GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: North American Free Trade Agreement, Immigration, Mercantilism
4 Oct 2018
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Debate of internationalization/ globalization: different schools of thoughts, hyperglobalizers- academics; world economy has changed so much that we see a new world order. Nothing was really new this was a myth. Nation state is the most influential actor on the global scene: transformationalists: globalization is not something that is static allot of conflict and friction, geography matters more now than it did. Is the global economy new: trade brings things together. Important in the process of creating cities: trade can trace rise and fall of civilizations. International migration: this period helps us understand how europe deverged ffrom the rest of. 20th drivers of commercial integration: protectionist countries, liberalization of markets, less trade controls. Increase in international governance: trade blocks nafta, more connections, go from unilateral to multilateral coorporations. Consequences of global economy: some countries may choose to locate activities, nation states may loose their effects.
