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the first wave of globalisation

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the movement of manufacturing from europe and the USA to many asian countries

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the second wave of globalisation

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the outsourcing of services from europe to the USA to many asian countries

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benefits of Chinas global shift

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  • investment in infastructure eg airport
  • decreased unemployment and reduced poverty
  • TNCs invest in training and improve skills
  • improved technology
  • comulative causation
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costs of Chinas global shift

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  • loss of farmland
  • increase in informal housing
  • pollution,health problems, water shortages
  • loss in biological productivity (land degradation)
  • exploitation of resources
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outsourcing of services to India

Bangalore - costs and benefits

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  • cost effective and efficient (IT hubs)
  • skilled workforce
  • footloose
  • tech city offering educational and economic liberalisation
  • software technology parks
  • incfreased ocsts and reduced loyalty (con to TNCs)
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impacts of global shift on UK and USA

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  • deindustrialisation can elad to deprivation eg Leister
  • unemployment and depopulation affected Newcastle
  • dereliction and contamination in Sheffield
  • Detroit had major decline for cars
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migration

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the movement of a person or persons from one place to another involving a permenant (1 year or more) chamge of adress

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net migration

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the balance between immigration and emigration

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types of migrant

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  • displaced persons
  • voluntary migrants
  • illegal migrants
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displaced persons

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  • refugees/asylum seekers
  • temporary stay
  • citizenship or repatriation
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voluntary migrants

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  • economic migrants
  • weeks or years
  • returns to own country
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illegal migrants

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  • voluntary or criminal
  • staying until discovered
  • forced deportation
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Lee’s model of migration

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origin –> intervening obstacles –> destination

push factors
- lack of jobs
- war
- natural disaster

pull factors:
- lifestyle
- weather
- jobs

obstacles:
- cost
- familt
- visas

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internal migration

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migration within a country:
- rural to urban
- urban to rural
- inter-urban (different cities)
- intra-urban (same city)
- transmigration (forced)

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positive economic impacts for country of origin

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  • benefits from remittances sent home
  • upon arrival brings new skills like language
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negative economic impacts for country of origin

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  • loss of young workforce
  • reduce inward investment by private companies
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positive social impacts for country of origin

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  • better facilities
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negative social impacts for country of origin

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  • marriage rates fall as family structures break down
  • increased dependancy raet as young workforce leaves
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political impacts for country of origin

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policies to encourage imimigration to counteract outflow

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positive economic impacts for host country

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  • migrants take up undesireable jobs that need filling
  • costs of retirement can be transfereed to origin country
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negative economic impacts for host country

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much money earnt by migrants isnt spent in host country

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positive soical impacts for host country

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  • encourage learning new languages, helps people work internationally
  • creation of multi-ethnic society increases understanding
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negative social impacts for host country

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  • discrimination
  • pressure of services like healthcare
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political impacts for host country

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entrenchment of attitudes may encourage fundamentalism

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step migration

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move from place to place eg Melilla (Morocco) which is spanish territory but in Africa so poeple can go there and claim asylum

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where do asylum applicants go to in the EU?

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  • sweden
  • germany
  • greece
  • hungary
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where do the worlds asylum applicants go?

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  • germany
  • US
  • UK
  • France
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Cuba- cultural erosion

positives

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  • GDP spent on healthcare and education
  • attractive culture to tourists
  • preserved natural environments
  • diverse
  • reduction of deforestation
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Cuba- cultural erosion

negatives

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  • lost trade to USA allies
  • food shortages
  • low investment levels
  • lack of spending on transport
  • poorly manufactured housing
  • lack of technology
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migration to Quatar

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  • foreign migrants make up 88% of the population
  • UK based construction compnies eg Hyder
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conditions facing migrants in Quatar

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  • human rights abuse
  • 1200 workers died for world cup stadium
  • modern slavery
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what makes up the culture of a place?

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  • traditions
  • norms and values
  • religion
  • language
  • art
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cultural diffusion

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spread of cultural ideas and way of life to another area
- cultural imperialism
- westernisation

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cultural erosion

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loss or dilution of a culture

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TNC impact on culture

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selected global brands explain how they influence culture around the world eg apple spread digital communications

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media impact on culture

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global media changed attitudes towards marginalised groups eg disability and the paralympics

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diets impact on culture

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diets are changing eg China are eatign more poultry and beef due to changes in cooking which increases methane

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tourism impacts on culture

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+preservation of cultural heritage
+revival of traditional arts
-loss of cultural character
-potential misunderstandings and conflict

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migration impact on culture

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  • cross cultural exchange
  • can loose character
  • westernisation
  • ethnic enclaves
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hyper-globalisers

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  • globalisation is a succesful process
  • cultures and economies become mroe integrated
  • leads to homogenous cultures
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transformationalists

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  • dynamic responses to globalisation
  • not inevitable that all culture will become homogenous
  • cultures will change but in different ways
  • hybrid cultures may evolve
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sceptics

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  • globalisation is is profound in global economies and reflects interdependance
  • marginalisation not destruction of poorer groups
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indigenous peoples

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minority in the population with their own characteristcs eg language and territory eg the Inuit of the Arctic

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uncontacted Amazon tribe

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  • globalisation puts pressure on rainforest like illegal logging
  • violence/conflict
  • contact with virus or disease can wipe out tribes like common cold
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cultural survival

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NGO that protects indigenous people

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world social forum

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collection of NGOs who focus on developing countries that dont benefit from globalisation

  • oppose globalisation
  • unequal impacts
  • huge divide between rich and poor
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world economic forum (Davos)

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elite group of 2500 business leaders, who make decisions on FDI and trade

  • pro globalisation
  • improve the state of the world
  • drive economic growth
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Bougainville

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  • 2019 referendem to gain independance from Papau New Guini
  • distinct culture
  • civil war for 10 years
  • Australia and UK exploited mines
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global influence in Papau New Guini

cultural erosion

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  • Under colonial rule PNG experienced political, social and conomic integration.
  • supressed tribal warfare by missionaries spreding western views
  • villages forced to be plantation workers
  • decrease of native language from cross-cultura marriage

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