Globalisation - created from Mind Map

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opponents/disadvantages

supporters/adventages

broadens one's horizon

"Value of life seems to be measured by limitless accumulation of material possession"

small companies

trade unions

urbanisation

critics of capitalism

loss of national cultures & identities

Manual workers

human rights activists

environmentalists

anti-poverty compaigners

difficult to compete with large companies

"race of the bottom"

developing countries don't benefit

exoticism

e.g. Christmas in China

outsourcing

unemployment

modern slavery e.g. Qatar

bad living & working conditions

exploitation

child labour

rising death toll

large companies disregard the environment

transboundary pollution

loss of biodiverity

climate Change & global warming

lavish patterns of consumption

no Balance between human wants & ecological needs

no industrialised country profits

exploitation

income gap between rich & poor countries has been widening for decades

capitalists

large comapanies

people in developing countries

consumers

free movement of capital

expanding markets

increase their profit/power

outsourcing

export/import

cheap labour

access to raw materials

improved wealth & living conditions in longterm

creation of new/better jobs

access to cheap goods/more goods

better aaccess to communication -> internet

travel

BETTER LIVING STANDARDS