CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Single Parent, Child Poverty, Informal Sector
25 Feb 2016
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Beyond west is best : how do we talk about/help children in the global south without othering them, respect culture, history, economy, acknowledge local knowledge, focus on resilience not victimization. The big picture: children"s lives shaped by global, economic, and political contexts, trade, war, law, rights, education. Integration of world"s markets, people, governments: driven by trade, investment, 15938$ Investments/trade: global economy, trade deregulation, rich nations exploiting poor, economic imperialism/inequality. Technological context: digital age: internet/email, cell phone/texting, facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat, electronic banking, technological revolution. Profits not people: multinational corps, cheap part time replaceable labour, Twitter revolution : e-protests: social media as power, mobilization, global youth movements. Occupy wall street: we the 99% (2011: youth at the forefront, against unjust distribution of wealth, corporate power over government, wealthiest 1% seen as too powerful, unaccountable. Cons for young people: eroding safety net: clinics, shelters, schools, programs, welfare/ei cuts.
