SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cultural Imperialism, Sustainable Consumption, Outsourcing
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Jan 8th lecture 13 globalization caron. Info sheet will be released this weekend. An opportunity to take what you have learned in the fall and apply it this winter to a new version. Same movie, new research question, building on the work from the fall. Globalization is a social, economic, and political process that makes it easier for people, goods, ideas, and capital to travel around the world at an unprecedented pace. Globalization makes the world look and feel smaller. Globalization as a process means it is neither inherently good nor bad. It does have real impact on the environment and every single human being around the world; although in different ways (i. e. digital divide is about inequality of access to means of communication. ) Top-down globalization involves the actions of groups promoting globalized capitalism and free trade. Globalization from below describes the action of groups that criticize the injustices that result from globalization processes.
