SY101 Lecture 5: Sociology - Chapter Five - Globalization
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The spread and intensiicaion of capitalism across the globe. Globalization sociology: cost cuing which usually means downsizing/closing faciliies in more industrialized countries and relocaing to where labour costs, taxes, and environmental protecion is much lower, texile industries are among irst to be globalized. Women"s work: many new immigrants work as domesics or texile workers because of the low transferable skills. Unstable, low pay, high workloads and stress: asian countries work in export processing zones in hazardous condiions, sill tend to do the majority of housework even when working outside the home, educaion helps achieve work equity. Globalizaion is more importantly the movement of goods, services, and capital. Oten leads to disappearance of local enterprises, restaurants, entertainment venues in favour of branch plants of foreign base transnaional corporaions. Cons: most beneits go to transnaional corporaions, increased wealth at the expense of other third world countries. In brazilian slums 2000 children murdered by police and death squad"s yearly.
