new diaspora or immigrant cultures
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Religious intolerance
Notably lower levels of religious freedom for minority groups exist in some places e.g Iran
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Closed doos migration
Stopping any immigration altogether for fears of cultural dilution e.g Cambodia
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Cultural diffusion
The spread of one culture to another by various means, globalisation has lead to increased cultural diffusion and the development of a sort of global culture
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Cultural diffusion positives and negatives
+ American society used to sterilise disabled people but after ww2 war veterans were appreciated and the Paralympic’s influenced disabled acceptance - China is becoming fatter as American food make sits way into their society, 5kg-50kg of meat a year - All the meat consumed means the cows need feeding meaning soy needs growing and so deforestation of the amazon occurs
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What is cultural erosion
the loss of traditional language, food, music clothes and social relations
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cultural erosion example
- Papua New Guinea, thousands of years ago no clothes was completely normal whereas no seeing Americans wearing clothes have caused them to cover up - they also want jobs and money and not just live in their tribe
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what is hyper globalisation
intensified version of globalisation deeply connected
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negatives of hyper globalisation
- languages around world - environmental damage -global culture of consumerism is at odds with sustainable development goal
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positives of hyper globalisation
- values equality - freedom of expression and reduced discrimination
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what is hybridism
positive view of American culture as organic, adopts new migrant values
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What is pluralism
EU nations tolerate equal rights for all migrants to practise their religious and cultural beliefs
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what is citizenship testing
UK rules for migrants are becoming stricter in reaction to popular concerns over immigration
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what is assimilation
a belief that minority traits should disappear as immigrants adopt host values
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what is internet censorship
preventing citizens form learning about other global viewpoints using online sources
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what is development and how is it measured
- the process that creates growth progress or the addition of physical economic environmental social and demographic components - GDP and HDI
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what is economic development
- monetary value - hard to be acgcurtaes as does not measure the informal economy
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what is social development
- how people live in each country - HDI, life expectancy, education, GDP per person. - Gender inequality index, reproductive health, empowerment and education
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what is environmental development
OCED, greenhouse emissions, waste water, intense forest use
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what is the lorenz curve
graphical representation of wealth inequality within a country. It compares the cumulative percentage of income/wealth with the cumulative percentage of the population.
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whats open borders mean
people may travel to ad from a country without presenting passport or visa
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whats freedom to invest
means u can move resources in and out specific activities both internally and across countries borders
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What is FDI
foreign direct investment, investment into another business in another country
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what is diaspora
the dispersion of any people form their original homeland
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what is post-accession migration
flow of economic migrants after a country has joined the EU
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UK and immigration facts
- 500,000 migrants form Caribbean after ww2 - 1960s textile industries booming 750,000 pakistans and milllion indians needed for labour
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risk of extremism in Europe
- nationalist parties rising and they oppose immigration - radically aggravated assault - Stephen Lawrence staff of pro immigration magazine shot dead
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how can we control the flows
-limitting migration, people flow - censorship, info flow - trade protectionism, goods flow
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how do we use trade protectionism to limit flow
- prohibited flow (embargo) - illegal and criminal flows=
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what an ecological footprint
a measure how much biologically productive land and water an individual, population or activity requires to produce all resources + waste
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sustainability definition
meeting the needs of this generation without compromising future generations need to meet theirs
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how does globalisation effect food insecurity
middle class diets favour meat and milk meaning more of this needs to be made, environmentally damaging
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how does globalisation effect water insecurity
more crop needs more water, some countries are drying but grow wet crops e.g. Australia
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how does globalisation effect energy insecurity
increase energy use due to technology spreading around the world
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how does globalisation effect climate insecurity
global adoption of manufactured products increase carbon use
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what is localism
purchasing locally sourced food and commodities boycotting supermarket food that has high food miles and more expensive
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what is a transition town
an area trying to switch to localism
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benefits of localism
- shorter supply chains boost delivery times - money likely to spent within community - small air miles - face to face communication - no lax laws to exploit
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costs of localism
-reduces the demand fro inc goods harming economic growth of LICs - might not be local competition meaning high prices - hard to terminate contracts - may depend too much on local - small company's may be less efficient
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what is ethical shopping
a deliberate choice of products for ethical reasons considering the social and environmental costs of the good purchased - concerns for exploitation, food miles, natural vs harmful
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is fairtrade ethical
- leads to overproduction - little evidence its lifted producers out of poverty - dependency
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FOR ethical consumerism
- promotes individual action - billions of consumer impact could be big - consumers driver market demands so could force firms to change - doesn't require government intervention
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AGAINST ethical consumerism
- consumers easily get confused with different messages - people believe own contribution is too insignificant - people opt for unethical choices - buying ethical products may mean buying form HICs instead of LICs

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