1.1 Global shift

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1.1 Is the balance of economic power shifting?
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After this lesson, you..
..know why the balance of economic power is shifting.

..understand the connection between globalisation and the shifting of trade patterns.
..can explain (using a map) what the multipolar world order might look like.

Slide 2 - Slide

Goods production shift
In 1990 70% of all industrial goods were made in Western countries. 
In 2018 that was just half.
Factories also left the Netherlands. 
Some buildings are still empty.

Slide 3 - Slide

The share of the BRICS countries increased from 10 to 35% in this period.

Slide 4 - Slide

BRICS-countries are:
A
Brazil, Russia, Iceland, China, Sweden
B
Bali, Russia, India, Colombia, Slovakia
C
Brazil, Russia, India ,China, South Africa
D
Brazil, Romania, Indonesia, China, Singapore

Slide 5 - Quiz

What are core countries (centrumlanden)?
A
The most developed countries in Europe.
B
The most developed countries in Afrika.
C
The most developed countries in the world.
D
The most developed countries in the periphery.

Slide 6 - Quiz

Which sector is dominant in the semi-periphery?
A
Services
B
Agriculture
C
Industry

Slide 7 - Quiz

BRICS-countries belong to:
A
Core
B
Semi-Periphery
C
Periphery

Slide 8 - Quiz

World system theory

Learning objective: You can describe the economic world system (of Wallerstein) and classify countries/areas within this model.

Slide 9 - Slide

Questions you can answer after the short docu
How many people live in  BRICS countries (share of the total/ in percentages)?
How big are the economies of the BRICS countries combined (share of the total/ in percentages)?
Why do certain  countries want to expand the organisation?
Which countries want to expand, and which countries are more sceptical/ undecided towards expansion? 


Slide 10 - Slide

Slide 11 - Video

what enabled BRICS to grow their economies?

Slide 12 - Slide

Trade patterns are changing
World trade has increased because:
  • the production chain is divided;
  • transport of goods is faster (just-in-time);
  • trade borders are disappearing.


Slide 13 - Slide

Trade patterns are changing
What is increasing global trade?
A car that is assembled in Europe consists of parts that come from all over the world.


Slide 14 - Slide

Goods production shift
Western multinational companies (MNOs) in particular are driving this shift.
What reasons do the MNOs have?
  • Nowadays products are not only made, but developed in low-wage countries.
  • Emerging countries are a new market due to the increase in purchasing power.


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Trade borders

WTO – World Trade Organization: 
organisation that stimulates world trade


When countries protect their own market by import duties, a conflict can arise. Such a conflict is called a trade war.

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Protection of trade borders
Protection of your own market is not in line with the development of countries becoming increasingly intertwined.
What is another name for the increasing intertwinement of countries?


Due to recent developments, the economic centre of gravity of the world has shifted to
South- and East-Asia.
=gobal shift.

Globalisation

Slide 17 - Slide

Perhaps the world is moving towards a multipolar global economy.

Slide 18 - Slide

Get to work
Section 1.1:  1, 2, 4

Finished early? Improve your skills!
Page 6 and 7 of your workbook.

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6 Learning objectives

Slide 20 - Slide

What is global shift?
A
The expansion of world trade
B
The relocation of the main production areas
C
That something is shifting in the world globally
D
The expansion of contacts between countries in the world

Slide 21 - Quiz

Global shift happens from:
A
periphery -> core
B
(semi)periphery -> core
C
core -> (semi)periphery
D
semi-periphery -> periphery

Slide 22 - Quiz

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1.2 Development of the world economy

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