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Social and Economic Change

6 dot points across 6 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How are economies changing and becoming more interdependent, and what are the consequences for workers, regions and trade in Australia and globally?

Explain how economies change and become interdependent through trade and the international division of labour, analyse the consequences for places, and evaluate responses.
How economies shift between primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, how trade and the international division of labour create interdependence, the consequences for workers and regions, and the responses, with Australian and global cases.
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How is wealth and wellbeing distributed across and within countries, what causes these patterns of inequality, and how can they be reduced?

Describe global patterns of inequality, explain their causes, analyse their consequences, and evaluate strategies that aim to reduce inequality between and within places.
How development and wellbeing are measured and distributed, why inequality exists between and within countries, its consequences, and the strategies used to reduce it, illustrated with Australian and global cases.
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What is globalisation, how does it reshape places and economies, and how do localisation movements respond to its impacts in Australia and the world?

Explain the processes of globalisation and localisation, analyse their economic, social and cultural consequences, and evaluate responses to the changes they bring.
What drives globalisation and the localisation movements that respond to it, how flows of trade, capital, people and culture reshape places, and how these changes are evaluated using Australian and global cases.
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How is development measured, what do indicators such as GDP, HDI and the Gini coefficient reveal and hide, and how do they expose patterns of inequality?

Explain how development and inequality are measured, analyse the strengths and limits of key indicators, and apply them to interpret spatial patterns of development.
How development and inequality are measured using indicators such as GDP, GNI, HDI and the Gini coefficient, what each reveals and hides, and how to apply them to interpret spatial patterns, with worked examples.
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How do trade and aid connect places into an interdependent global economy, and how do these flows shape inequality between countries?

Explain how trade and aid link countries, analyse how these flows create interdependence and uneven outcomes, and evaluate their role in addressing global inequality.
How trade and aid flows connect places into an interdependent global economy, why these flows produce uneven outcomes between countries, and how they are evaluated as responses to global inequality, with Australian and global examples.
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How do transnational corporations organise global production networks, and how do they reshape the economies and societies of the places they operate in?

Explain how transnational corporations organise global production networks, analyse their uneven spatial impacts, and evaluate their costs and benefits for host and home countries.
How transnational corporations organise global production networks, why their costs and benefits fall unevenly on host and home countries, and how their role in globalisation is evaluated, using real corporate and country examples.
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