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How wealthy and powerful places exist at varying scales, and how the global map is complex and subject to change
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The relative importance of different flows, and the suitability of different methods for graphically representing flows and interactions
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How processes that influence spatial interactions are interlinked in complex ways that accelerate globalization
Prescribed reading Homework
Week 1:
N&C p. 516-529
Richard Florida, The World is Spikey, The Atlantic Monthly, Oct 2005
Discuss:
What is globalization?
List different types of global interactions
What factors influence how a place is globalized?
How does global power and influence vary spatially?
How do different places become interconnected by global interactions?
How do politics, technology and physical processes influence global interactions?
What is the core periphery model?
How does globalization influence culture?
Exercise:
In your table groups, read N&C p. 518-9 and online resources:
outline the main variables of the New Globalization Index
List the top 10 and bottom 10 countries in the NGI
Outline the main differences between KOF and the NGI
Questions:
What is the United State's global influence in terms of
Politics
Economics
culture
What are the benefits and drawbacks of these influences?
How did they become so powerful?
Who are the other superpowers? Can they be defined as such?
China's plan to overtake America as the Next Superpower
Homework: Read Handout and answer questions 1-7 (color graphs: YIS ONLY)
I groups of 3 or 4, you will research and present a brief explanation of the following global organizations, focusing on their power to influence countries and regions of the world. Give at least 2 detailed examples.
Powerful organizations and global groups:
G7/8, G20 and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) groups
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) influence over energy policies
global lending institutions, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and New Development Bank (NDB)
How wealthy and powerful places exist at varying scales, and how the global map is complex and subject to change
