Globalisation Flashcards

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What is globalisation?

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  • A process of global integration of economies, politics, products, ideas and other aspects of culture.
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What is the time space compression?

The shrinking world effect

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  • Increased connectivity changes our perception of time, distance and potential barriers to the migration of goods, money, people and information (can happen much quicker)
  • Travel times fall due to new inventions, places feel closer together than in the past
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Explain containerisation

Maersk case study

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  • Previously, everything was packed individually, meaning many had to be employed, so the process was costly (and took lots of time)
  • In 1956, the modern shipping container was created (with standard dimensions - global design), which led to the creation of large container ships
  • Less staff, more space, which reduced time and cost

Meant travel costs for items became much cheaper which meant a larger carbon footprint, as goods were being transported more (it was easier)

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Explain some technological advancemants

Which have led to the shrinking world effect

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Fibre optics
*Allows the transfer of large amounts of data and information (through cyberspace)
Internet
* People are easily able to connect with eachother from different parts of the world
GIS&GPS
* Parcels can be tracked
* Global production networks can be managed (from another country)
* Data of locations can be easily shared via the internet

-Google
-Facebook, Skype
-Royal mail

GIS (global information systems)
GPS (global positioning systems)

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How do low cost airlines link to globalisation, e.g. what tech is used and what are pros and cons?

Easy jet case study

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Easy jet overview
* Mainly flies to European destinations
- Fibre optics are used to move data and manage finances
- GIS/GPS used to track flights and give destination details
- Internet used to order flight tickets
Benefits
* More people can go to more remote/less travelled to destinations
* Made places more connected
* Doesn’t take as long to travel
* Cheaper, so more accessible
* Sharing of culture happens
* Multiplier effect occurs (tourists spend money, more jobs are created etc)
* People can more easily make connections (e.g. with friends/family)
Cons
* More people flying means larger environmental impact
* Uncomfortable flying conditions
* Larger starin on tourist destinations (e.g. to improve services, increase spac, tourists prioritised over locals)

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What is a tariff?

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A tax imposed on imports

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What is a subsidy?

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Financial assisstanceto a bussiness by the government to make it competitive or prevent collapse
- e.g. farming subsidies under the common agricultural policy

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What is a quota?

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A limit on the quantity of a good a country allows into it

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What is protectionism?

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Policies to protect businesses and workers in a country by restricting/regulating trade with foreign nations

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What is a free-market economy?

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Based on supply and demand with little or no government control

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What is privatisation?

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Transferring ownership of a public service (etc) into private ownership for profit

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What is free-trade?

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A policy where a government does not interfere with imports or exports by applying tariffs, subsidies or quotas

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How has technology accelerated cultural globalisation?

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  • Different cultures are shared very quickly (internet access)
    -e.g. other languages via youtube - korean song Gangnam style became a globally known song
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How has technology accelerated political globalisation?

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  • NGO’s can easily spread there message online, research can be done more effectively, and donations can easily be collected
  • MGO’s have education resources online - allows information to be spread to many countries e.g. UN information for UN member countries
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How has technology accelerated social globalisation?

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  • Social networks (e.g. X, Instagram, facebook) allow people to be connected, and share thoughts/ideas, messages and information - can be done instantly and easily
    -e.g. Skype enables communication across the world, maybe for immigrants to connect with family and friends (this is more accessible and easier than travelling)
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How has technology accelerated economic globalisation?

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  • Global corporations can monitor supply chains - management of different parts of a company from around the world
  • Transfer of money between countries e.g. immigrants back to their home country - enables economic growth in the recieving country
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What are some positives of globalisation?

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  • Information and products can be spread quickly - can lead to a share of culture
  • Increased jobs which can lead to the multiplier effect
  • Multiple countries are able to connect and create change - MGO’s
  • Creates a competitive market and gives consumers options
  • Rules and regulations means workers are treated fairly
  • Fair trade for small scale/individual farmers
  • Migrants can bring cultural change and religious diversity
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What are some negatives of globalisation?

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  • People can be misinformed via information online (fake news), extremist views can be spread, or governments may find info threatening
  • TNC’s mainly care about profit - employees may be exploited, and development of a country may not improve
  • Increased inequality - wealth not evenly shared
  • Local businesses don’t have the recognition/low prices TNC’s do - get less customers and earn less money
  • Economies can become too dependent on funding from companies- when the companies stop, they can collapse
  • Imports of raw materials/commodities can threaten a nations own industries
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What are SAP’s?

Structural adjustment programmes

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  • Policies for developing countries promoted by the World bank and IMF by the provision of loans, conditional on the adoption of policies (free-trade)
    -conditions include , removing restrictions on capital, reducing the role of the government and government spending
  • SAP’s impact the social sector and have slowed improvements/worsened health status of people in that country
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How did SAP’s lead to water supply issues in Bolivia?

Water privatisation in Bolivia Case study

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  • Bolivia was recieving loans and debt relief from the IMF and World bank
  • After privatising many other public sectors (e.g. railroads and and electric company), The World bank pressured Bolivia to privatise its water systems
  • There were threats to withdraw debt reilief if this didn’t happen ($600million USD)
  • This meant raised water prices (for profit) which many couldn’t afford
  • Augus del Tunari eventaully withdrew (after buying), asking for $25 million in compensation - water is back in the public’s hands
  • Without new investment, the water system hasn’t improved, or expanded
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What does the world trade do and what are its pros and cons?

World Trade Organisation

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  • Intends to supervise and liberalise trade to create a free global economy
    *Gets countries to remove tariffs, and subsidies so trade is free
  • For a country to recieve international loans, they must agree to the WTO’s rules

PROS
-reduce tariffs which can help developing countries
-food can only be traded if it meets sanitary regulations
CONS
-encourages poor countries to specialise (they should diversify)
-exposes homegrown products to foreign competition

e.g. Italian tomatoes bought in Ghana

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What are the positives and negatives of a developing country recieving a loan?

From the IMF, world bank

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Positives
-Country is able to invest money and develop its economy
Negatives
-Free market must be run
-Funding for social sectors may be reduced to pay back the loan (e.g. education)

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What are the positives and negatives of a developing country recieving debt relief?

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Positives
-Country can now fouc funding/money on other issues (e.g. sanitation), instead of using the money to pay back debt
Negatives
-Country now has to run a free-market economy
-It can now become cheaper to import goods rather than make them, so some could lose their jobs
-It can force the privatisation of companies

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What does the IMF do and what are its pros and cons?

