Political Outcomes

Political outcomes

Loss of sovereignty

• Discuss the links between the diminishing effectiveness of political borders and the flow of goods, capital, labour and ideas, and the role of one multi-governmental organization such as the European Union (EU), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and MERCOSUR (the common market of South America).
• Discuss the shift of power from nation state to TNCs as a result of their economic size and dominance.
• Compare the wealth of TNCs with that of nation states.

Responses

• Examine the resurgence of nationalism in one country as it attempts to retain control of its resources and culture.
• Discuss anti-globalization movements.
• Discuss the attempts to control migration into one country.