Global economy

This module explains what global economy is, describes global production chains patterns and how and who is making the rules

Bibliography

  • Bernstein, William (2009): A Splendid Exchange – How Trade shaped the World, London: Atlantic Books
  • Raynolds, Laura T. and Douglas L. Murray (Hg. 2007): Fair trade. The challenges of transforming globalization. London: Routledge
  • WTO (Hg., 2012): World Trade Report 2012: Trade and public policies: A closer look at non-tariff measures in the 21stcentury. Geneva
  • The website of the worldwide flagship initiative with background information and statistics relating to fair trade
  • Film and background information on the ecological, social, cultural and economic consequences of our affluent society
  • Anti-Globalisation NGO which gives background information on economic topics on its website
  • How would the world look, if the size of the individual countries was decided by, for example, population, energy consumption or income? On this website you can find various versions of world maps
  • The website of the United Nations with information and links to the Millenium Development Goals
  • On the education page of the Oxfam website there are teaching materials on global citizenship education for teachers and educators, sorted by age
  • A social network which seeks to empower young people and supports students as well as teachers with materials, ideas and background information on global topics and education
  • Materials, ideas and annotated lesson plans on global education, sorted according to topic and language
  • Canadian website on global education for teachers and educators. Materials and information on global issues
  • A strategy game which approaches the working practices of companies critically
  • Despite the old fashioned name of the game you can learn how chronic poverty and hunger come about. In this free online strategy game you play a family in a developing country which strives to cover its basic needs through agriculture
  • ATTAC (Hg., 2003): Die geheimen Spielregeln des Welthandels. Vienna
  • Felber, Christian (2011): Die Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie. Das Wirtschaftsmodell der Zukunft. Vienna: Deuticke
  • Le Monde diplomatique (2009): Atlas der Globalisierung. Sehen und verstehen, was die Welt bewegt. Berlin: tazVerlag
  • Misereoru.a. (2003): Kaffee. Material für Bildungsarbeit und Aktionen. Aachen
  • Stiglitz, Joseph E. (2006): Making Globalization work. New York: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Stückelberger, Christoph (2001) Ethischer Welthandel. Eine Übersicht. Bern/Vienna
  • Thaler, Katrin (2010): Globalisierungverstehen. Menschen – Märkte – Politik. Vienna: BAOBAB
  • Werner, Klaus und Hans Weiss (2010): Das neue Schwarzbuch der Markenfirmen. Die Machenschaften der Weltkonzerne. Vienna: Deuticke