International Monetary Fund

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  • Loans from rich to poor countries - recipients must agree to run free market economies open to outside investment (attracts TNC’s)
  • Formed to stabilise currincies and aid countries in debt

PROS
-0% interest rates to LIC’s
-able to lend $1trillion
CONS
-Countries with more voting rights can decide how deals are made (more money invested, more powerful voting right - USA has 17% of this)
-Strict financial conditions for borring countries e.g. cutbacks on healthcare, education and sanitation

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What does the world bank aim to do?
* Aims to eliminate poverty and implement sustainable development (millenium development goals) * Similar to the IMF (pros and cons), and also has structural adjustments (conditions on loans and grants) on development loans that cause a change in the government * Proportional voting system (USA has the largest vote)
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What is Neoliberalism?
A political philosophy of free markets/trade, privatisation and increasing the role of bussiness in society (and decreasing the influence of the government) -It's thought by making trade easier, there will be more of it - wealth and reduction of poverty -Belief that government intervention impedes economic development
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What is a disparity?
A difference in level or treatment - condition of being unequal.
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What are MEDC's, NIC's, LEDC, LDC, RIC?
-More economically developed country -Newly industrialised country -Less economically developed country -Least developed countries -Recently industrializing countries
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What is FDI? | Foreign direct investment
Made by a company/individual in one country with business interests in another country, by establishing business operations/acquiring assets
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What is offshoring?
Building new production facilities overseas in low wage economies | e.g. Nike in Indonesia
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What is a foreign merger?
Two firms in different countries join to create one establishment | e.g. Shell headquarters in the Uk and the Netherlands
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What are foreign acquisitions?
A TNC takes over a company in another country | e.g. Kraft in the US took over UK's Cadbury
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What is transfer pricing?
Profits are channelled through a subsidiary company in a low-tax country | e.g. Apple through Ireland - not the HQ ## Footnote Subsidiary = a company which belongs to another (parent) company
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What was the impact of the global financial crisis? | (2008-2009)
* Originated in the US/EU money markets, and this undermined the world economy - NINJA loans (no income, no job) meant many banks lost lots of money and had to be 'bailed out' * Governments in developing countries became more skeptical about financial advice from Bretton Woods institutions - new alternatives emerging e.g. BRICS | Bretton Woods institutions - IMF, World Bank
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What is a trade bloc? | Give some examples
Groups of countries in specific regions that manage and promote trade activities. -EU, European free trade area (EFTA), Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN), Common market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
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What are some things the EU does? ## Footnote Name the founding countries and some other member countries
* Member states can get structural funds to help develop economies * EU countries have political unity and economic interdependence - shared currency * Promote peace and the well-being of it's citizens - make things better, easier and safer for people * Offer freedom, security and justice without internal borders (free movement/single market) * Development - balanced economic growth, price stablity, competitive market, employment ## Footnote Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Luxemborg (have the strongest voices). Ireland, Sweden, Portugal
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What are some things OPEC does? | Organisation of the petroleum exporting countries
* Monitors the stability and prices of the petroleum market * Produce 40% of the worlds oil * Have over 80% of the proven reserves (underground) * Renewable energy industries needs oil prices to stay high for people to want to invest
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What is the G-8?
* UK, USA, Canada, Russia, Japan, Germany, Italy and France are all member countries * Started off as the world's strongest economies
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What is the OECD? | Organization for economic co-operation and development
* Promotes free-markets * Meets to discuss and create economic and social policy * Influence policies that promote equality, oppurtunity, prosperity and well-being for all
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Why do countries group together to make trade blocs?
* To bring economic strength and security to nations * Encourage free trade - ensures it is more expenisve to import goods, so customers will prefer to purchase trade bloc goods instead
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What are the advantages of trade blocs?
* Allows markets to grow * Smaller national firms within a trade bloc can merge to form TNC's - this is more cost effective * Promotes internal trade as there is free trade within blocs * Larger market increases demand raising the volume of production and lowering manufacturing costs - sold more cheaply and sales rise even further * Jobs created
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What are the disadvantages of trade blocs?
* Regionalism - regional rather than central systems of administration * Loss of sovereignity - reduction of a states/countries power to govern itself, often due to external pressures/influences * Interdependency - one place increasingly has impacts on other places * Concessions - preferential allowance or rate * Inefficiencies protected - no competition
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What are some things ASEAN does? | Association of Southeast Asian nations ## Footnote What are some founding members and other members?
* Promotes peace and economic/political stability - members pledged to have no nuclear weapons * Worked to eliminate tariffs - for free trade * Moving towards a single market ## Footnote Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Phillipines (higher income/founders are more likely to have the strongest voices). Laos, Vietnam
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How do trade blocs affect each other?
* Countries outside of Trade blocs can become interdependent on each other -For example, Indonesia banned Nickel ore exports which affected the EU (makes stainless steel and batteries more expensive) -Dyson moved many factories and tech to malaysia (the EU offshores and outsources to ASEAN) - the EU is seeking a free trade agreement with Indonesia | More on Dyson case study card
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What are some differences between NAFTA and the USMCA? | North American free trade agreement, US Mexico Canada agreement
NAFTA * Required 62.5% of a car to be manufactured in NA to reduce tariffs -Some claimed this made US citizens lose jobs (more things produced in Mexico due to cheaper labour) -Actually, it encouraged foreign companies to set up factories in NA due to no taxes USMCA * Required 75% of the car to be manufactured in NA -Meant fewer cars were sold and increased the price
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How has Mexico become increasingly important in supply chains?
* Increased American sanctions on China and tariffs on Chinese goods, rising wages in China, increased freight costs, pandemic induced border closures * Consumers demands have also caused firms to consider shortening their supply chains * Mexico has many free trade deals with the US and has a long land border with it - manufacturing wages are also cheaper here than in China * Many firms looking at moving out of China into Mexico e.g. Panasonic that opened a plant here in 2018 | Freight - goods transported in bulk
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What policies were used by the UK to globalise?
* Embraced neoliberalism * Embraced privitisation -until the 1980's some services were run by the state e.g. railways and energy supplies (this was expensive) - sold to private investors to reduce government spending * Encouraging business start ups - low business taxes (law changes = more profit for local and foreign businesses), sunday trading
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What policies were used by China to globalise?
* Foreign TNC's are now allowed to invest in some sectors of China's domestic markets * Control on population growth (no. children) in the beginning of China's development * Agreed to export more 'rare earth' minerals * Instant cities - rural to urban migration (to find better jobs) * Special economic zones * Low-wage factories meant large TNC's wanted to establish branch plants/trade relationships with Chinese owned factories
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What is the KOF index?
* An international measure of how much individuals are globalised * Introduced in 2002 it measures the 3 main dimensions of globalisation - economic, social and political
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Describe the spread of globalisation
* (1975) Mainly spread across western countries -key countries: USA, Canada, Western Europe -Least globalisd countries: Russia, Africa and Asia * (1995) Has started to spread more evenly across Asia, and ex-soviet countries have globalised rapidly * (2015) South America has had the smallest increase in globalisation, and some parts of Asia and Central Africa remain the least globalised
