Globalisation Project 2010
This is the Globalisation portal for all pages linked to Globalisation and Anti-Globalisation research reports. For resources to help you investigate see Investigative Research.
Contents
Referencing -- please read this first
I know referencing in Powerbase is difficult for newbies until they get the hang of it and we are trying to make it simpler. So here's a very simplified guide. All new contributors should read this before starting--it'll save a lot of grief later. http://www.powerbase.info/index.php?title=Powerbase:A_Guide_to_Referencing#The_super-quick_guide_to_referencing
Sentences
Please also use complete sentences when writing/starting an article for Spin, eg John Smith is the Conservative candidate for Bigglesworth East...
Not just a page title and then a fragment like 'Conservative candidate for Bigglesworth East'
Page Titles
All pages in this database which are part of the globalisation project should have titles beginning "Globalisation: ". Make sure you add the colon ':' immediately after the word 'Globalisation' when creating a new page, then a space and add the name of the person or organisations you are adding.
Proposed Projects
Climate Change and the Environment
- 1. Globalisation: Green Alliance
- 2. Globalisation: International Policy Network
- 3. Globalisation: Global Warming Policy Foundation
- 4. Globalisation: CEPOS (also known as the Globalisation: Danish Centre for Political Studies)
- 5. Globalisation: Atlas Economic Research Foundation
- 6. Globalisation: Cato Institute
See: Pays To Deny Climate Change, take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers
Food, Eating and Obesity
- 7. Globalisation: National Obesity Forum / Globalisation: International Obesity Taskforce
- 8. Globalisation: European Food Information Council | Globalisation: International Food Information Council
- 9. Globalisation: Media Smart
- 10.Globalisation: Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum/Globalisation: Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum
Conflict and Private Security Industry
The conflict communication and reconstruction industry - The work of 'rebuilding' areas destroyed by war and other excesses of globalisation is big business, as is the PR element of these wars. See for example:
- 11. Globalisation: Post Conflict People - an NGO "committed to reviving societies suffering from recent or on-going conflicts", whose directors happen to be the directors of the British Association of Private Security Companies;
- Globalisation: Albany Associates - a related group expert in communicating the 'reconstruction' message Albany Associates - Strategic Communication Project;
- Globalisation: Glevum Associates - who take 'market research' into the warzone Glevum - Why Glevum? ;
- Globalisation: Leonie Industries - who go beyond market research into 'cultural advisory services' and worldwide media distribution Leon Industries - About.
- Globalisation: Bell Pottinger Sans Frontieres" - A wing of the PR giant Chime Communications focussed on "the provision of communications strategies and programmes for international businesses, countries, institutions, politicians and high-profile individuals"
Digital Diplomacy
- 12. Globalisation: Alliance for Youth Movements (www.movements.org) - a group founded and funded by the likes of google, facebook, youtube, pepsi, cbc, MTV and the US State Department to promote digital activism - such as the infamous 'twitter revolution' in Iran. This is an important developing area in which the role of globalisation in the media and communication is very interesting, see for example this essay by Sami Ben Gharbia on internet freedom and Arab digital activism.
Free Market Think Tanks
- 13. Globalisation: European Ideas Network - One of at least four networks of free market think tanks.
- 14. Globalisation: Centre for Social Justice new Conservative think tanks set up in 2004 by Iain Duncan-Smith
Members of the Stockholm Network
- 15. Globalisation: Business for New Europe
- 16. Globalisation: International Council for Capital Formation
- 17. Globalisation: Taxpayers' Alliance
- 18. Globalisation: Politeia
Health
Defence/Arms Industry
- 20. Globalisation: First Defence/Globalisation: Terrington Management
- 21. Globalisation: Air League/Globalisation: Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group/Globalisation: Air League Educational Trust
- 22. Globalisation: United Kingdom National Defence Association/Globalisation: UK Defence Forum
- 23. Globalisation: Atlantic Partnership/Globalisation: Atlantic Bridge
