Globalisation

Question 1

What is the transformationalist perspective?

Answer 1

Doubts the fun extent of the demise of nation states but acknowledges new global politics

Question 2

How much of world output is accounted for by TNCs?

Answer 2

~30%

Question 3

How much world trade do TNCs account for?

Answer 3

70%

Question 4

How many NGOs are there?

Answer 4

45000

Question 5

What timescale did the 2008 and 1929 stock market crashes occur in?

Answer 5

2008: Minutes
1929: weeks

Question 6

What was a globalisation outcome of the 2008 crash?

Answer 6

The rise of political globalisation

Question 7

Which author of the world is flat identifies 3 stages to globalisation?

Answer 7

Thomas Friedman

Question 8

When is globalisation 1.0?

Answer 8

early 16th C to late 18th C

Question 9

When is globalisation 2.0

Answer 9

1800 - Post WWII era

Question 10

When is globalisation 3.0?

Answer 10

1970s - onwards

Question 11

Which president championed globalisation more than any other?

Answer 11

Clinton

Question 12

What theory states that demos do not create war with one another?

Answer 12

Democratic Peace theory

Question 13

What event of 2010 pitted NGOs against a state?

Answer 13

Gaze freedom flotilla against ISR

Question 14

Who is the leading theorist of globalisation?

Answer 14

Anthony Giddens

Question 15

Where in the political spectrum is the greatest criticism of globalisation?

Answer 15

On the left

Question 16

What events form the double crisis of globalisation?

Answer 16

9/11 and 2007 economic crash

Question 17

What are the four dimensions to globalisation according to Giddens?

Answer 17

1. World Capitalist Econ; 2. Nation-state sys

3. World Mil Order; 4. Industrial development

Question 18

How big are the combined populations of India and China?

Answer 18

1/3 of world pop

Question 19

What 2 orgs push the Washington consensus?

Answer 19

IMF and World Bank

Question 20

What will the IMF often insist on as part of loans?

Answer 20

Structural adjustment - countries are required to make chang to econ or pub sector

Question 21

How many people still live on under $1 a day?

Answer 21

Over 1 bil

Question 22

What country has contributed most to the drop in world poverty?

Answer 22

China - taking its own pop out of poverty

Question 23

What proportion of Africans live on under a $1 per day?

Answer 23

Half

Question 24

Why does climate change effect the world’s poor?

Answer 24

Many live in warmer climates where water is more scarce and crops harder to grow.

Question 25

What proportion of the worlds CO2 does US produce?

Answer 25

1/5