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How does the KOF index measure the different components of globalisation? | Economic, Political, Social
* Economic - actual flows of trade, FDI, and restrictions applying to flows * Political - no. embassies and high comissions in a country, no. international organisations the country is a member of * Social - spread of ideas, information, images and people
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What are some advantages of the KOF index?
* Available for many countries * Calculated on the basis of 24 variables (takes into account many factors) * Easy to compare between countries * Data has been taken for many years, so trends can be found * Uses a weighting system that balances different types of globalisation)
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What are some disadvantages of the KOF index?
* Results can be driven by extreme outlying results, or missing data * Cultural globalisation is mainly the domination of US cultural products * Some measures are outdated: international letters per capita, trade in newspapers and books * Trade (and related), foreign populations, the true number of internet users can be hard to measure * Biased - smaller countries are over represented at the top * Informal economies and illegal migrants are not counted * Other things that can change the results, some countries: are small and don't have embassies, choose to stay neutral and don't join international organisations, have a large no. domestic tourists (big countries)
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What is the A.T.Kearney index and how is it calculated?
* Used to measure globalisation by taking into consideration 4 key factors -Economic intergration: Trade, FDI -Personal contact: Telephone traffic, travel, remittances, personal transfer -Technological connectivity: Internet users, internet hosts, secure servers -Political engagement: International organisations, UN peacekeeping, treaties, government transfers * The lowest value is given a 0, the highest a 1, relative values given inbetween - FDI, internet and telephone traffic weighted double
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What are the advantages of the A.T.Kearney index?
* Covers 96% of the worlds GDP * Covers 84% of the worlds population * Allows for comparison between countries and over time
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What are the disadvantages of the A.T.Kearney index?
* Only 64 countries included * Who decides which factors are more/less important * How do you measure cultural trends * Smaller countries usually take the top places - higher proportion/importance of FDI
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What is a detached place?
A place that isn'tas globalised as other places e.g. North Korea
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What is a TNC?
* A company that operates in more than one country - may have grown by buying up foreign firms in mergers and acquisitions
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Why are TNC's global?
* Less laws/regulation on working conditions in other countries * Cheaper labour, so cheaper production costs * Closer to the raw material/components of a product * To be closer to seperate markets * To operate inside trade barriers * Some countries offer lower tax rates for FDI
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Where do TNC's belong to and why do they grow?
* Where most of ther assets and senior staff are * Nationality of board of directors/other decision makers * Legal nationality of parent company * The nation used for diplomatic protection and support * Motive e.g. profit * Means e.g. free flow of capital * Mobility e.g. faster and cheaper transport
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What are some positive and negative impacts TNC's have on social globalisation?
Positives * FDI increases the productivity of the labour force in developing economies (multiplier effect) -higher wages and rising living standards Negatives * Concentration of FDI in favoured regions - e.g. eastern over western China -can increase regional inequalities * Outsourcing and offshoring can lead to unemployment in developed economies -higher social security spending
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What are some positive and negative impacts TNC's have on cultural globalisation?
Positives * World becoming Disneyfied -influences on urban planning (resort tourism with everything on site, themed fast food outlets) -media influence -e.g. French government paid 2 billion USD towards Eurodisneys construction (providing 30,000 jobs) Negatives * Can remove the culture of a country and make places more similar (Americanisation) - affects language, food, general culture
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What are some positive and negative impacts TNC's have on economic globalisation?
Positives * Parent companies can transfer technologies to their branch plants - help accelerate economic development in emerging economies * FDI can contribute to economic growth and provide jobs (multiplier effect) Negatives * Pay in the lowest tax bracket they can -reducing amount of money that goes to the countries government and increasing profit
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What are some positive and negative impacts TNC's have on environmental globalisation?
Positives * International brands set high environmental standards - bring good practice into countries they invest in -e.g. Unilever sustainable living plan in 2010 Negatives * They can export the negative extra's of their activities to less developed countries where they operate -e.g. more manufacturing outside of the EU to avoid carbon taxes, dumping waste in LEDC's
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How have TNC's affected the environment in lower income countries? | Apple case study
* Apple gets its Tin from suppliers sourcing it from unregulated and illegal mines - makes it cheaper (no machinery costs) * There is always a high demand for tin, so provides many jobs * Sourcing it spoils fresh water supplies, kills coral reefs, damages mangroves and local communities
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What is glocalisation?
* The process of adapting global products or services to local markets -Recognises that different markets and cultures have different preferences and needs -e.g. Spiderman India - shows in a local setting (Marvel leased the character to an Indian firm) * Things that influence glocalisation include: peoples tastes, religion and culture, laws, local interest, raw materials
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What is the global shift?
* The global relocation of industries since the 1960's * The movement of economic activity from MEDC's to LEDC's - from the west to Asia and South America * The shift comes with unethical practices - e.g. dangerous working conditions, child labour and a large gender pay gap * Polluting industries move to countries with fewer environmental rules and regulations harming the environment (and vice versa)
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What is a nation state?
A sovereign state of which most citizens are united by factors which define a region e.g. language | Sovereign=ruler/possessing power
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What is a global village?
The world considered as a single community
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What is economic migration?
Someone who emigrates to seek an improved standard of living
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How has the UK controlled globalisation?
* It is controlled by the government -e.g. not all parts of the government are privatised * The UK has left the EU so does not recieve the benefits of being part of this trade bloc anymore
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How has China controlled globalisation?
* Social media (e.g. Facebook, Google) have little/no access to China's markets - instead have their own versions * Government has a strict quota of 34 foreign films to be screened in cinemas each year * Strict controls on foreign TNC's in some sectors - government blocked Coca-cola's taking over of Huiyan juice in 2008 | China generally has a closed door apporach to global flows
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Why is North Korea detached and not globalised like other parts of the world?
* Totalitarian/communist government * Fear/hatred of the outside world, especially the west and the USA * No internet or phone access from the west -DEFENCE: Has a large army (24 million), and there is military training in schools, 15/20 nuclear missiles, Re-education camps
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What is an acquisition?
A transaction in which one party buys some or all of a company's shares potentially leading to a merger with the parent company
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What do TNC's do?
* Link together groups of countries through the production of goods * Forge connections between people in different countries by shaping common patterns of consumption * Much of the manufacturing is subcontracted to third parties - means it is hard to regulate working conditions
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What are some benefits ofr TNC's expanding operations globally?
* Can find the lowest cost loaction e.g. can escape trade tariffs * Can reach foreign markets more effectively * Could exploit natural resources from foreign countries more easily * Primary sectors: move closer to that part of the operation * Secondary: Move towards cheaper labour e.g. in developing countries * Tertiary: Move towards cheap/skilled labour (language is a factor)
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How else does Apple increase profits by reducing spending?
* All profits from Apple's European sales were recorded in Ireland because of their low tax rates -Profits in Europe didn't have to go through US headquarters where tax rate is more than 30% -The EU raised this so Apple had to pay back (11bil) the billions it had made by paying less tax * Apple outsources its manufacturing production to China ## Footnote Apple has over 492 stores across 19 countries (most no. shops in NA)
