Politics of Globalization: Essay Questions 5 and 7

Question 5: Does globalization produce crises?

This is a Politics of Globalization essay, and I need questions 5 and 7 to be completed. The word limit for each question is 1k words. Guidelines for the essays: This is an open book exam but you are not allowed to quote directly from lecture materials, internet sources or other material. While you are allowed to consult learning materials and readings in composing your answer, you ARE NOT expected to provide a bibliography or to use exact quotations. We do not expect you to use Chicago or Harvard referencing, but you may in the body of the text cite key authors or specific book titles. For example, you might talk about the key ideas of John Rawls. Or perhaps mention Rawls’ seminal text, A Theory of Justice. If it is particularly important, you could say when specific works were published, for example if it is really important to understand that A Theory of Justice was published around 50 years ago, then talk about Rawls’ key text from 1971.What is the ‘new international division of labour’? Why is it so controversial? 2. What power does finance have in the contemporary world? Who or what does it exert this power over, and how? 3. In terms of trade, to what extent is the current world economy “free? 4. Critically assess the relationship between globalisation and democracy. 5. Does globalisation produce crises? Explain with reference to either the 2008-9 economic crisis or climate change. 6. What are new social movements? Using examples, explain how they resist globalisation? 7. Is globalisation in reverse? Discuss with specific reference to Brexit and Trumpism