Globalisation And Development Case Study

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SO3230 Globalisation and Development Outline Klein’s account of how environmentally destructive corporate globalisation has gotten the world into its current position. Are there useful theories for understanding and addressing this environmental crisis? Discuss Elinor Olstrom’s ideas on Governing the Commons (1990) and the role of agriculture and food consumption in your answer. Lora Daly 13307063 Word Count: 58 The world is becoming ever more connected, through the globalisation of trade, capital and people, the countries of the world are increasingly joined together. The rapid advancement of technology has enabled individuals, companies and states to share information and goods across national borders and on a global scale. Globalisation can be viewed as …show more content…

These “rational individuals” will continue to use and overuse the common resource until it has become depleted. Hardin maintained that individuals are unable to solve this situation for themselves and the solution to the tragedy of the commons is a government system to control and monitor individuals and privatisation of the common resource, (Hardin, 1968). Hardin’s example of the commons can be attributed to many of the environmental issues that are prevalent in present society, overfishing, deforestation, the negative effects of the agriculture industry and the burning of fossil fuels. While the tragedy of the commons can be visible in many areas of present, globalised society, many scholars agree that Hardin’s theory is too simplistic and fails to notice the fact that, left to their own devices, some individuals and groups have maintained and sustained common resources for

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