Globalisation And Superpowers Flashcards
What positive effect does globalisation have on the environment?
Increased efficiency in resource use.
Technology transfers to eco friendly innovations.
What negative effects does globalisation have on the environment?
Environmental inequalities between nations with rich countries treating poor countries badly.
What is time space compression?
Refers to the shrinking of geographical distance and the perceived reduction in the time it takes for information, goods and people to travel across the globe.
What technological advancements have created time space compression?
Jet aircraft, The internet have all helped bring people in the world closer together.
What are the cultural implications of time space compression?
It can lead to increase in cultural exchange it can also lead to cultural erosion due to the spread of other cultures rapidly.
What are IGO’s?
IGO’s are institutions composed of sovereign states that work togather to address common challenges and pursue global goals.
United Nations, World Bank
How do IGO’s facilitate trade and economic growth?
IGO’s such as the world trade organisation and EU promote free trade agreements, reduce trade barriers facilitating the flow of free trade.
How do IGO’s help promote standardisation?
IGO’s implement international standards in various filelds such as trade, health care, education, finance to promote and allow compatibility across nations.
What are TNC’s?
Transnational Corporation’s.
How do TNC’s contribute to global trade?
They play a key role by expanding there operations across boarders and continents.
What challenges and controversies to TNC’s in globalisation cause?
TNC’s often face criticism for the perceived negative impacts on labour rights, environmentally sustainability with the exploitation of workers and tax avoidance common headlines.
What is cultural diffusion?
Cultural diffusion refers to the spread of cultural beliefs, practices and ideas from one society or cultural group to another through contact interaction and exchange.
What are the types of cultural diffusion?
Expansion diffusion: when a cultural trend or innovation spreads outward from its source through things such as media or interaction.
Relocation diffusion: when individuals migrate and bring there culture with them.
What are the effects of cultural diffusion?
Cultural hybrids: interactions between cultures result in the blending of cultures leading to hybrid cultures.
Cultural diversity: cultural diffusion contributes to the enrichment and diversification of societies introductions new perspectives and elements.
Examples of cultural diffusion are?
Spread of religion such as Christianity, Islam.
Spread of culture such as western cultures like fast food like McDonald’s through globalisation
What is cultural erosion?
The gradual loos or weaving of a cultures traditions, values and practices due to external influences, social change.
What are the causes of cultural erosion?
Globalisation through intercontinental across the world has lead to cultural erosion as the spread of different cultures has been rapid and has been adopted quickly across the world leading to a loss of the original culture.
What are the impacts of cultural erosion?
Loss of identity: wearing of cultural identities sense of belonging and traditional practices may be lost by the replacement of external influences.
