Global interactions
Measuring global interactions
Changing space - the shrinking world
Economic interactions and flows
Environmental change
Sociocultural exchanges
Political outcomes
Global interactions at the local level
- Indices to measure globalisation - KOF
- Spatial distribution of interactions (eg. nodes) between core areas, with peripheries unaffected
- Reduction in the friction of distance --> time-space convergence
- Importance of transport to the changes in speed and capacity
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- Changes in a transport, internet or telecommunications network in terms of the extension of links and nodes and the intensity of use at a national or global scale
- Role of ICT in civil society and the flow of information
- Contrasting adoption of ICT in two countries
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- Loans, debt repayment, development aid, remittances, foreign direct investment and repatriation of profits in the transfer of capital between the developed core areas and the peripheries
- Influence of governments, world trading organizations and financial institutions (eg. IMF, World Bank) in the transfer of capital
- Causes and effects of a labour flow between two countries.
- Role of ICT in the growth of international outsourcing
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- Effects of agro-industrialization and changes
in international production and consumption on the
physical environment.
- Environmental consequences of increasing
international demand for one raw material
- Food miles and the environmental
consequences of increasing volumes of air freight
- Reasons for and consequences of the
relocation of polluting industries and waste disposal to countries with weaker environmental controls and safety regulations.
- One major pollution event affecting more than
one country, the consequences of and responses of it
- Growth of environmental awareness as a consequence of transboundary pollution
- Role of one international civil society organization in fostering improved environmental management
- Evolution of uniform urban landscapes; the effects of common commercial activity, structures, styles of construction and infrastructure (homogenisation)
- Examine the diffusion of cultural traits resulting from the international movement of workers, tourists and commodities
- Describe the role of TNCs and the media in spreading consumer culture. Select two different branded commodities and examine the spatial and temporal pattern of adoption on a global scale
- Examine the role of diasporas in preserving culture in one country and the adoption of minority traits by host societies
- Examine the impact of cultural diffusion on one indigenous and remote society through the influence of international interactions
- Examine the ways in which international interactions
may result in the homogenization and dilution of culture
- Discuss the links between the diminishing effectiveness
of political borders and the flow of goods, capital, labour and ideas, and the role of one multi-governmental organization
- Discuss the shift of power from nation state to TNCs as a
result of their economic size and dominance. Compare
the wealth of TNCs with that of nation states
- Examine the resurgence of nationalism in one country as
it attempts to retain control of its resources and culture
- Discuss anti-globalization movements
- Discuss the attempts to control migration into one country
- Examine the extent to which commercial activities at a
local scale have become globalized. Examine the reasons
why the level and rate of adoption varies from place to place
- Discuss civil society responses to globalization; the adoption, adaptation (glocalization) or rejection of globalized goods, services and cultural traits
- Evaluate the relative costs and benefits of local commercial production to the producer, the consumer and the local economy, compared with the costs and benefits of globalized production
- Describe the role of civil societies in raising awareness of local and global environmental, social and cultural issues. Examine the role of civil societies in supporting local economic activity and strengthening local cultural values. Discuss the position held by anti-globalization groups
- Evaluate the quality of life of a contemporary
non-globalized society