FIRST TERM

FIRST TERM

1. THE WORLD TODAY

   • GLOBALISATION
     • WHY?
       • HISTORICS EVENTS
         • The fall of the Berlin Wall
         • The dissolution of the Soviet Union
         • The end of the Cold War
       • CONSECUENCES
         • Marked the start of a new period in history
       • DISADVANTAGES
         • International conflicts
         • Migrations
         • Urban and demographic problems
     • GOBALISATION
       • LATE 1980's
         • STEADILLY INCREASING
           • ALL SOCIETIES IN A SINGLE SYSTEM
             • They depend on
             • Interact with each other
             • Economically, socially, politically, culturally
     • ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION
       • CAUSE
         • Expansion of Capitalism
       • CONSEQUENCE
         • Changed the map of global production
           • Tertiarisation and financialisation
             • Cause
               • Steady rise in international trade
               • Remuval of custom barriers
             • Consequence
               • hight mobility of production factord
           • Concentration of wealth
             • Cause
               • Manufacturing,financial and military powers
                 • Concentrated in rich countries
             • Consequence
               • More inequality on lots of societies
           • Multinationals
             • Cause
               • Control of a large part of production
             • Consquence
               • Expansion of the networks into countries through subdiaries
           • Goverments bodies are now of secondary importance
             • Cause
               • Economic decisions are no longer exclusively controlled by governments or group of governments
               • Governement bodies are now of secondary importance
             • Consequence
               • The power of large financial corporations and multinational companies
               • Which can influence the decisions not only of all kinds of goernments, but also of international organiations
           • Economic inestability and increasing inequality
             • Cause
               • The growth of financial movements
               • Unregulated financialisation of the economy
             • Consequence
               • Economic inestability
               • Increased inequality between the rich and the poor.
           • Offshoring
             • The high mobility of productive resources.
             • Countries
               • Emisor
                 • Unemployment
                 • loss of purchasing power
               • Recepors
                 • To exploit cheap labour in places with limited labour rights.
                 • There has not always been an improvements in house hold purchasing power and living standards either
           • Unemployement and loss of purchasing power
   • A WORLD IN CONFLICT
     • CONFLICTS
       • XX1 CENTURI
       • Causes
         • Economic differences
         • Historic unresolved conflicts
         • Intolerance
       • Consequences
         • GEopolitical tensions
         • Civil conflicts
         • Wasr between nations
         • Territorial disputes
         • Terrorims
     • Central and South America
       • Drugs in Mexico and Colombia
       • Paramilitary and guerrilla groups in Colombia
       • USA and Cuba
       • USA and Venezuela
     • Russia's neighbouring
       • To rewaken tensions
       • Ukranian Civil war
     • Africa's forgotten conflicts
       • Coltan and ethnic group
       • Boko Haram and Al Qaeda
       • Unresolved conflicts in Morocco and Western Sahara
       • Somalia
     • The middle East
       • Palestine and Israel
       • Syrian Civil War
       • 2003 Iraq's invasion
       • ISlamic states
     • Central Asia
       • Iran VS USA VS Israel
       • Extremist terrorist activity
       • Tibetan and Uyghur separatist in China
       • Nuclear power
     • Pacific
       • Try to control it the aliens os USA
         • Tension with China
       • Conflicts
         • South Korea
           • USA, Japan
         • North Korea
           • China
     • Arab Spring
       • 2011 revolutions agains the goverment began in Tunisia
         • Dictatorial goverments
         • Unstable economic conditions
   • MIGRATION
     • Large population movements of migrants with different motivations
     • Types
       • Why?
         • Forced
           • because of wars, persecution, natural disasters…
         • Voluntary
           • leave to seek a better future
       • Time
         • Temporal
           • They return to hom after a period of time
         • Permanent
           • Permanently stayed in the destination country
     • CONSEQUENCES
       • Origin country
         • Advantages
           • Lots of remitances recived
           • Overpupulation alleviated
         • Disadvantages
           • Proffesonals have to leave the country
           • Most of pupulation are children and elderly.
       • Destination countries
         • Advantages
           • Average age of the population is lowered
           • Interaction between countries
           • More productivity and the level of employment
             • WORKFACE
           • Culture is enriched
         • Disadvantages
           • Public services become overwhelmed
           • Xenophobia and racism can be created
   • URBAN PROBLEMS
     • In 2007, it was estimated that more than half of the World´s population was living in cities.
       • Why?
         • Cities gives more advantages
           • Employment opportunities
           • More services and facilities