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1
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What is the role of the World Bank in free trade and capitalism?

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Makes development loans to developing countries, but within a ‘free-market’ model that promotes exports, trade, industrialisation and private businesses, which benefits large, developed-world TNCs.

2
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What is the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in free trade and capitalism?

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Promotes global economic security and stability, and assists countries to reform their economies.

3
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What is the role of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in free trade and capitalism?

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A Swiss non-profit organisation that promotes globalisation and free trade via its annual meeting at Davos.

4
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What is the role of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in free trade and capitalism?

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IGO established in 1995 that regulates global trade.

5
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What is the difference between publicly traded TNCs and state-owned TNCs?

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  • Publicly traded TNCs - shareholders

- State-owned TNCs - government

6
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Why are TNCs dominant in the global economy?

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  • Their economies of scale
  • Their bank balances
  • Their ability to open up new markets and to expand.
7
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What do the characteristics of ‘Westernisation’ include?

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  • A culture of consumerism
  • A culture of capitalism and the importance attached to attaining wealth
  • A white, Anglo-Saxon culture with English as the dominant language
  • A culture that selects parts of other world cultures and absorbs them.
8
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How does the UN Security Council strive to maintain international law?

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  • Applying sanctions to countries that are deemed to be a security risk
  • Authorising the use of military force against a country
  • Authorising a UN peacekeeping force
9
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How has the USA intervened militarily in foreign countries over the past 40 years?

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  • As part of a UN Security Council action
  • Together with allied countries as a coalition, but outside a UN remit
  • Unilaterally
10
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What does unilaterally mean?

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No support from another country

11
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How is interdependence between nations further strengthened?

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By economic alliances

12
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When was the system that is in place to help maintain global security set up?

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1945

13
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Why is global security under strain?

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Its leaders - the USA, the UK and France - are not as economically or militarily as powerful as they were.

14
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What does maintaining a large economy, a military machine with a global reach and a wealthy population require?

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Energy, mineral, land and water resources

15
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Why is urban air quality low in emerging power cities?

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Heavy reliance on fossil fuels

16
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Why might emerging countries be less willing to reduce carbon emissions and sign global agreements on environmental issues?

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Developed countries are in a better position to turn to renewable sources of energy. The emerging countries are heavily dependent on fossil fuels and are less willing to sign international agreements.