Globalisation: Countries
Human Geography – The Globalisation of Economic Activity
1. Uneven Development in the Global Economy * Globalisation * Characteristics * Processes * Impact on the world economy * Uneven global distribution of activities
- Illustrate how globalisation has affected the economies of LDCs, DCs and NIEs * NIDL * Causes of the emergence of a new NIDL * Impact of the emergence of NIDL on the global economic activities * Impact of new technologies on work * Job specialisation, multi-skilled production, changes in production and labour * Impact of global economic change * Rise in new service sectors: tertiary, quaternary and quinary * Locational trends in producer and consumer services * Internationalisation of service firms * Rise of SMEs * Privatisation / Deregulation of public services
2. Transnational Corporations * Characteristics of TNCs * Spatial organisation of TNC’s activities * Linkages with host economy * FDI and influence on national and regional economies * Case study of TNC
3. Role of the State and Supranational Bodies * Role of state in economic development and its impact on national economies * Supranational bodies and their impact on national and regional economies * Trading blocs / regional blocs * International institutions
1. Uneven Development in the Global Economy
Globalisation
* Discuss the characteristics and processes of globalisation. * Discuss the impact of globalisation on the world economy. |
What is globalisation? * Increasing interconnectedness & interdependency of people, cultures, economics and politics at all spatial scales. * More functionally integrated and independent. The compression of the world.
Processes involved in globalisation * Economic: Flow of capital and goods: production and investments by TNCs, etc., the changing structure of firms * Social: Movement
1. Uneven Development in the Global Economy * Globalisation * Characteristics * Processes * Impact on the world economy * Uneven global distribution of activities
- Illustrate how globalisation has affected the economies of LDCs, DCs and NIEs * NIDL * Causes of the emergence of a new NIDL * Impact of the emergence of NIDL on the global economic activities * Impact of new technologies on work * Job specialisation, multi-skilled production, changes in production and labour * Impact of global economic change * Rise in new service sectors: tertiary, quaternary and quinary * Locational trends in producer and consumer services * Internationalisation of service firms * Rise of SMEs * Privatisation / Deregulation of public services
2. Transnational Corporations * Characteristics of TNCs * Spatial organisation of TNC’s activities * Linkages with host economy * FDI and influence on national and regional economies * Case study of TNC
3. Role of the State and Supranational Bodies * Role of state in economic development and its impact on national economies * Supranational bodies and their impact on national and regional economies * Trading blocs / regional blocs * International institutions
1. Uneven Development in the Global Economy
Globalisation
* Discuss the characteristics and processes of globalisation. * Discuss the impact of globalisation on the world economy. |
What is globalisation? * Increasing interconnectedness & interdependency of people, cultures, economics and politics at all spatial scales. * More functionally integrated and independent. The compression of the world.
Processes involved in globalisation * Economic: Flow of capital and goods: production and investments by TNCs, etc., the changing structure of firms * Social: Movement