SOCY 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anti-Globalization Movement, Outsourcing, Amartya Sen
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Friday 9/23 - introduction to course: readings: amartya sen. how to judge globalism (ecommons) (9 pages) Globalization doesn"t necessarily stem from innovations from the west. Rather if we: reading notes summary: think about globalization in 1000 a. d we"d see that most break throughs in science, technology, and mathematics that began and spread globally actually didn"t begin in europe but in places like. Europe and america later drew from their developments. Seeing globalization as simply western imperialism of ideas would be foolish. Developments, such as math, have traveled full circle despite cases resisting imperialism. The case of economic gains and losses remains entirely separate from this; consider how through globalization potential economic gain was shared between rich and poor countries. It isn"t enough to know that poor and rich countries need globalization the same amount, it is important to have reforms that can be in place to make sure of it.
