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IB HL
Measuring
Global
Interactions
HL extension
Cover an extra course global interactions
Makes up the Paper 3 element of IB
geography
You also study an extra Paper 2 topic
Leisure, Sport and Tourism.
Takes many concepts learnt in the core and
looks it in further depth very much gaining
a global perspective
Assessed through essay writing quite
advanced terms and vocabulary are used.
Outline
1. Measuring global interactions
2. Changing spacethe shrinking
world
3. Economic interactions and flows
4. Environmental change
5. Sociocultural exchanges
6. Political outcomes
7. Global interactions at the local
level
GLOBAL PARTICIPATION
Globalisation
Is the key to this topic.
WHAT IS IT?!
What is globalisation?
- Many different definitions:
- Wikipedia:
- Name for the process of increasing the connectivity and interdependence
of the world's markets and businesses. This process has speeded up
dramatically in the last two decades as technological advances make it
easier for people to travel, communicate, and do business internationally.
Two major recent driving forces are advances in telecommunications
infrastructure and the rise of the internet. In general, as economies become
more connected to other economies, they have increased opportunity but
also increased competition. Thus, as globalization becomes a more and
more common feature of world economics, powerful pro-globalization and
anti-globalization lobbies have arisen.
Shrinking borders
The increasing
interconnectedness of
the world economy
both culturally and
politically.
There are positive and
negative effects of this.
Task!
Read pages 604-606 and answer
question 2.
Define the following terms:
- Homogenism
- Hyperglobalisation
- Global Scepticism
- Transformationalism
Questions
1. What is the most powerful, effective
agent of globalisation?
2. What are the top 3 factors that
affect globalisation?
3. Which of the theories best explain
the worlds current state?
AT Kearney
A global management consulting firm
publishes an annual Globalisation index.
Are the worlds most populated countries
becoming MORE or LESS globally
connected?
Uses political engagement, technological
connectivity, personal contact and
economic integration
72 countries account for 97% worlds GDP
and have 88% of worlds population
Personal integration
Technological
integration
Number of internet users
Number of internet hosts
Political integration
Membership of international
organisations
Financial contribution to UN
peacekeeping missions
Ratification of international
treaties
KOF Index
Covers economic (38%), social (39%) and
political (23%) dimensions of globalisation
Which is more useful? Analyse the
information on pages 609-612
Make a KOF `factfile including:
What it measures
The top/ bottom countries and why
Its positive/ negative aspects
http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/media/filer_public/2014/04/16/press_release_2014_en.pdf
Summary question
Give an example of a measurement of
globalization and evaluate its
effectiveness in describing patterns of
globalization. (10)
Business activity
Human capital
Information exchange
Cultural experience
Political engagement