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Globalisation and the UK Labour Market

Globalisation and the UK Labour Market

Diagram showing the twin impacts of globalisation: deindustrialisation on the left and the rise of the service and gig economy on the right.

Globalisation has fundamentally restructured the UK labour market over the last forty years. Through the movement of capital and goods, multinational corporations relocated heavy manufacturing to developing countries with lower labour costs.

Significance of work and worklessness Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Sociology
  3. /Significance of work and worklessness

Step-by-step lessons on AQA A Level Sociology Significance of work and worklessness. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a strong grasp of the core sociological perspectives (functionalism, Marxism, feminism, interactionism) early, since they underpin evaluation across every topic and exam question.