20112012FORM6LIBERALSTUDIES CONCEPTLISTMODULE4GLOBALISATION

Characteristics Economicglobalisation Politicalglobalisation Culturalglobalisation Breakingtimeandspaceconstraints Shrinkingtimeandspace Disappearingborders Globalcommunication Flowofcapital,resources,goods, peopleandinformation Interconnectingnetworks Transnationalrules Globalcitizens Globalvillage Factorsdrivingglobalisation Advancedtransportation Masstourism Communicationtechnology Massmedia Informationexchange Interpersonalcommunication Multinationalcorporations Internationaltrade Internationalnongovernmental organisations Intergovernmentalorganisations Tradeliberalisation(e.g.reducingtrade barrierssuchastariffsandquotas) Globalissues International/regionalorganisations UnitedNations(UN)(e.g.SecurityCouncil; Educational,ScientificandCulturalOrganisation) EuropeanUnion(EU) AsiaPacificEconomicCooperation(APEC) AssociationofSouthEastAsianNations(ASEAN) ChinaASEANFreeTradeArea ShanghaiCooperationOrganisation(SCO) NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganisation(NATO) AmnestyInternational WorldTradeOrganisation(WTO) WorldHealthOrganisation(WHO) WorldBank InternationalMonetaryFund(IMF) Greenpeace Oxfam InternationalRedCross WorldVision MedecinsSansFrontieres ConfuciusInstitutes Opportunities Economicintegrationandinterdependency Internationalcooperation Technologytransfer/exchange Treaties/Agreements/Movements WorldHeritageList InternationalHealthRegulations(IHR) TreatyontheNonProliferationof NuclearWeapons(NPT) DurbanPact KyotoProtocol CopenhagenConference WorldEarthDay ForumonChinaAfricaCooperation G8 G20 Antinuclearmovement Antiglobalisationmovement OccupyWallStreet Fairtrade Responses Globalcrises Globalactions Thinkandactglobally Thinkandactlocally Thinkglobally,actlocally Thinklocally,actglobally

Generalinformation

Characteristics Internationaldivisionoflabour Internationalstandard Multilateraltradeagreements Crossborderproductionnetworks High/lowvalueaddedprocess Outsourcingresources Electriccommerce Foreigndirectinvestment(FDI) Mergersandacquisitions Globalfinancialmarkets Characteristics Globalissues Globalpoliticalvalues(e.g.democracy,humanrights,ruleoflaw) Globalgovernance Globalconsciousness

Opportunities Civilsociety Negotiationandresolutionofdisputes Peacekeeping

Challenges Globalinequalitybetweendevelopinganddevelopednations Protectionism(e.g.dumping,subsidies) UnequalarbitrationmechanismofWTO Wealthdisparity Globalfinancialcrisis Globalrecession Financialtsunami Sweatshop Labourexploitation Braindrain Pollution Challenges NationalsovereigntyVShumanrights Nationalidentity Condemnandsanction

Political Globalisatio n

EconomicGlobalisation

Characteristics Culturalinteraction Globalvalues(e.g.equality,freedom) Globalculture Consumerism McDonalisation(i.e.efficiency,calculability,predictability,control) Culturalcommodification Culturallocalisation Glocalisation USsubprimemortgagecrisis EuropeandUSsdebtcrisis Chinasexportofrareearthminerals Globalwarming CopenhagenConferenceandemissionreduction LibyanCrisis Arabicregionsdemocraticmovement JasmineRevolution Internetsupervision Terroristattack NuclearEnergyCrisis

RelatedIssues

CulturalGlobalisation

Opportunities Culturalintegration Culturalspread Culturalheterogeneity Culturalinnovation

Challenges Culturalhomogeneity Culturalinvasion Marginalisationofminorityculture Culturalimperialism(e.g.Americanisation,Westernisation) Culturalclash