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A-level Geography Topic Master: Global Systems
A-level Geography Topic Master: Global Systems
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Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas
Level: A-level
Subject: Geography
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: Summer 2017 (AS); Summer 2018 (A-level)

Master the in-depth knowledge and higher-level skills that A-level Geography students need to succeed; this focused topic book extends learning far beyond your course textbooks.

Blending detailed content and case studies with questions, exemplars and guidance, this book:

- Significantly improves students' knowledge and understanding of A-level content and concepts, providing more coverage of Global Systems than your existing resources

- Strengthens students' analytical and interpretative skills through questions that involve a range of geographical data sources, with guidance on how to approach each task

- Demonstrates how to evaluate issues, with a dedicated section in every chapter that shows how to think geographically, consider relevant evidence and structure a balanced essay

- Equips students with everything they need to excel, from additional case studies and definitions of key terminology, to suggestions for further research and fieldwork ideas for the Independent Investigation

- Helps students check, apply and consolidate their learning, using end-of-chapter refresher questions and discussion points, plus tailored advice for the AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC/Eduqas specifications

- Offers trusted and reliable content, written by a team of highly experienced senior examiners and reviewed by academics with unparalleled knowledge of the latest geographical theories

Language
English
ISBN
9781510426368
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Global systems and globalisation
1 Global systems, flows and processes
2 Global linkages created by technology
3 Global linkages created by trade and transnational corporations
4 Evaluating the issue: discussing the importance of technology and TNCs as causes of globalisation
Chapter 2: Power relations in global systems
1 National governments and global flows
2 Supranational influences on global systems
3 The influence of superpower states
4 Evaluating the issue: to what extent does globalisation involve the imposition of Western ideas on the rest of the world?
Chapter 3: Global interdependence
1 The concept of interdependence
2 Global economic interdependence and supply chains
3 Migration and interdependence
4 Evaluating the issue: to what extent do the benefits of global interdependence outweigh the risks it creates?
Chapter 4: Global development and inequality
1 Global development, trade and investment
2 Global migration and economic growth
3 Communications technology and development
4 Evaluating the issue: evaluating the effects of global systems on geographic patterns of inequality
Chapter 5: Global injustice
1 Injustices created by global economic systems
2 Injustices arising from movements of people
3 Environmental injustices
4 Evaluating the issue: assessing the efforts of global players to tackle local injustices
Chapter 6: Global systems futures
1 Resistance to global systems and flows
2 Global challenges
3 Evaluating the issue: to what extent has a new era of deglobalisation begun?
Chapter 7: Study guides
1 AQA A-level Geography: Global Systems
2 Pearson Edexcel A-level Geography: (1) Globalisation and (2) Migration, Identity and Sovereignty
3 OCR A-level Geography: Global Systems
4 WJEC and Eduqas A-level Geography: Processes and Patterns of Global Migration
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