Globalisation

Globalisation

and global challenges

by YiWen Li

Table of Content

Effects

Aspects

History

Defintion

Cartoon

Assignment

Pro & Con

Video

Assignment

Definintion

What ist your definition of Globalisation?

Definition

Globalisation is a process, where the worldwide connections regarding many areas, such as economy, politics and culture, increase and the process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

History

foundation of WTO, collapse of Soviet Union

discovery of America, invention of the circumnavigation

artificial intelligence, e-commerce

Globalisation 3.0

Globalisation 1.0

15th - 18th century

19th century - 1914

1989 - 2008

1945 - 1989

future

Age of Discovery

Globalisation 2.0

Globalisation 4.0

invention of the steam engine and the industrial weaving machine

founding of the UN, invention of the WWW

Aspects

migration

overpopulation

nationalism

global warming

environmental

demographic

cosmopolitan identity

exploitation

worldwide import & export

cultural diversity

Globalisation

cultural

economical

outsourcing

discrimination

communciation

international organisations

political

technological

internet

higher conflict potential

mobility

Postive & Negative Effects

negative effects

positive effects

• the gap between rich and poor is truly getting bigger → inequality
• exploitation of workers in developing countries
• job insecurity for workers in developed countries
• the understanding of a globalised and socialised world is getting lost
• the environment is destroyed (climate change)
• infectious diseases are more likely to spread over several continents (Corona)

business:

• get competitive advantage by allowing them to source raw inexpensive materials
• have the option of expanding worldwide or outsourcing

workers:

• get jobs in developing countries
• the wages workers in developing countries receive is enough for them to feed their families
• increased standards of living

consumers:

• decreased costs of manufacturing → lower prices
• access to a wider variety of goods

Cartoon

1. Pick one cartoon and describe it orally. 2. Write an analysis. It's up to you if you want to take notes or write a text.

Assignment 1

Think of a person that is affected by the globalisation and look for fitting arguments for that position.

Pro & Contra

Contra Globalisation

Pro Globalisation

• plays a huge role in destruction of environment, especially climate change)
• there are so many losers due to globalisation
• inequalities have to be reduced
• it is understandable to want to protect your own country from foreign competition
• growing dependence from other countries
• increase of homogenisation

• consumerism, not globalisation, is to blame for the destruction of environment
• there are organisations which try to protect the rights of workers in developing countries
• we should not create new trade barriers
• global trade is good for the economy of the country

Deglobalisation

definition:

• a movement towards a less connected world, characterized by powerful nation states, local solutions, and border controls rather than global institutions, treaties, and free movement

• characterised by protectionist measures
• customs duties
• variable export / import levy
• quotas
• environmental regulation
• technical standards

reasons:

• increase of negative effects
• more and more automatism
• securing the own basic state supply

Climate change

Assignment 2

Should Globalisation go on like this or should we change something about and maybe consider Deglobalisation?

With the help of the arguments, write a comment, in which you express your opinion regarding this matter with the focus on the ecological and social aspects.

Sources

• past English lessons from our second quartal
• https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiOm6edn9n2AhVegv0HHWG8BQ0QFnoECAoQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chathamhouse.org%2F2021%2F10%2Fwhat-deglobalization&usg=AOvVaw37PrGbnBiMNM1-nFpwV5kL
• https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/globalization.asp
• https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj8q77hu9n2AhWX_7sIHQrBBFgQvecEegQIBxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Flanguages.oup.com%2Fgoogle-dictionary-en&usg=AOvVaw3kNBXVjbAIAFeyFQVCJmJF
• https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/how-globalization-4-0-fits-into-the-history-of-globalization/
• https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/effects-economic-globalization/9th-grade/
• https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/globalization.asp#toc-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-globalization

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