Globalisation

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  • Globalisation
    • Connections are
      • Lengthening - new links between places that are greater distances apart
      • Faster - to talk, travel on and between continents
      • Deepening -more peoples lives are connected with far away places - not just rich people living globally
    • 19th Century start 20th Century accelerated, 21st Century RAPID development
      • Transport, Trade and Technology
        • Economic, Cultural, Political, Demographic
    • Organisations
      • The World Bank
        • Fincances economic development
      • International Monetary Fund
        • Lends money fro economic development
      • The World Trade Organisation
        • believes in free trade without tariffs and subsidies
    • Promoting free trade blocks - National governments, EU, ASEAN, NAFTA
    • China Open Door Policy, allowing trade between the western world and China, 'Special Economic Zones' with tax incentives
    • KOF INDEX - Economic, Social, Political Indicators are ranked on interactions
    • AT Kearney Index, Political Engagement, Technological Connectivity, Personal Contact, Economic Integration
    • TNC's
      • Off Shoring - does work overseas
      • Outsourcing - work is contracted to another company
      • Glocalisation - the localisation of globalised products (McDonalds)
    • Switched Off regions - Sahel and N Korea
    • Gini Index, shown by the Lorenz Curve = Inequality
    • China and N Korea, stop spread of globalisation by censor ship.  UK and Japan Limit Immigration
    • Canada 6/21 proposed research projects closed due to native peoples protests Cultural Identity
    • Transition Towns - want to be more sustainable (Bristol Pound)

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