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How does McDonalds influence a global culture?
* McDonalds has successfully adapted to local markets -e.g. Pork is removed in Muslim countries (and food is made halal), and beef in Hindu countries (India), food is made kosher in Jewish countries, changing of language * The big mac index is based on PPP * Found in 120 countries ## Footnote First restaurant in 1955 (1974 in UK), 30000 restaurants in 120 countries, revenue mostly comes from the west
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What is Americanisation?
The influence of the american culture on countries outside of the US e.g. cuisine (McDonaldiastion)
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What are the benefits of using local suppliers?
* Shorter distances, so less money used for transport * Avoids import tax * Local sourcing is good pr * Better for the environment * Perishable goods can be used
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What are some factors that have facilitated the global shift?
* Containerisation * Information and communications revolution * Cheaper labour in LEDC's, so cheaper costs and more profit
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What are some positives and negatives of the global shift?
Positives * Cheaper goods for MEDC's, and keeps the cost of living down * Gives exposure to new technologies in LEDC's * Leads to employment growth and multiplier effect Negatives * Can lead to exploitation * Job losses for unskilled workers which are often concentrated in certain areas - creates a gap with skilled workers
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What are fiscal policies?
The use of government spending and tax policies to influence economic conditions
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How does outsourcing to India benefit India?
* Reduction in poverty -Infrastructure investment develops cities/helps impoverished communities -Jobs are created, raising household income and reducing poverty - multiplier effect * Increase in urban incomes -As education levels rise, wages rise - technology workers earn around $10 a day * Better education and training -Well educated in the English language - requirment to get a job in services for other English speaking countries -Investment in Indian institutes of technology produced many IT literate workers * Invetsment in infrastructure -Broadband access is high in tech hub cities e.g. Bangalore -Can help the country develop their power, transport and data communications systems
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What are the costs of moving manufacturing to China for China?
* Pollution and health problems -Realiance on coal fired power stations, home fires and vehicle exhaust emissions -Cancer clusters in industrial areas (with heavy pollution) * Loss of productive farmland -Lost 20% due to soil erosion, flooding by resevoirs, new roads, industry and urban development * An increase in unplanned settlements -Before, internal migration was controlled (hukou), demand for workers meant more annual urban hukous were issued - this seperates the settled from the migrant population (migrant workers lived in cramped hostels/squatter settlements on city edges) * Land degredation ->40% of China's soil is degraded from overuse/grazing, erosion, excess water (when dams overflow), pollution * Over exploitation of resources/resource pressure -Has many natural resources, but still imports many -Largest HEP potential - this would damage ecosystems * Loss of biodiversity -Forests have been cleared on the slopes of the Yangtzee river valley to replace farmland drowned by the three gorges dam | hukou=registration system
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What are the costs of outsourcing to India for India?
* Loss of productive farmland -Overuse of pesticides/fertilisers during the green revolution -Many lose their jobs (40% of workforce is in agriculture) * An increase in unplanned settlements -More rural to urban migration for jobs from FDI, but not enough housing to accomodate to this - leads to squatter settlements and slums (e.g. Dhavari >1mil) * Pollution and health problems -42/50 worlds most polluted cities arein India e.g. Delhi -Increases risk for heart disease, diabetes and respiratory disease * Land degredation -Due to land and water mismanagement, agricultural and livestock pressure (over cultivation/grazing), urbanisation, deforestation, and extreme weather events (e.g. coastal surges -salinates land) * Loss of biodiversity -Due to deforestation (settlement, mining, agriculture) -Pollution/climate crisis led to loss of land (and therfore biodiversity) -Lost 90% of the area under it's 4 biodiversity hotspots * Over exploitation of resources/resource pressure -3x more resources are extracted than the global ave. -Over harvesting of fish and timber
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Why does India attract FDI?
* Most of the population speaks English (attracts customer service etc) * Highly skilled labour forcewith good technical universities (attracts IT and software services) * Much lower labour costs
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What are the benefits of moving manufacturing to China for Chine?
* Investment in infrastructure -Infrastructure expansion e.g. Three gorges HEP dam, high speed rail link -Shenzhen-Shanghai-Beijing * Reduction in poverty -As more unskilled/labour workers are needed, more rural to urban migration to work jobs with better wages - waged work lifted 680mil out of poverty since 1980 * Increase in urban incomes -Wage rates rising (low wage manufacturing moving to Vietnam and Bangladesh) * Better education and training -Education is free and complusory for 5-15 year olds -Literacy rate risen from 20% (1950's) to 84% (2015) -7 million uni graduates in 2014 (15x higher than 2000)
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What is cumulative causation?
* A model which explains why economic wealth and GDP becomes concentrated in certain regions -Areas which attract TNC's and FDI develop and then attract even more * An area is well connected - so attracts FDI - there is a higher demand for goods, services and infrastructure - country becomes wealthier
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How has the global shift impacted developed economies? | Redcar (Teeside) - steel in the UK case study
* Majority of people that live in industrial towns work in that industry * When they are shut down, many lose their jobs and can't find new ones - skills aren't very transferrable * The government needs to pay the wages of the people that no longer work Positives: -Towns are much cleaner, and derelict areas (where factories were) can be turned into new housing
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How does globalisation affect developing countries? | Waste in the Ivory coast case study
* Large TNC's cut costs at the expense of LEDC's - disposal of the chemical waste wasn't costly, but the large TNC didn't pay * European TNC sent waste to be treated in the Ivory Coast - "there are no facilities capable of handling this" * Local companies were given the waste and illegally dumped it * Dumping near a local community caused foul smells, nausea, headaches, skin sores and nose bleeds
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What were the impacts on the country of origin from the global shift? | Dyson case study
* All Dyson vacuums were made in a factory in the Uk until production moved to Malaysia in 2002 * 800 semi-skilled workers lost their jobs * Justification: offshoring meant more profit (lower costs), so more investment in R&D - more Uk jobs long term -4500 Uk workers in 2018 (much larger than before moving abroad) -300 new jobs created from expansion (not possible if production was still in the UK) | R&D = research and development
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What are the positive and negative social impacts of the global shift on developed economies?
Positives: -Much cheaper products/services - the products cost less to make and services are cheaper to run Negatives -Many factory workers jobs lost -Rising crime in low income neighbourhoods - e.g. gun crime in US urban districts -Drug related crime is the basis of an informal economy in some poor neighbourhoods - 'switched off' to global flows, 'switched on' to illegal flows
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What are the positive and negative social impacts of the global shift on developing economies?
Positive -Education has improved - more unis, Asian countries have a leading role in the quaternary sector -Reduction in absolute poverty -Infrastructure development has brought motor-ways, airports etc Negative -Extreme high rise development - loss of recreational spaces, older neighbourhoods - leads to housing inequality and unplanned settlements (e.g. Mumbai Dharavi slum home to millions)
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What are the positive and negative economic impacts of the global shift on developed economies?
Positives -Depopulation in inner cities -TNC's that invest in the LEDC's earn money for the country where HQ is -Lower production costs can mean more investment in the tertiary/quaternary sector of the company - e.g. Dyson Negatives -Deindustrialisation, unemployment, and spiral of decline -Towns/cities dependent on one industry have much less money - become dependent on the government for paying wages
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What are the positive and negative economic impacts of the global shift on developing economies?
Positives -Economic growth and multiplier effect leading to cumulative causation (boosted by technology transfer) -Increased employment and incomes in urban areas and secondary industry/sector -Reduction in absolute poverty Negatives -Inequality increases between poor rural areas and richer urban areas -TNC's moving out of an area can cause instability there
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What are the positive and negative environmental impacts of the global shift on developed economies?
