Lesson 1- Globalisation

Question 1

What is globalisation?

Answer 1

• Refers to the process by which the worlds economies, societies and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation and trade

Question 2

Factors driving globalisation?

Answer 2

• New technology, communication and information- info sharing, mobile phones for LIC’s
• Global Financial Systems-transmission services allow lending and flows of money
• Transport systems- global transport network, movement of people. Without issue of time and space there are opportunity as well as threats
• Security- Reduction in significance of traditional security measures.
• Trade agreements- Global trading rules. WTO oversees 97% of world trade

Question 3

Dimensions of globalisation?

Answer 3

• Economic
• Political
• Technological
• Cultural
• Environmental
• Health
• Social

Question 4

Dimensions of globalisation- Economic

Answer 4

• Trade and aid
• TNCs
• Capital flows

Question 5

Dimensions of globalisation- Political

Answer 5

• Trading groups
• Governmental and global institutions
• NGOs

Question 6

Dimensions of globalisation- Technological

Answer 6

• Higher productivity
• Communications
• ‘Green’ technologies

Question 7

Dimensions of globalisation-Cultural

Answer 7

• ‘Westernisation’
• Cultural diffusion

Question 8

Dimensions of globalisation- Environmental

Answer 8

• Impacts/degradation of land
• ‘Green’ campaigns
• Linked by ‘global commons’

Question 9

Dimensions of globalisation-Health

Answer 9

• Medical advances
• Pandemic control
• Pharmaceuticals

Question 10

Dimensions of globalisation- Social

Answer 10

• Migration
• Social networks
• Exchange of ideas

Question 11

What are the main 3 dimensions of globalisation?

Answer 11

• Economic
• Cultural/Social
• Political

Question 12

3 main dimensions of globalisation- Economic

Answer 12

• Increase in free trade
• Growth of TNCs
• Faster, cheaper network
• Global marketing

-Characterised by long distance flows of goods, capital and services, as well as market exchanges.

Question 13

3 main dimensions of globalisation-Cultural/Social

Answer 13

• Migration
• Global communication networks
• Impact of western culture through media, sport, leisure and celebrity.

-Characterised by spread of ideas, information and images (especially through media).

Question 14

3 main dimensions of globalisation- Political

Answer 14

• Growth of western democracies and their influence on poorer countries
• Decline of centralised (communist) economies (though communist political control is still strong in China and Russia).

-The diffusion of government policy, and development of market economies in former communist states.

Question 15

Evidence of globalisation in Wath?

Answer 15

• There is evidnent TNC’s in Manvers and Parkgate
• Restraunts like Chinese, Indian and Italian restuarants
• Different ethnicities due to the flow of people from globalisation

Question 16

How is globalisation changing interaction?

Answer 16

• Connections and movements can be forged across a global-scale distance, or space
• These connections and movements can make different places interdependent on one another for trade or other forms of support
• Places are becoming dynamic, as societies and cultures begin to mix and change as a result of connections and movements.

Question 17

Significant dates contributing to globalisation

Answer 17

• 1948-Jamaicans migrate to the UK on the Emrire Windrush. Migrants from British ex colonies like India asked to work in UK due to shortage of Indian workers due to WW2
• 1996-Broadband internet becomes availible for homes in the US and Europe and despite being only able to send small amounts of data at the start of the internet it led on to revolutionise the world
• 2011- China overtakes Japan to become the worlds second largest economy. China is the leading BRIC nation and these 4 nations are home to around 3 billion people where the middle class is growing