DTS201H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Water Scarcity, Foreign Exchange Controls, Transnationalism
8 Nov 2017
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Legal and illegal migrations: relaxed exchange controls on foreign exchange, better infrastructure to ease transfer across borders, political power. Ciafone: underside of transnationalism, unification of different groups in response to large corporations. Coca cola: ruined india"s water table, exploitation of ground water in the production of bottled drinks. India was in a national crisis of water scarcity: transnational mobilization depends on problematic things that receive the support of international members and members of the diaspora convinced to care about the issue. Indian villagers fight for the privatization and commodification of water: trade unions challenge labor insecurity and violence. The coca cola case: problems started rising after union was formed, coca cola case raises issues for how legally accountable are large brands for what they do in. If violation occurs in a place that cannot be addressed they can bring to u. s for justice other parts of the world.
