Research Based Coursework - Task 4

We discussed in a recent lesson that it is important to look at both sides of an argument and to be discerning in our consideration of websites - are they one-sided. Whilst looking at the flowing sites and content consider what are the main arguments, how do they fit into our question, are the arguments one sided, what are your feelings about these arguments. Also consider how might you record these arguments as notes (those research skills again!)

OXFAM - Rigged rules and double standards ''There is a paradox at the heart of international trade. In the globalised world of the early twenty-first century, trade is one of the most powerful forces linking our lives. It is also a source of unprecedented wealth.
Yet millions of the world's poorest people are being left behind. Increased prosperity has gone hand in hand with mass poverty and the widening of already obscene inequalities between rich and poor. World trade has the potential to act as a powerful motor for the reduction of poverty, as well as for economic, but that potential is being lost''.

Now I suggest that you have a look at a link that looks at both sides of this debate. The openDemocracy website ''openDemocracy is the leading independent website on global current affairs - free to read, free to participate, free to the world...offering stimulating, critical analysis, promoting dialogue and debate on issues of global importance and linking citizens from around the world''. Look at the 'Trade, economics, justice'' section -there are a range of articles here - (you might find these useful for other A2 subjects).