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Globalisation - created from Mind Map What is it? Globalisation means the greater integration of the global economy. Jobs and wealth in one country are increasingly dependent on trade and investment from other countries. Countries specialise in certain ty...
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Geography Unit 1, Going Global Case Study 2 - Transnational Tesco Tesco began life in 1919 as a grocery stall in the East End of London, run by Jack Cohen (his first day's profit was £1). By 1956, the first Tesco self-service supermarket had opened in a converted cinema in Maldon. T...
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Geography Unit 1, Going Global Case Study 3 - easyJet The easyJet airline was founded in 1995 by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. It began as a small venture, running flights solely within the UK. Most of Europe's major cities are now interconnected via easyJet's cheap flight n...
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Geography Unit 1, Going Global Compulsory Case Study 1 - Eastern European migration 'There's even an aisle for Polish food at Asda' ran a Daily Telegraph headline in 2007. The aisle in question is in Hereford, population 50 000. How does a town of this size support a polish food aisle? In 2004, 8 low...
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Neocolonial organisations of power UN:Founded in 1945, made up of 193 member states including; - China - France - Russia - UK - USAThese 5 countries make up the security council. They have the right to VETO (decline) any resolution going through the ge...
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Geography Unit 1, Going Global Case Study 4 - Paying their own way? The UK's elderly population Income for retired people in the UK can be complicated. The government pays a state pension to men over 65 and women over 60 (65 from 2050). This is little more than a subsistence wage. Additional state benefits inclu...
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Geography Unit 1, Going Global Case Study 1 - Globalisation and Christmas According to a recent estimate, the ingredients of a typical UK Christmas lunch collectively travel around 130 000 km. In the past, Christmas meals - as well as the presents given - would probably have originated loca...
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Geography Unit 1, Going Global Compulsory Case Study 6 - The Costa living The influx of migrants to the UK since 2004 is being partially balanced by increasing numbers of people leaving the UK for good. This is a long-term trend and has resulted in an estimated 5.5 million Britons living ab...
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Fairtrade: Kuapa Kokoo, Ghana Cocoa-growing cooperative set up in 1993 Co-owner of Divine Chocolate Company 2013: over 87,000 members, 32% women Farms average 6.8 hectares - 3/4 allocated to cocoa Fairtrade certified in 1995 2012-13: Fairtrade acc...
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Colonialism and Neocolonialism Direct colonial rule - maintenance of power through the occupation and ownership of overseas territories e.g. British Empire pre WW2How can colonial power be maintained? Military - occupation of territory Culture and ...
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Geography Unit 1, Going Global Case Study 6 - Putting an island in touch with the world 25th October 2007 - The GuardianTokelau's islanders have added surfing the internet and social networking to more traditional pursuits.The South Pacific islands of Tokelau have seen enormous change in the past decade....
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Economic Neocolonialism WTO - what is it? World Trade Organisation - an international organisation which oversees a large number of agreements defining the rules of trade between its member states A forum for governments to negotiate trade a...
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What will the future look like? Who are the new players? In the last 20 years new global players have emerged as we move from a bipolar world to a multipolar one The BRICs The expansion of the EU to 27 countries has led to an increase in power as a ...
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Globalization Human Geography-Globalization of Singapore Globalization-Moving cross borders Pollution Trade Disease People Food Port-A place where ships can exchange cargo.The tiny island country is one of the world's busiest port-...
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Backlash against the hegemony Players who may object to cultural hegemony: China - because freedom of speech, communist vs capitalist (political separation) Russia - because lingering cold war hostility, political and social ideology North Korea -...
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These notes offer different ways into the unit. Globalisation Notes is one place to start if you want an overview before moving to a specific topic. Global Change looks at winners and losers, while The European Union in globalisation considers the EU’s role in the global economy.
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