Positives -Less factories means less pollution - better air quality *Less exploitation of resources Negatives -Derelict land including unproductive land, visual pollution and contaminated waste/land -Crime - small acts of vandalism are tolerated, and then more serious problems are common
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What is deindustrialisation?
The loss of industry (especially secondary sectors) - leads to long term unemployment (structural unemployment) and general decline
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What are the positive and negative environmental impacts of the global shift on developing economies?
Positive -More infrastructure to improve environmental quality (especially as the country gains more money) Negatives -Urbanisation/industrialisation leads to a destruction of habitats (loss of biodiversity and ecosystems) -Increased pollution/reduced air quality due to industrialisation and traffic congestion etc. -Overexploitation of resources -Dumping of industrial waste -Productive cropland lost
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What were the economic, environmental and social impacts of deindustrialisation on Leicester?
* Economic -Many workers paid under minimum wage to compete with low prices and still get business (done sneakily) * Environmental -Previous industrial land left abandoned/derelict -Lots was contaminated from previous dumping of chemical/industrial waste * Social -Populations in UK inner cities declined in the 70s/80s -Many areas became run down and housing was cheap - people on low incomes/unemployment benefits moved here - often contains large ethnic populations, and crime reputations (changed - gentrification) -Areas of deprivation often coincide with previous indutrial areas
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What is a megacity?
A city/metropolitan area with a population of more than 10 million people
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What is centripetal migration?
The movement of people towards the urban centre
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What is the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker?
A refugee is someone who has left their country due to fear of persecution or risk of personal safety. An asylum seeker is someone that hasn't yet been granted refugee status.
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Describe Lee's model of migration
The decision to migrate is based on a balance of positive and negative push and pull factors, if the positive pull factors are strong enough, someone may choose to overcome the intervening obstacles ## Footnote Obstacles include: Language barriers, cultural differences, travel costs, personal safety, host country government policies, political borders, physical features
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What are some pull factors for moving into an area?
* Range of employment (TNC's) so better jobs (e.g. better paid/better oppurtunities) * More access to services/better ones, so better quality of life * Safer * Less risk of natural hazards * More tertiary sectors e.g. for leisure
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What are some push factors for moving out of an area?
* Instability e.g. government, war, food/resources * Isolation * Lack of services e.g. education, healthcare * Fast population growth -Leads to underemployment and depressed wages * Degredation of farmland * Pollution
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What is significant about Mumbai, and where is it located? | Mumbai megacity case study
* Largest city in India, 4th largest in the world * Western coast of India - Arabian sea * A history of fishing * It was the headquarters of the British East India company
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How do megacities increase in size?
* Large flow of rural to urban migration into megacities * International migration * High natural increase * Inter-urban migration (small city to megacity) -Smaller flow of rural to urban migration into small cities
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What is significant about Lagos and where is it located? | Lagos megacity case study
* By 2050 it will be one of the top 5 largest cities in the world -From 1960-1999, population increased from 1.5 to 11.4 million * The city is in an area of lagoons, so is a natural harbour
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What are some problems a megacity face?
* More people ininformal jobs means government loses out on tax * Lots of demand for housing increases its prices -More informal settlements * Management of waste can be difficult, and cause contamination of land/water and health problems * Lack of green space, loss of productive land, deforestation * HIgh population densities means disease can be spread faster, and there aren't enough services to manage it quickly * More people in poverty leads to higher crime rates * Strain on services and housing
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What is sustainable development?
A form of development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
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What makes a global hub develop?
* Natural resources (physical factors aid growth of industry and startegic location encourages investment) -Oil, coastline (ideal for trade) * Human resources -Large labour force (skilled labour), the languages spoken - attracts service providers * Government policy open to investment * Flows of internal/international migrants, capital and TNC investment into the global hub
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What are the impacts on the host countries from global shift? | Dyson case study
* Produced many jobs for people in Malaysia and Singapore (12,000 work in production in Malaysia) * Postive for the Malaysian economy by the creation of high skilled and well paid jobs * New digital motors plant in Singapore
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What are global hubs?
* Places that are 'switched on'/world cities * Make other places want to connect with them - possess a particular attribute to do this -e.g. host major TNC's, diverse culture as there are flows of people, finance, trade, and ideas
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What was the attraction of the host countries? | Dyson case study
* In Malaysia, wages are lower, but labour is more skilled than other countries * Well positioned to other markets - e.g. Asia's fast growing middle class, and those concerned about pollution - and where other parts are manufactured * 90% of products are sold outside of the UK * Singapore has access to high-growth markets, extensive supply chain, and highly skilled workforce * Danger of copycat manufacturing in China
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Give me information about Dyson, and its growth. | Dyson case study
* James Dyson invented the first cyclonic bagless vacuum * In 2018, revenue was £4.4bil and profit was£1.1bil * Global employees - 4500 in the UK * Headquarters moved to Singapore in 2021 - from Malmsebury in the UK
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What makes Mumbai attractive to migrants? | Mumbai case study (Why is migration increasing?)
* Finance -Commercial capital of India -Attracted a cluster of financial institutions -Attracts headquarters of Indian companies, and TNC's (brings lots of new, higher paying jobs) * Government -Centre of gov for Maharastra state -State and central gov employees make up a large % of cities workforce * Manufacturing -Focused on textiles (no longer profitable, so many jobs were lost) * Transport -Many workers at the port (40% of Indias foreign trade) ## Footnote - A magnet for employees (better public services, because they are easier to fund in more densely populated areas - increase productivity and incomes) - Creative people are attracted (more funding) - More education oppurtunities
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Why is population growth increasing in Mumbai? | Mumbai case study
* Driven by fast rural to urban migration -Leads to underemployment and scarcity of goods * High natural increase -Migrants are child bearing age * The bigger the percieved contrast between rural and urban life, the higher the growth * Improved transport and communication decreases obstacles
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What is underemployment?
* They want to work more hours than they currently work * They are working in a job that requires lower skills than they have
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What makes Lagos attractive to migrants? | Lagos case study (Why is migration increasing?)
* Availability of jobs, and higher wages * To join family members * Better services - improved healthcare, more education oppurtunities * Perception of less overcrowded housing - few shanty towns, new governmental housing, mostly formal -Some slum clearance (CBD parts redeveloped) -Most slums aren't new and on the edge of the city -Elite housing in centre and on fringe * Retail, commerce and offices concentrated in the CBD - most industry is dispersed
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What are some push factors from rural areas into the city? | Lagos case study (Why is migration increasing?)
* Mechanisation of farming * Greater use of land to grow cash crops for export * Environmental hazards * Lack of rural investment * International migration (refugees from wars in nearby countries) * Oil production in Ogoniland
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Why is population growth increasing in Lagos? | Lagos case study
* High birth rates -Contraception not widely available/little education on them -Polygamy -Children provide security for parents -Children from in-migrants, response to high infant mortality rates * Lower death rate -Fewer childbirth deaths -Medical improvements -Increased calories (less malnutrition) -Less old people
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What are some problems of urban growth in Lagos? | Lagos case study
* Needs 10,000 new homes per year * Very high crime rate * Unemployment increasing - job competition due to new migrants, so job security falling * Informal sector growing * Lots of traffic and pollution * Demand for health facilities growing * Women seen as less than men - easier to expolit
