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‭Topic 3: Globalisation‬

‭EQ1: What are the causes of globalisation and why has it accelerated in recent decades‬

‭ lobalisation‬‭: the increasing interdependence of countries‬‭through flow of capital, trade, goods‬
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‭and services and cultures and ideas‬

‭ ypes of Globalisation‬
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‭Economic‬
‭-‬ ‭Volume of TNCs has increased with many having incomes higher than GDPs of‬
‭countries‬
‭-‬ ‭Spread of FDI as countries invest in each other‬
‭-‬ ‭Online purchasing (e-tailing) between countries becoming increasingly popular‬
‭Cultural‬
‭-‬ ‭Americanisation and westernisation of other developing parts of the world‬
‭-‬ ‭McDonalds in 120 countries with 30,000 restaurants ensures people eat similar food‬
‭-‬ ‭CNN,BBC and global news means people hear westernised ideas and views‬
‭Migration‬
‭-‬ ‭International migration spread families across the globe spreading culture and finance‬
‭through remittances‬
‭-‬ ‭Increased international tourism due to lower transport costs‬
‭Commodities‬
‭-‬ ‭Goods easily imported increasing countries interdependence on one another (Fiji water‬
‭imported over 10,000 miles from UK)‬
‭-‬ ‭Volume of manufactured goods increased due to low cost countries (Vietnam)‬
‭Political‬
‭-‬ ‭Trade blocs (NAFTA/EU) become more influential and reduced tariffs‬
‭-‬ ‭IGOs work to harmonise economies and promote democratic ideology‬

‭ evelopments in transport and trade that have accelerated globalisation‬
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‭Steam power‬
‭-‬ ‭Britain led the world in use of team power in 1800s as it allowed them to move their‬
‭goods and armies to key areas very quickly‬
‭Jet Aircraft‬
‭-‬ ‭Newer and more efficient aircraft allow goods to be transported quickly between‬
‭countries‬
‭-‬ ‭Travel become more affordable due to competition between low cost airlines‬
‭Containerisation‬
‭-‬ ‭Over 200 million containers are moved every year which is important to the global‬
‭economy‬
‭-‬ ‭All sorts of goods are transported with lower cost of transport benefiting both businesses‬
‭and consumers‬

, ‭Telegraph‬
‭-‬ ‭The first cables were laid across the Atlantic in the 1860s, allowing instantaneous‬
‭communication and revolutionised how businesses operated‬

I‭mportance of ICT and mobile phone usage in 21st century globalisation‬
‭Transport and technology have influenced globalisation be allowing instantaneous‬
‭communication across the world‬
‭Telephones‬
‭-‬ ‭mobile phone use if very common across the globe with mobile phones becoming ever‬
‭more popular allowing for better global communication‬
‭Broadband and fibre optics‬
‭-‬ ‭since 1990s, large amounts of data can be transferred very quickly via cables on the‬
‭ocean floor which has accelerated telephone, internet and television speeds for homes‬
‭GPS‬
‭-‬ ‭Satellites have allowed companies and people to track goods across the worlds as well‬
‭as becoming an essential feature for modern cars and leading to the success of google‬
‭maps‬
‭Internet‬
‭-‬ ‭Is now extremely important with 40% of the world's population having access to it‬
‭-‬ ‭Social media has become hugely influential due to the mass amount of users and has‬
‭led to the rapid spread of news, knowledge and opinions‬

‭ ow IGOs have contributed towards globalisation‬
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‭World Trade Organisation‬
‭-‬ ‭Aims to free up global trade by reducing trade barriers and regulating free trade‬
‭agreements to ensure members maintain their rules‬
‭-‬ ‭Has been criticised for not providing equal opportunities for example removing farmer‬
‭subsidies has resulted in cheaper imports undercutting farmers in developing countries‬
‭who are then forced out of business‬
‭International Monetary Fund‬
‭-‬ ‭Constructed to stabilise currencies after 1930s depression and war and now loans‬
‭money to poorer developing countries under the condition the country opens their‬
‭markets from government control leading to privatisation‬
‭-‬ ‭Criticised in 1990s after imposing conditions that forced african nations to cut spending‬
‭on healthcare and education in return for stabilising or extending their debt payments‬
‭World Bank‬
‭-‬ ‭Role is to finance development through loans‬
‭-‬ ‭Criticised in the 1970s-80s for funding development projects that were environmentally‬
‭damaging and costly to the developing countries that were not repaying their loans‬

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