SA 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Foreign Worker, Immigration, Economic Globalization

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 345
• Professor: Wendy Chan

Document Summary

Critical scholars contend that globalization is more of a threat since it has the greatest impact on those who are already in a vulnerable position to begin with. Economic globalization has led to global unprootedness and human displacement on as unprecedented scale. Migration for many becomes not a choice but an economic necessity: seeing a larger gap between rich and poor countries, forced to migrate cause can"t earn living where they currently are. 2017 258 million people were international migrants. 48% of migrants were women; 74% are working age (20-64) and 158 million live in the. South to south moving have the highest route of movement its closer: e. g. , indonesia to saudia arabia, nicaragua to costa rica. South to north as well: mexico to canada, philippines to south korea. North to north not as much: canada to usa. Emerging world responsible for most of the increase in workers worldwide.