EQ3 Flashcards
(44 cards)
what was france’s reaction to globilisation (maintaining culture)?
French gov’t extremely supportive of French film makers and subsidises works filmed in the French language.
under local content law, 40% of tv output must be in French.
French language music heavily promoted on radio stations.
What is pluralism and an example to do with culture ?
Pluralism basically means things coexisting.
E.g. EU nations tolerate equal rights for all migrants to practise religious+cultural beliefs.
What is cultural assimilation?
The process in which minority traits disappear as immigrants adopt host values.
What is a diaspora?
people who have spread or been dispersed from their homeland.
What is the cultural continuum- from progressive acceptance to resistance to diversity ?
Hybridism/"melting point" Pluralism Citizenship testing Assimilation Internet censorship Religious intolerance Closed door to migration
What is China’s quota on films ?
34 foreign films a year.
What is the development gap ?
The social and economic disparity between the wealthy and the poor.
What is GII and its three dimensions ?
Gender Inequality Index :
1) reproductive health
2) empowerment
3) labour market participation
How is reproductive health measured in the GII?
Maternal mortality
Adolescent fertility rates
How is empowerment measured in GII?
Female membership in parliament
Participation in higher education
What’s transfer mispricing ?
trade between related parties at prices meant to manipulate markets or to deceive tax authorities.
What fact highlights the world’s inequalities ?
Richest 300 have more than poorest 3 billion people.
How does the UK limit migration ?
Since 2010 a 5 tier points system has been in place designed to limit migration .
Tier 1: prepared to invest 2£billion in U.K. or posses “exceptional talent”
Tier 2: skilled workers w specific job offer to fill gaps in UK labour force.
What does PPP stand for?
Purchasing Power Parity
What is the Gini Coefficient ?
Ratio of areas on the Lorenz Curve.
Where is a trans boundary water conflict taking place ?
Mekong delta
How are China and Laos involved with the Mekong Delta ?
China- owns half the length of Mekong. Southern part=1 of China’s poorest regions. Damming river to generate HPE would generate economic development.
Laos- v poor, 90% depends on Mekong for agriculture. Dams for HPE would reduce flow downstream.
How is Vietnam involved with the Mekong delta ?
Mekong delta=fertile area of 50,000km2 which supports 40%vietnams population. Annual floods allow large amount of rice to be grown- damming would decrease river flow in Vietnam, decreasing rice production.
How are Thailand and Cambodia involved with the Mekong basin?
Cambodia- nearly all in Mekong basin. Cambodia depends on the river for crucial annual floods for rice growing.
Thailand- would like water + electricity generated by dams for industrial development+to stem the flow of migrants to its cities.
What are the First Nations ?
6 groups of indigenous people that Canada is home to.
What’s an example of indigenous people and TNCs clashing ?
People of the Mackenzie+Yukon river basins oppose attempts of global oil companies to “switch off” their region, which is an area of boreal forest and tundra.
What indigenous people were affected by globalisation +petrol development near Norman Wells, Canada ?
The Dene residents of the Sahtu region.
First Nations people
What are the concerns about globilisation in Norman Wells?
Over 200 million barrelled extracted since 1920- Death of trout +other fish in oil polluted polluted lakes- lifestyle based on a subsistence fishing, hunting, and trapping is fundamental to Dene’s cultural identity.
Effects of alcohol+drugs brought by oil workers on Dene group.
What is the ‘great firewall of China’ ?
Widespread internet censorship:
Everything google blocked- no yt, insta, twitter, fb, drive…
More than 2mill Chinese internet police officers.
Great Cannon- new cyberweapon to intercept global websites.
Largest no. Of imprisoned journalists+hackers on the world.
