Human Development and Diversity – Global Politics HL
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Human development and diversity
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Measuring human development - Indicator 1: Human Development Index (HDI)
- However, there are also some disadvantages:
- Indicator 2: Gender Inequality Index (GII)
- The advantages of the GII are as follows:
- However, there are also some disadvantages:
- Indicator 3: Income per capita
- Empowering women, indigenous and minority groups
- Steps taken to improve the status of women
- How the LGBTQ community is disadvantaged
- Affirmative action taken to close the development gap for LGBTQ individuals
- Affirmative action for indigenous groups
- Social Entrepreneur Approaches – Microfinance
- Example of Social Enterprise – Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
- Microfinance – Trends and Models
- The Grameen Bank, Bangladesh (Advantages)
- Criticisms of microfinance
- Distinguishing between microfinance and microcredit
- Fairtrade
- Fairtrade Networks
- Fairtrade Pricing System
- Advantages of Fairtrade for farmers and workers:
- Advantages of Fairtrade for businesses:
- Criticisms of Fairtrade
- TNC Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Why do TNCs engage in CSR?
- TNC backed global agreements
- A global agreement – ACCORD
- Successes of ACCORD
- Case Study 1: AB InBev’s CSR
- Case Study 2: Apple’s CSR
- The Global Spectrum of Culture and Diversity
- What is culture?
- Discuss how some cultures are perceived or experienced to be more important than others:
- Discuss which factors relating to globalisation are likely to influence culture:
- The cultural traits of a global citizen
- Why does this homogenisation of culture occur?
- Drivers of Global Culture
- Globalisation and the loss of language
- Cultural diversity at the national scale
- Cultural diversity at the city scale
- Cultural Imperialism
- Case Study: The Stolen Generation of Australia
- Cultural Landscape Changes
- Homogenous Urban Landscapes (1)--Bid-rent, skyscrapers, signature buildings
- Homogeneous Urban Landscapes (2)--Cars, suburbs, strip malls
- Homogenous Urban Landscapes (3)--Franchises, Slums
- Attempts to stand out
- Cultural Diasporas
- The North African Diaspora in Europe
- Case Study 1: The Moroccan Diaspora in Europe
- Case Study 2: Indian diaspora in London
- Cultural differences
- Lack of cultural integration
- The Rejection of Globalised Production
- The role of academics
- Neo-liberalism and government policy
- The role of civil society
- Civil Society Example 1: followthethings.com
- Civil Society Example 2: Ellen Macarthur Foundation
- Civil Society Example 3: Campaign against Shell in Ogoniland, Nigeria (SUCCESS)
- Civil Society Example 4: The rejection of McDonald’s in India (FAILURE)
- Civil Society Example 5: Resisting globalisation through local sourcing of food (Australia)
- Anti-immigration Movements
- Denmark’s strict immigration laws
- Rise of illiberalism in USA
- Example of Anti-Immigration in USA 1: The Proud Boys
- Example of Anti-Immigration in USA 2: The Alt-Right
- Right-wing nationalism in Europe
- Why do migrants travel to Calais?
- Government and Militia Controls on Freedoms
- Chinese Re-education camps
- The Arab Spring
- The 2016 Turkish Coup
- Eritrea – Political Isolation, Development and Human Rights Violations
- Militia control over Rio’s neighbourhoods
- National Trade Restrictions
- Trade liberalisation – Context
- Symptoms of Unfair Trade
- Dumping
- Trade Groups
- Transnational Corporations
- Protectionism
- Sub-Saharan Africa's Protectionism
- Trade Dispute Patterns
- China - US Trade War 2018-2019
- Resource Nationalism
- Growing Resource Nationalism in Africa
- Resource Nationalism in DRC
- Resource Nationalism in Zambia
- The Role of Civil Society and International Mindedness
- Civil society
- Civil Society and Global Interactions
- Civil Society and Social Media Use
- Civil Society and the Promotion of Internet Freedom
- Freedom House
- Anonymous and the Tunisian Government
- Amnesty International and the Plight of the Rohingya
- Conditions in Camps
Ryan
Ryan's score of 44 points in November 2022 examinations earned him a coveted spot in the Engineering Scholar's Programme at the National University of Singapore where he will be majoring in Chemical Engineering.
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