0

(

ratings

)

33

students

Created by:

Profile Photo

Last updated:

May 9, 2022

Duration:

Unlimited Duration

FREE

This course includes:

Unlimited Duration

Badge on Completion

Certificate of completion

Unlimited Duration

Description

Using the US and Mexico as the main example, this free course, Living in a globalised world, examines how inequalities in access to material wealth can lead to border tensions

You will also learn how many developed economies are now reliant on immigrant labour to perform jobs that their own citizens do not want to consider. How equal is the globalised world?

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • Understand some of the key ways in which globalisation is shaping the world today
  • Give examples of how ideas of 'proximity' and 'distance' can be used to understand an increasingly demanding world
  • Illustrate the importance of recognising the liveliness of the natural world.

Course Curriculum

  • Living in a globalised world Unlimited

About the instructor

4.8 4.8

Instructor Rating

14

Reviews

1068

Courses

42460

Students

Profile Photo
Open University UK