Syllabus Link: The varying power of local places and actors to resist or accept change
Objectives:
What: The POWER of local places to resist or accept change
Why:
To understand the extent to which local people and civil societies have the POWER to resist globalisation.
To understand the geopolitical constraints on global interactions.
To understand how civil society actions can promote international mindedness and challenge restricted freedoms.
What: The POWER of local places to resist or accept change
Why:
To understand the extent to which local people and civil societies have the POWER to resist globalisation.
To understand the geopolitical constraints on global interactions.
To understand how civil society actions can promote international mindedness and challenge restricted freedoms.
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Resistance to global interactions
Concept: Local scale powers (civil society, people and cultures) can influence global interactions.
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The local sourcing of food and goods by citizens
Exam question
Using examples, analyse the impacts of local/national scale resistance to global interactions. [12]
Using examples, analyse the impacts of local/national scale resistance to global interactions. [12]
Anti imigration movements
Concept: Anti-immigration movements have power in some places. The rise of these movements is causing is power to grow.
- Choose a country that has a visible anti-immigration movement.
- Describe the immigration situation in your chosen country.
- Where are the majority of immigrants coming from?
- Is the ‘issue’ with all immigrants or only a certain sub-set?
- What is the name of the anti-immigration movement in the country you are focusing upon?
- What is the history of the named movement?
- How large is their following?
- Have they had any successes in recent elections or similar?
- What is the details of their stance on immigration?
- Who is the ‘public face’ of the anti-immigration movement you are focused upon?
- What is the ‘story’ of this public figure?
- Find and detail a recent news report regarding an incident in the country you are focusing upon where the anti-immigration movement was involved - or expressed an opinion in the aftermath.
- POWER - How powerful is the anti-immigration movement you have focused upon?
- PROCESS - Which processes (chain of events or similar) have been involved in the growth of the anti-immigration movement?
- PLACE - Can you state any of the key locations involved in the anti-immigration movement’s growth? Has the anti-immigration changed the nature of any places?
- POSSIBILITIES - What is the likely future for the anti-immigration movement you have focused upon?
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Exam question:
Using examples, analyse the rise of an anti-immigration movement. [12]
Using examples, analyse the rise of an anti-immigration movement. [12]
Geopolitical controls
Government and MIlita controls
Protectionism and resource nationalism
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Government controls on personal freedoms to participate in global interactions
Civil society and international-mindedness
Campaigning for internet freedom
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The Arab Spring
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assessment
Barriers to Globalisation are on the rise in many parts of the world. Discuss this statement (16)
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