Globalisation Part 2

Question 1

What are the factors which have increased the pace of migration?

Answer 1

Open borders to migration within the EU since 1995

FDI, encouraging TNC workers to move overseas

Deregulation of some jobs markets, allowing foreign qualified workers

Question 2

What are the ethical and environmental concerns with globalisation?

Answer 2

Fears that consumer goods have been made using exploited labour

Concerns that imported food products like tea, coffee , bananas and cocoa do not provide their farmers with a decent income due to low prices

Concerns that consumer goods use excessive resources during their production, packaging, transport and use

Worries that our consumer culture is contributing to global warming as ecological footprints rise

Question 3

What is localism?

Answer 3

Localism is foods and goods being grown and made locally, supporting local jobs and reducing transport rather than being sourced globally

Question 4

Give some examples of localism?

Answer 4

Transition towns:growing own produce for a local community

Fair trade:giving the farmers a decent wage and payment, making incomes sustainable for farming families

Ethical consumption schemes:FSC uses wood from sustainable forests

Recycling: reducing waste and ecological footprints with help from the council and government