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What are some problems of urban growth in Mumbai? | Mumbai case study
* Loss/degredation of farmland * Pollution * Land grabs and conflict
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What are international elite migrants?
* Wealthy migrants that arewelcomed into a country because of the investment and capital that they bring * HIghly skilled migrants -e.g. Skilled and affluent Americans, Russian oligarchs
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What are poor global migrants?
* Less skilled workers, often moving to new regions to find work * Not welcomed the same way elites are * Often take great risks (e.g. vessels are unsafe), and can be exploited by 'people traffickers' | e.g. Africa to Mediterranean, Mexico to USA
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What are some examples of large populations of 'poor global migrants' in other countries?
* Indian workers in the UAE -Make up 30% of the total population -$15billion to India in remittances -Transport, construction and manufacturing -1/5 professional workers in services * Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia -1.5 million migrants since 1973 when rising oil prices brought enormous wealth to the country -$7 billion dollars back in remittances -Construction, transport, doctrs and nurses -Reports of ill-treatment
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What ways does a city become sustainable?
* Taxes are collected and invested into the city * Resources are provided for the population * Resource provision minimises environmental damage and pollution * The populations social needs are met * As the population is healthy and educated, further economic growth occurs | Good urabn governance
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What does economic sustainablity involve?
* Water pollution, untreated sewage, air pollution -These create problems for city planners
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What does social sustainability involve?
* Provision of adequate housing and services can be a challenge in developing countries * In developed countries, there are challenges to regulate the housing market to make affordable housing available for low-income groups -It can be hard to achieve unless urban employment needs are met
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What are the dangers of migration? | Morecambe bay case study
* Human trafficking - even if the person dies, the traffickers are still expected to be paid * The danger are often not understood by non-English speakers
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What happened at Morecambe bay in 2004?
* 23 Chinese migrants drowned here * They were working at night harvesting cockles, and were cut off by rising tides * Most died of hypothermia
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What are other examples like Morecambe bay?
* In Liverpool, there were 60 workers living in an 11 room house * 58 Chinese people suffocated while being muggled in the back of a lorry going to Dover
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What is interdependence?
* Countries depending on eachother -Interdependence for goods, economic * Social and political interdependence has increased due to migration
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What are some examples of interdependence?
* Migrants with jobs in higher paying countries send remittances back to their home country - improves economy of home country * Developed countries can also be dependent on low skill/wage workers * Companies can rely on goods for developing countries - e.g. Starbucks and coffee beans * Large diasporas in one country can strengthen that countries relationship with the home country
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What are the benefits of migrants moving into a host region?
* Fill skills shortages - e.g. labour * Earnings get taxed * May pay rent, benefiting landlords * May establish new businesses and employ others - can lead to spread of culture
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What are the benefits of migration on the source country?
* Remittances can contribute to national earnings * Less public spending for unemployed people * Migrants may return bringing new skills, or wealth * Some government spening cuts (e.g. education) are transferred to the host region
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What are the costs of migration on the host country?
* Social tensions rise - the lack of affordable housing etc can be blamed on migrants * Political parties can change their policies to address concerns of migration * Local shortages of primary school places - natural increase among youthful immigrants
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What are the costs of migration on the source country?
* Economic loss of people schooled at the governments expense - e.g. doctors (braindrain) * Reduced economic growth as consumption falls * Increase in proportion of aged dependents * Closure of university courses due to lack of students * Closure of services for young adults, and deriliction to urban built environments
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What different aspects are there of culture?
* Language - national languages with local dialects/languages of different indigenous ethnic groups * Religion * Clothing - reflect climate and religious teachings * Food - reflect crops, herbs and animals available locally * Traditions - behaviours and manners passed down generations * Values
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What is cultural diffusion?
* Spread of the beliefs and social activites of one culture to different ethnicities, religions, and nationalities
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How can culture spread?
* As a result of globalisation * Tourism and migration * Through social media * Through movies e.g. Disney * The easy spread of goods from all over the world - Amazon
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What can cultural diffusion lead to?
* The spread of western culture, leading to the degredation of other cultures -This can have impacts on both people and the environment * Has led to the awareness of oppurtunities for disadvantaged groups | e.g. changing diets in Asia, Paralympic movement in China
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What is westernisation?
* The influence of the USA and western Europe * Americanisaiton is similar * Mcdonaldisation is the spread of western culture through food (fast food) * It can impact language, eating habits, clothes, and how we view governance
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What is cultural imperialism?
* A policy of extending a countries power and influence through colonisation, use of military force, or other means
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What is soft power?
* The global influence a country derives from its culture, political values, and diplomacy
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Who is Robert Murdoch and how much influence can he have?
* Very rich man that owns many powerful and influential companies * He owns news outlets, so he may be able to change the narrative of the news, to influence people to feel a certain way -e.g. Fox news has a very republican view point * He also has influence over TV networks, where his ideas be incorporated in shows
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How can tourism spread culture? | Cuba case study
* Cuba was isolated for 50 years due to being supported by the USSR * When this ended, Cuba began accepting some foreign capital (mainly from tourism) * 2008 free enterprise businesses allowed again * Food, music and architecture are changing * Beach resorts have changed the coastline, and coral reefs are threatened * Cap on remittances from the US has been lifted * Tourists, and TV bring culture with
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How can cultural diffusion help bring oppurtunities for disadvantaged groups? | China paralympics
* Global media helped turn the paralympic games into a huge event - celebration of athletes with disabilities * China 2008 paralympics changed oppurtunities for disabled people, and brought awareness - increased facilities for disabled people
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How has cultural diffusion impacted some of the last isolated group on earth? | Indigenous people of Amazonia and Papua new guinea
* Some of the worlds last isolated groups - have lived in the same place for thousands of years * Becoming aware of western culture * Clothing has changed (westernised) * More young Amazonians are moving to urban areas * Ecosystem is no longer being valued as much * Social goals are becoming more important, and they want, income, education, and health improvements * Papua new Guinea's tree kangaroo is under threat * Peru's Jaguars are endangered because of hunting to eat or sell
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How does the change in diets in Asia impact the environment? | Mainly China
* Rise in methane emissions from livestock farming * Crops imported from across the world * China needs more food, so cheap land is bought in other countries * Traditional foods also have an impact e.g. Shark fin soup in China shows social prestige
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How are Asian diets changing? | Mainly Chinese
* Changing from a healthy mix of vegetables and meat, to much more meat and processed foods -In the 90s, in China, meat consumption increased from 5 to 50kg per capita -China is one of the countries that makes the most amount of processed foods in the world
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How does the change in Asain diets impact health? | Mainly in China
* More meat menas more saturated fats, so there is a higher risk of things such as heart disease * More processed foods can lead to an increase in obesity -People are getting less nutrients as they eat more of this
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What is the stop-oil movement, and how have the protseted?
