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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
Contents
Chapter 1: Global systems and globalisation 1.1 Global systems, flows and processes 1.2 Global linkages created by technology 1.3 Global linkages created by trade and transnational corporations 1.4 Evaluating the issue: discuss the importance of technology and TNCs as causes of Globalisation Chapter 2: Power relations in global systems 2.1 National governments and global flows 2.2 Supranational influences on global systems 2.3 The influence of superpower states 2.4 Evaluating the issue: to what extent does globalisation involve the imposition of Western ideas on the rest of the world? Chapter 3: Global interdependency 3.1 The concept of interdependency 3.2 Global economic interdependency and supply chains 3.3 Migration and interdependency 3.4 Evaluating the issue: to what extent do the benefits of global interdependency outweigh the risks it creates? Chapter 4: Global development and inequality 4.1 Global development, trade and investment 4.2 Global migration and economic growth 4.3 Communications technology and development 4.4 Evaluating the issue: evaluating the effects of global systems on geographic patterns of inequality Chapter 5: Global injustice 5.1 Injustices created by global economic systems 5.2 Injustices arising from movements of people 5.3 Environmental injustices 5.4 Evaluating the issue: assessing the efforts of global players to tackle local injustices Chapter 6: Global systems futures 6.1 Resistance to global systems and flows 6.2 Global challenges 6.3 Evaluating the issue: to what extent has a new era of deglobalisation begun? Chapter 7: Study guides 7.1 AQA A-level Geography: Global Systems 7.2 Pearson Edexcel A-level Geography: (1) Globalisation and (2) Migration, Identity and Sovereignty 7.3 OCR A-level Geography: Global Systems 7.4 WJEC and Eduqas A-level Geography: Processes and Patterns of Global Migration
