Two new coursebooks for the Geography for the IB Diploma syllabus. This attractive, full-colour coursebook covers the seven sections of the Higher Level Extension syllabus in Geography for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. It is written by a highly experienced author and former head of Geography at a major IB school in the UK. The coursebook explores the theme of Global Interactions and contains: key questions outlining the main issues for each topic; case studies selected from every continent; activities and geographical skills guidance; discussion points and research ideas; integrated Theory of Knowledge links; examination-style questions; definitions of key terms and useful web links.
Author(s): Paul Guinness
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 256
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Contents
Introduction
Section 1: Measuring global interactions
Chapter 1 Global participation
Globalisation
Globalisation indices
Review
Chapter 2 Global core and periphery
World-systems theory:Wallerstein
The Clark–Fisher model
Identifying core nations
Case study – Business and financial services in the City of London
Case study – Mongolia: part of the global periphery
Review
Key terms
Websites
Section 2: Changing space – the shrinking world
Chapter 3 Time–space convergence and the reduction in the friction of distance
The conceptual basis
Changes in the speed andcapacity of transport
Air transport
Ocean transport
Review
Key terms
Websites
Chapter 4 Extension and density of networks
The expansion of the Internet
The role of ICT in civilsociety
The UK and China:contrasts in the use of ICT
Review
Key terms
Websites
Section 3: Economic interactions and flows
Chapter 5 Financial flows
Transnational corporationsand foreign directinvestment
Loans and debt repayment
Development aid
Remittances
The infl uence ofgovernments and majorinternational institutions
Review
Key terms
Websites
Chapter 6 Labour flows
The causes and eff ects of the fl owof labour from Mexico to the USA
Case study – San Agustin in Mexico and Poughkeepsie in the USA
Review
Key terms
Websites
Chapter 7 Information flows
The leading globaloutsourcing centres
India: global leader inoutsourcing
Case study – Bangalore
Review
Key terms
Websites
Section 4: Environmental change
Chapter 8 Degradation through raw material production
Major issues associated with rawmaterial production
Soybeans
Case study – Agricultural and environmental change in the Pampas, Argentina
Food miles and increasingair freight: environmentalconsequences
Review
Key terms
Websites
Chapter 9 The effects of transnational manufacturing and services
The global shift of pollutingindustries
China: growth andpollution
Waste disposal: dumpersand dustbins
Review
Key terms
Websites
Chapter 10 Transboundary pollution
The nuclear disaster atChernobyl, Ukraine
Greenpeace International
The growth ofenvironmental awareness
Review
Websites
Key terms
Chapter 11 Homogenisation of landscapes
World cities
Urban landscapes
Case study – The city of Gurgaon, India
Review
Key terms
Websites
Section 5: Sociocultural exchanges
Chapter 12 Cultural diffusion: the process
Aspects of culture
The diff usion of culturaltraits
Review
Key terms
Websites
Chapter 13 Consumerism and culture
Consumer culture, the mass mediaand brands
Case study – McDonald's: transnational franchising
Review
Key terms
Websites
Chapter 14 Sociocultural integration
Diasporas in London and the UK
The impact of culturaldiff usion on an indigenousand remote society
International interactionsand the homogenisationand dilution of culture
Case study – The Xingu people of the Amazon Basin
Review
Key terms
Websites
Section 6: Political outcomes
Chapter 15 Loss of sovereignty
Political borders and the fl ow ofgoods, capital, labour and ideas
The North American FreeTrade Agreement
The shift of power fromnation-states to TNCs
Comparing the wealthof TNCs with that ofnation-states
Review
Key terms
Websites
Chapter 16 Responses
Responding to globalisation andloss of sovereignty
Case study – Bolivia: managing the impact of globalisation
Anti-globalisationmovements
The USA: Controllingimmigration
Review
Key terms
Websites
Section 7: Global interactions at the local level
Chapter 17 Glocalisation and the adoption of globalisation
Defi ning glocalisation
The adoption ofglobalisation
Case study – Glocalisation in Singapore
Review
Key terms
Websites
Chapter 18 Local responses to globalisation
The responses of civil society toglobalisation: adoption, adaptationand rejection
Local commercialproduction compared withglobalised production
Case study – The rapid rise of halal business
Review
Key terms
Websites
Chapter 19 Alternatives
Advanced globalisation
Civil society supportinglocal economic activity
The quality of life of acontemporarynon-globalised society:rural Mongolia
Review
Key terms
Websites
Index
Acknowledgements
