[Me. I Am Salman]

'Globalisation and free trade advance the interests of powerful states, and the USA in particular, by forcing other states to open up their market'

what are some examples of this

thanks

[Shaun]

I guess China letting in McDonalds and other brands when they've been pretty staunchly communist for the past 60-70 years would be the big example.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Thanks

[Z]

Originally Posted by Salman!

'Globalisation and free trade advance the interests of powerful states, and the USA in particular, by forcing other states to open up their market'

what are some examples of this

thanks

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...rs-Berlin.html

I like this example, about Coca Cola.

Generally I'd be looking for countries that have had a regime change where they were closed off to the rest of the world (e.g. former USSR) and suddenly opening up their borders and people being able to visit and countries turning into capitalist economies when they'd previously been something else... East Germany is a good example. Or you could look at how North and South Korea have totally gone in different directions since the Korean War, how North Korea is in poverty and South Korea's this booming business empire because it opened its borders up to the rest of the world without even thinking about it whereas North Korea closed itself off... or you could look at China which has allowed capitalism to enter its society even though it remains communist.

[reece(:]

Coca Cola and Nike are good examples

here's a Coca Cola case study
http://csr-asia.com/csr-asia-weekly-...il.php?id=4146

[Cherie]

do your own homework Sal.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Zee

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...rs-Berlin.html

I like this example, about Coca Cola.

Generally I'd be looking for countries that have had a regime change where they were closed off to the rest of the world (e.g. former USSR) and suddenly opening up their borders and people being able to visit and countries turning into capitalist economies when they'd previously been something else... East Germany is a good example. Or you could look at how North and South Korea have totally gone in different directions since the Korean War, how North Korea is in poverty and South Korea's this booming business empire because it opened its borders up to the rest of the world without even thinking about it whereas North Korea closed itself off... or you could look at China which has allowed capitalism to enter its society even though it remains communist.

This reminds me of the movie Goodbye Lenin! (with the fall of the Berlin wall and the East being suddenly open to all sorts of new brands instead of the state-sponsored ones)

[Z]

Originally Posted by Shaun

This reminds me of the movie Goodbye Lenin! (with the fall of the Berlin wall and the East being suddenly open to all sorts of new brands instead of the state-sponsored ones)

I love that film and the bit where the Coca Cola banner gets rolled down the apartment building and he hurriedly blocks the window view from his mother

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by Zee

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...rs-Berlin.html

I like this example, about Coca Cola.

Generally I'd be looking for countries that have had a regime change where they were closed off to the rest of the world (e.g. former USSR) and suddenly opening up their borders and people being able to visit and countries turning into capitalist economies when they'd previously been something else... East Germany is a good example. Or you could look at how North and South Korea have totally gone in different directions since the Korean War, how North Korea is in poverty and South Korea's this booming business empire because it opened its borders up to the rest of the world without even thinking about it whereas North Korea closed itself off... or you could look at China which has allowed capitalism to enter its society even though it remains communist.

it's just a short example that's needed but thanks for the suggestions

Originally Posted by Cherie

do your own homework Sal.

it's revision I'm researching

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Coca Cola and Nike are good examples

here's a Coca Cola case study
http://csr-asia.com/csr-asia-weekly-...il.php?id=4146

Fankzz

[Me. I Am Salman]

The original question was 'is Globalisation simply Americanisation in disguise' btw

[Z]

Originally Posted by Salman!

it's just a short example that's needed but thanks for the suggestions



it's revision I'm researching

Ah that's good then, would have been rubbish to have to write an entire essay with that title I like talking about globalisation though, I find it interesting

[GypsyGoth]

Include a part with the opposite point of view and you'll get more points or something.