* Wants the UK to stop approving new fossil fuel projects - major cause of climate change * Protests -Have shut down major roads such as the M25 and Dartford crossing -Targeted sproting events (wimbledon, world snooker champ) -Cultural events (Les mis, BBC proms) * Hundreds of supporters have been arrested * They are successful, because they favour non-violent actions and social disruption
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What is democracy?
* The belief that a developed society is one where everyone has the right to vote
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What is individualism?
* The belief that individuals should have the right to pursue their own actions and dreams
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What is economic freedom?
* The belief that markets should be free, and the people should be at liberty to make money how they choose
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What is consumerism?
* The belief that wealth, and the ability to buy goods and services, leads to happiness
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What is cultural imperialism - simple def?
* A major power imposes ideas or values on less powerful nations
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What is an example of when anti-americanism grew?
* After the invasion of Iraq * George.W.Bush, who was an unpopular president - so global anti-US opinion rose
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What are some examples of anti-globalisation?
* Anti-globalisation movement protest at G8/G20 and WTO summits * Anti-capitalism protests against McDonalds
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What are arguments for a global culture for environmental reasons?
* Different cultures can share environmentally friendly practices * Innovative ideas can be shared - e.g. at COP summits * Spread of other cultures can promote eating more plant-based foods which releases less CO2
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What are arguments for a global culture for political reasons?
* Governments with similar views can make agreements - they can better understand eachothers cultures * Governments can work together to tackle global issues or respond to events * Governments can learn from eachother - e.g. beneficial laws may be shared
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What are arguments for a global culture for social reasons?
* Shifting attitudes and awarness of oppurtunities for disadvantaged groups - e.g. paralympics, and womens rights movements * Spread of cultural food and goods from other countries * Improved services * Global awarness and recognition of history - e.g. UNESCO world heritage sites
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what are arguments against a global culture for environmental reasons?
* Consumerism promotes fast fashion etc which leads to increased emissions - e.g. Shein * Over exploitation of natural resources for TNC's - e.g. Apple * Changes in diet - e.g. increased meat consumption releases more CO2 * Increased trade and transport leads to more emissions
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What are arguments against a global culture for social reasons?
* Exploitation to keep up with demand from TNC's - e.g. sweat shops, Shein * Local businesses outcompeted by TNC's * Loss of language and tradition * Deepens inequality between the rich and the poor * Rising social tensions e.g. due to migration
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What are arguments against a global culture for political reasons?
* Westernisation and pressure to conform to western values * Government overpowered by TNC's
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Why is London so diverse? | Known as a melting pot
* Open borders - EU citizens are free to move around the EU * The freedom to invest oin businesses or transfer capital * FDI - in 2015, the UK attracted over 32,000 jobs from overseas owned companies investing in software and financial services * Historical links - e.g. the commonwealth
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What is a diaspora?
* Distributions of people away from their homelands * Forming a community in a new country
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Give examples of where some people have disputed the rights of others to move freely.
* People have started to say no to migration, and in theory globalisation * Extreme/far right political parties -National front in France -EDL and reform in the UK -AfD in Germany (alt for deutsch) * Since 2014, streams of refugees from Syria have caused tensions inbetween Greece and other Balkan countries
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Who is involved in the trans-border water conflict? | Mekong river case study
* China owns half of the length of the river * Myanmar is the least affected * Laos is dependent on the river for agriculture * In Vietnam, the fertile area supports the population * Cambodia depends in annual flooding for rice * Thailand uses the HEP electricity created for rural investment and industrial development
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What was done to aid the conflicts? | Mekong river case study
* 1995 treaty (Mekong river agreement) required the governments to agree to any proposals to new dams before they go ahead * This aimed to share water allocations in the Mekong river basin
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What impact is this having socially and politcally? | Mekong river case study
* Continuing to dam the mekong river further upstream will reduce the river flow in Vietnam - 10% has already been lost * Damming the river in China would encourage economic development in one of its poorest regions - HEP
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What are some examples of how countries have tried to limit immigration? | Attempts to control globalisation
* Donald Trump proposed building a wall along the US - Mexico border * The UK is limiting net migration (no longer free movement in from other European countries - not EU) -Arguments from opponents of immigration - skills shortages, cheap migrant labour
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What is censorship and why is it used? | Attempts to control globalisation
* The suppression of prohibition of things - used when the free flow of information and ideas (from globalisation) is seen as a threat
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What country uses censorship? | Attempts to control globalisation
* China -State-controlled: e.g Print publishing, or broadcasting via TV or radio -State-monitored: Overseas contacts or media are monitored and censored (TV, print media, radio, film, theatre, internet etc) -e.g. China allows 34 foregin films to be released in cinemas per year
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What are the social/political impacts? | First nations in Canada
* Dene people rely on fishing, hunting and trapping * Alcohol and drugs brought by oil workers have major impacts on communities and affect the behaviour of young people
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What impact is this having environmentally? | Mekong river case study
* Depletion of forests in Cambodia - firewood is the main energy source * Rice growth is bad for the environmanet and flooding can reducse biodiversity (Cambodia) * HEP is a more sustainable/renewable source of energy/electricity
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What are examples of where trade protectionism has been used? | Why is trade protectionism used?
* In 2016, cheap Chinese steel was 'dumped' onto global markets, at prices subsidised by the Chinese government - to protect its manufacturers * Meant, in the UK Tata steel put all plants up for sale | The free market can be challenging for national governments
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What could have been done instead of selling steel plants in the UK to deal with competitive prices from China?
* Raise tariffs on imported steel to protect domestic producers -Forbidden by WTO rules
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What are the environmental impacts? | First nations in Canada
* Death of trout and other fish due to oil polluted lakes * Loss in biodiversity * Water pollution from fracking
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Who are the key players, and why are there tensions? | First nations in Canada
* First nations: six groups of indigenous people (their occupation of the land predates European arrival) * Global oil companies - Shell, Exxon mobil, Imperial oil, Conocophillips Can * Some of the Mackenzie and Yukon river basins oppose the attempts of global oil companies to exploit their region * Dene residents of the santu region have already experienced negative impacts of globalisation and petroleum development
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What is the development gap?
* The social and economic disparity between the wealthy and the poor
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What is extreme poverty?
* Living on less than $2.29 per person per day -From the world bank
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What is the development cable? | Metaphor
* The power to drive countries from primitive to more advanced states passes through a development cable -Core is economic growth, technology and enterprise -Outer casing is different strands that represent different aspects of developmental growth (education, HDI etc)
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Why is the economic centre of gravity likely to be between India and China by 2050?
* Emerging countries are playing an expanding role - reversal of FDI flows from emerging to developed countried * Chinas one road strategy (One belt = land, one road = sea route) -Aim is to form a cohesive economic area by building infrastructure to increase trade and enhance cultural exchanges
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How can development be measured?
* Economic indicators focus on the wealth - standardised in USD -GDP, GNI, PPP, Imports/exports as a % of GDP, energy consumption, employment structure * Human/socal indicators assess the well-being of the nations people -% urban population, Cals per day, life expectancy, adult literacy, doctors per 100,000 people, % uneducated * Environmental indicators assess the environmental quality of a nation
