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Globalisation Critique Flashcards

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Type of globalists (4)

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Hyperglobalists
Transformationalists
Sceptic
Anti-globalisation

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Definition of hyperglobalist (2)

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Supports globalisation + sees the nation state as no longer important
Want a single global market

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Definition of transformationalist (2)

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They accept the process of increasing globalisation
BUT think the role of govs is changing rather than being overtaken by group decision making

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What is sceptic

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Hold the view that globalisation is nothing new and the world has always been integrated

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What is non globalisation movement

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Social movement comprised of those who are against globalisation + widespread commercial capitalism

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What are benefits (4)

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Development
Growth
Stability
Integration

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What integration (2+)

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Pooling resources = solve global issues
Better understanding between people of diff resources = social cohesion

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Pooling resources example

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Antarctic treaty = scientific research

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Social cohesion example (3)

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Mitigation = multiculturalism
Bric lane = 41% Bangladeshi pop
Leeds = 169 nationalities

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Development what (2+)

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Foreign investment brings in capital = improved education + infrastructure = more
Global institutions = direct resources to help countires develop

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Development - FDI example (2+)

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TNC = apple = cork
Other tech firms and employment in area

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Development - Global institions (2+)

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UN millennium development goals
World bank gives development loans to LDCs to increase economic growth

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Economic growth what (3+)

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Global trade = profit from natural resources + specialist industries
Global trade = gain access to what can’t produce
Access to money + products = improved SoL

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Economic growth global trade example (2++)

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Bananas = el guabo association of small B P = fair trade = healthcare benefits etc
Bananas = only grow in hot, rainy lowlands of tropical regions

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Stability what (2+)

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Countires more dependant = discourages action against one another
Good governance is vital for economic development

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Stability - dependency exmaple (3+ )

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Origins of EU = countires that traded are less likely to be in conflict
EU policies now cover all aspects of life from human rights to environment
Institutions has provided half a century of relative stability, peace and prosperity for memeber

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Stability + good governance exmaple

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UN peace keeping missions = Côte d’Ivoire

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Costs what (4)

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Conflict
Injustice
Inequality
Environment

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What inequalities within and between countries (2+)

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Within = Low skilled workers in developed countries find difficult to earn
Bwteeen = Developed countries greater access to capital and tech = CA

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Example of migrant workers finding it hard to get job (2++)

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Leeds = deindustrialised of textile industry = high conc. of poverty in inner city areas such as beeston and holbeck but affluence in Harewood
Lockdown docklands

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Example of inequalities between countries = greater access

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Treatments of hiv not available in all countires and all patients because of patents used by pharmacies

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Conflict what (2)

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Developed countires intervene in order to secure access to resources
Cyber warfare = attacks on computer systems

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Example of developed countries intervening = conflict (2)

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Uk/nato support for Ukraine
EU countires have stopped oil and gas imports to Russia

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Example of cyber warfare (4+)

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WannaCry global ransomware attack in May 2017
Targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows system
Affected over 200,000 computers in over 100 countries
Impacts on nhs computers

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Injustice what (2)

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Improved transport + communications systems = human trafficking easier
Sweatshops

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Human trafficking what (3)

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October 2019
39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in lorry trailer in Essex
Migrants died = suffocated in container

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Sweatshops what (2+)

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Apple shenzen factory
Work 60hours earning $100 a month

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Environment what (4+)

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G increases amount of transportation required = pollution
Deforestation
Race to the bottom
Abundance of cheap products = waste + landfill

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Example of transport and deforestation (2+)

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Banana:
Rainforests cleared for plantations in Costa Rica
Uk from Latin A.

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Waste increases (2+)

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Waste increases 7% per year
90% of all products become waste within 6 months

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