SOC236H5 Lecture Notes - Immigration, International Inequality, Neoliberalism
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Promote neo-liberalism: deregulation let money go in and out of the country without government interference. Privatization public to private power company: neo-liberal globalism straight jacket that all nations have to wear and follow the same regulations. Golden because its lined with gold, it will lead your country to wealth. Globalization from below: they have a globalization element, the idea of the golden straight jacket isn"t democratic. He sees the engine of change in national states and technology. The lexus is the symbol of the new fast world and the new rules, where if you follow you"ll be good building this new lexus. The olive tree is the slow world: you have to spead up or you will become road kill. The old olve tree world vs the new flat globalized world. Does the internet make guns and missiles outdated: military has not decreased even under democratic presidency. Borderless world: after sept 11 it made it harder to cross canada.
