the world today( part 1)

the world today( part 1)

1. historical events

   • the end of the cold war
   • the disolution of the soviet union
   • the fall of the berlin wall
   • consequence
     • Marked the start of a new period in history

2. disadvantages of globalisation

   • International conflicts
   • migrations
   • Urban and demographic problems

3. characteristics

   • Since the late 1980s,
   • The pace of globalisation has steadilly increased
     • All of the world´s societies are being brought together in a single system
       • Interact with each other
       • Economically Socially Politically Culturally
       • They depend on

4. economic globalisation

   • cause:The spread of capitalism as an economic system
   • consequence:Has completely changed the map of global production

5. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL GLOBALISATION

   • High technology
   • Communications (Internet, mobile telephones, lower transport costs)

6. features

   • Tertiarisation and financialisation
   • CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH
   • Economic instablility and increased inequality
   • GOVERNMENT BODIES ARE NOW OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE
   • MULTINATIONALS
   • Unemployment and a loss of purchasing power.
   • relocation of industry

7. conflicts

   • XXI century
   • A WORLD IN CONFLICT
     • Central and South América
     • Russia´s neighbouring countries
     • Africa´s forgotten conflicts
     • Pacific
     • The Middle East
     • Central Asia
     • The Arab Spring

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