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What is HDI? | Human development index
* Made up of life expectancy, literacy rates, infant mortality and school enrollment
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What is GNP? | Gross national product
* The value of all goods and services earned by a country including companies working abroad
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What is the human suffering index?
* Made up of daily calorie intake, access to clean water, inflation rate, access to communications, political freedom and civil rights
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What is PPP? | Purchasing power parity
* Relates average earnings to prices and what they will actually buy you
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What is GDP? | Gross domestic product
* The value of all goods and services earned by a country (excluding foreign earnings)
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What is physical quality of life index?
* Made up of life expectancy, literacy rates, and infant mortality
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What does the Gini coefficient show?
* Income disparity * A high gini shows wealth is concentrated among a few * A low gini shows more equall distribution * Compared against the even distribution line
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How do you work out the gini coefficient?
* Arrange in ascending order * Find total income * Find % of income compared to population * Find cumulative % * Plot on graph as a lorenz curve
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Give examples of migration in the EU.
* New Polish migrants have joined the Balham diaspora, many shops have welcomed them to the local economy - some worry young migrants are increasing the birth rates beyond the capacity of primary schools * UK to the Meditteranean - British diasporas across the coastlines, many bars and cafes, however, young brits have strained cultural relations with communities
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How is migration controlled in the UK?
* Points system to check economic migrants skills/resources 1- highly skilled 2- skilled workes with a specific job offer to fill gaps in the UK labour force 3- Limited numbers of lower skilled workers needed to fill specific temporary labour shortages 4- students 5- temporary workers/youth mobility * Reduced migration due to no free flows from EU countries
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What could be one cause for the extreme nationalism in Europe?
* Paris attacks on Charlie Hebdo - satirical cartoonist * Images of Prphet Muhammad were published so an attack was placed on the office during an editorial meeting -Al-Qaeda Arabic peninsula claimed responsibility, but unknown if it was them
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What are some stats showing the sustainable development goals have helped so far?
* 146 out of 200 countries have met/are on track to meet the under 5 mortality target * 40% women's representation in sub-saharan Africa (surpasses global avergae by 10%) * Between 2015 and 2022 there were -687 million more people with access to safely managed drinking services -911 million more with access to safely managed sanitation services -637 million more with basic hygiene services * Renewable sources power nearly 30% of energy consumption
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What stats show that the sustainable development goals haven't been completely met?
* >780 million face chronic hunger * >100 million families fleeing war * Human rights violations * 1.1C warming of the Earth * Biodiversity is rapidly being lost
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What are the 6 elements essential for the SDG's?
* Planet * People * Prosperity * Dignity * Justice * Partnership
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What are some of the sustainable development goals?
1. End poverty in all forms everywhere 3. Ensure healthy lives, and promote well-being for all ages 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
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Why are the SDG's an improvement of the MDG's? | Millenium development goals
* Filled in the gaps the MDG's were missing and were criticized on -Economic growth -Justice -Peace -Inequalities -Climate change -Decent jobs -Industrialisation -Energy
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Where does the money for the SDG's come from?
* Imporved tax collection from formal work * Increase in South-South cooperation and financial flows * Stricter controls on flows of money * Rich countries - overseas development aid
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What is the reason for the SDG's?
* Aim to address the needs of people in the developed and developing world -replace and build upon the achievments of the MDG's * Look at improving the world based around globalisation and issues globalisation has created e.g. larger inequalities between countries and regions * Developed countries help the developing
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What were the MDG's for and why are the SDG's needed?
* Created because of a decline in aid given by rich countries to the developing world * They were: -too narrow in scope -modest in ambition -problem with statistical data on which progress was measured (assessment of progress shows the poorest - others disadvantaged by gender, age and disability are by passed) * The SDG's are more wide ranging * They take the view of those they are affecting into better account - represents more people (my world survey)
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What is a problem with the SDG's?
* There is no mechanism for enforcing targets on individual countries * It is hard to measure
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How are the MDG's an SDG's tackling gender equality?
* MDG's achieved progress for women and girls - mainly for those who were quite well off * In the SDG's, it is one of the most important and comprehensive themes - greater scope, aspiration and wider vision for W&G -e.g. ending female genital mutilation, and child marriage
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How is Japan's restricted immigration policy changing?
* New 5 year work permits for unskilled workers, hoping to attract over 500,000 new overseas workers by 2025
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Why is Japan changing their immigration policy?
* The countries birth rate dropped below replacement level in the 1970's, and the country has the world's longest life expectancy * Japan will only accept those who have specific skills, and can work immediately to address serious labour shortages, only in sectors that need them
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How many refugees has Japan accepted in recent years?
* In 2017 it accepted 3 asylum seekers * Its donations to the UN high commissioner for Refugees have also slipped
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How is M&S becoming more sustainable?
* Plan to become a net zero business by 2040 * Work with trusted suppliers to reduce scope 3 emissions (have close and long lasting relationships with farms and factories) * Is working with other companies and is with a member of the Business ambition for 1.5C and part of the race to zero campaign * Became the first major retailer to remove free plastic bags in 2008 * Launched the first clothes recycling scheme in 2008 * Became first major retailer in the UK and ROI to have carbon neutral status
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How does globalisation diminish nation states authority?
* MNC's undermine the ability of states to manage their own economies * MNC's intergrate national economies into global networks, therefore, nation states no longer have total control over their economies * Trade blocs reduce nation states management over their economy * Things such as the IMF and WTO have a huge impact on a nations economy, weakening its security and independence
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What is internationalisation?
* Nation states are considered less important, as their power is diminishing
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What are extremist parties agendas?
* Anti-immigration * Anti-democratic tendancies * Corruption * Favour anti-liberal policies * Many opposed to the support of Ukraine * Hostility to the EU
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How can consumption not be ethical? ## Footnote How can we make consumption more ethical?
* Reliant on technology provided by fossil fuels * Non-seasonal foods from far away * Travel - high carbon footprint * 24 hour production due to outsourcing (helped by containerisation) * As population increases, consuming class increases - in 2025, pop was 7.9 billion, 4.2 billion in the consuming class ## Footnote Three E's: Equity, environment, economy. Globalisation is the problem and solution - new technology and greater awarness of world issues, and emergence of global consequence
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How can cultural identity be maintained?
* Rejecting globalisation and promoting local communties
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What world events have brought awarness to different topics?
1985: Liva aid (drought and famine in Ethiopia) 1987: Montreal protocols (deals with ozone depletion) 1992: Earth summit (178 countries vote to adopt strategies to help the environment) 1997-2005: Kyoto protocol 2005: Gleneagles agreement (relieve debt burden on HIPC's) 2006: Stern report 2007: Live earth concerts (climate change) Paris agreement | HIPC - heavily indebted poor country
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What causes insecurities, and what can this lead to?
* Increased FOOD demand: increased meat and dairy consumption, chocolate, coffee, wine (global commodities) * WATER for animal husbandry and crop growth, and more use at home * 50% increase in global energy use by 2035, and plastics: more greenhouse gases, and oil use