Social, Environmental and Political Tensions caused by Globalisation

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  • Social, Environmental and Political Tensions caused by Globalisation
    • Tensions in London Surrounding Foreign Investment and Migration
      • TNCs have argued that migration restrictions threaten their competitiveness and the UK's role as a global hub
      • London's financial and legal firms began to rotate staff between international offices
      • Companies have recruited skilled people from overseas
    • How Governments try to Prevent and Control Global Flows of People, Goods and Information
      • Laws can be strengthened to limit numbers of economic migrants
        • Illegal immigration is hard to tackle
      • 40 world governments limit their citizens' freedom to access online information
        • Violent or sexual imagery in censored in many countries
        • Dark web is harder to control
      • Trade protectionism is still common
        • Illegal smuggling of commodities is hard to control
    • Resource Nationalism and Protecting Cultures
      • Ensuring that domestic industries and consumers have priority access to the national resources found within their borders
      • Opposition can be strong when an important landscape is threatened

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