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impacts of globalisation - Coggle Diagram

- - - - -cheap energy costs
      - -cheap transport
      - -lower wages
      - -cheaper living costs
      - -large population
      - -cheaper land
      - -less legislation
      - -government incentives
  - - - -wages rise by 10X in 40 years
      - -'absolute' poverty eradicated
      - -1/2ved relative poverty
      - -education leads to social mobility
    - - -environmental damage
      - -when the TNCs pull out it causes unrest
      - -as soon as the prises rise TNCs move to lower cost locations
- - - - -in 1990s the global shift of tertiary jobs began
      - -lots from the UK/USA to India, Bangalore
      - -aprox. 350,000 call center jobs moved from the UK to Bangalore (2003)
    - - -antisocial hours- UK/USA time difference makes night shifts essential
      - -westernisation of workers as they are taught US culture
      - -more urbanisation and slum settlement growth as people are attracted to the 'call center dream'
    - - -call centers provide 3 million people with steady employment
      - -young workers have a higher disposible income (multiplier effect)
      - -call center workers recieve additional training and education
  - - - -founded in Zurich, 1856
      - -to serve affleunt clients in swiss cities
      - -opened in New York, 1940 (globalisation)
    - - -investment bank providing funds for economic investment and global investment
      - -collabed with CS in 1978, CS took control in 1988
    - - -New York has 270,000m squared office space
      - -London has 121,000m squared
      - -home offices in all major continents
      - -principle offices in UK, USA, Asia and Africa
- - - - -low education levels- 36% have no qualifications (2011 census)
      - -poor health 11% 'very bad', and 1/6 on antidepressents
      - -dereliction and contamination of 90 hectare brownfield site
      - -led to demultiplier effect
    - - -'furnace to flowers' £120,000 investment in 2015 for a wildflower meadow
      - -improved quality of life as safer jobs replace manufacturing
      - -investment in service industries, call center- "save Britain money"
      - -"amazon fuffilment center", Swansea- 11 football pitches:
        
        -welsh government paid 10-50% of project costs
        
        -provided the site 100 days after innitial approach
- - - - -TNC growth
      - -global and social media
      - -tourism and migration
      - -historically spread by hard power or cultural imperialisation
        
        -eg, British colonial powers encouraging christianity in Nigeria with millitary force
      - today spread by soft power by social media
        
        -eg, wealthy countries like USA shape global culture by media and entertainment
  - - - -with this it brings its western culture to its over 1000 stores worldwide
  - - - -ideas of democracy, human rights and equality spread
      - -increased cultural acceptance and prospects for peace
      - -creates new more diverse cultures eg, glocalisation
    - - -loss of traditional values and cultures
      - -world becomes boring due to cultural homogenisation
      - -cultural imperialism (promoting the culture/language of one nation into another)
  - - - -Mcdonalds menu tweaked to suit local culture
      - -glocalisation
      - -eg, Mcdonalds paneer salsa wrap as 80% of indians are muslim
- - - - -jobs
      - -education
      - -healthcare
      - -safety
      - -housing
      - bright lights
  - - - -poverty
      - -conflict
      - -natural disasters
      - -crop faliure
      - -land subdivision