Globalisation Critique Flashcards
Type of globalists (4)
Hyperglobalists
Transformationalists
Sceptic
Anti-globalisation
Definition of hyperglobalist (2)
Supports globalisation + sees the nation state as no longer important
Want a single global market
Definition of transformationalist (2)
They accept the process of increasing globalisation
BUT think the role of govs is changing rather than being overtaken by group decision making
What is sceptic
Hold the view that globalisation is nothing new and the world has always been integrated
What is non globalisation movement
Social movement comprised of those who are against globalisation + widespread commercial capitalism
What are benefits (4)
Development
Growth
Stability
Integration
What integration (2+)
Pooling resources = solve global issues
Better understanding between people of diff resources = social cohesion
Pooling resources example
Antarctic treaty = scientific research
Social cohesion example (3)
Mitigation = multiculturalism
Bric lane = 41% Bangladeshi pop
Leeds = 169 nationalities
Development what (2+)
Foreign investment brings in capital = improved education + infrastructure = more
Global institutions = direct resources to help countires develop
Development - FDI example (2+)
TNC = apple = cork
Other tech firms and employment in area
Development - Global institions (2+)
UN millennium development goals
World bank gives development loans to LDCs to increase economic growth
Economic growth what (3+)
Global trade = profit from natural resources + specialist industries
Global trade = gain access to what can’t produce
Access to money + products = improved SoL
Economic growth global trade example (2++)
Bananas = el guabo association of small B P = fair trade = healthcare benefits etc
Bananas = only grow in hot, rainy lowlands of tropical regions
Stability what (2+)
Countires more dependant = discourages action against one another
Good governance is vital for economic development
Stability - dependency exmaple (3+ )
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
Stability + good governance exmaple
UN peace keeping missions = Côte d’Ivoire
Costs what (4)
Conflict
Injustice
Inequality
Environment
What inequalities within and between countries (2+)
Within = Low skilled workers in developed countries find difficult to earn
Bwteeen = Developed countries greater access to capital and tech = CA
Example of migrant workers finding it hard to get job (2++)
Leeds = deindustrialised of textile industry = high conc. of poverty in inner city areas such as beeston and holbeck but affluence in Harewood
Lockdown docklands
Example of inequalities between countries = greater access
Treatments of hiv not available in all countires and all patients because of patents used by pharmacies
Conflict what (2)
Developed countires intervene in order to secure access to resources
Cyber warfare = attacks on computer systems
Example of developed countries intervening = conflict (2)
Uk/nato support for Ukraine
EU countires have stopped oil and gas imports to Russia
Example of cyber warfare (4+)
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
Injustice what (2)
Improved transport + communications systems = human trafficking easier
Sweatshops
Human trafficking what (3)
October 2019
39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in lorry trailer in Essex
Migrants died = suffocated in container
Sweatshops what (2+)
Apple shenzen factory
Work 60hours earning $100 a month
Environment what (4+)
G increases amount of transportation required = pollution
Deforestation
Race to the bottom
Abundance of cheap products = waste + landfill
Example of transport and deforestation (2+)
Banana:
Rainforests cleared for plantations in Costa Rica
Uk from Latin A.
Waste increases (2+)
Waste increases 7% per year
90% of all products become waste within 6 months
