Globalization Global North, Global South - The North/ South Divide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-South_divide - northern countries seen as developed and more civilized * ex: not every person in the United States is educated this is far from the truth as many of you know. - south is seen as poor, uneducated * ex: there are many people in Africa that are richer than many Americans Socio-economic perspective: gains and pains Positive: i.Globalization of markets ii.Privatization iii.Mobility iv.Agency * ex: women are able to participate and bring women's issues to the table; issues that may have been overlooked before Negative: i.Poverty * ex: corporations take away from countries natural resources by adding their own hybrid rice seeds which cause the value of the product to drop ii.Increased trafficking of women iii.Reproductive rights, biomedicine, “wombs for rent” iv.Lack of literacy - seems a bit contradictory but as flaming_pie explains "since the world is so tightly knit now, people automatically assume that everyone else lives like thay do. for example, we assume that since we can read, everyone can. even though many people can't. but since we think this, it makes the issue of literacy less urgent. and it doesn't get dealt with. so you get illiteracy in higher numbers generation after generation" v.HIV pandemic vi.Discrimination and violence * ex: unfair labour practices - ex: workers in X country paid $1 a day vii.Religious and national fundamentalisms What do you guys think?
I agree with you. World globalization is both a blessing and a curse. Though we (as the Western World) have the world at our feet now in terms of education and learning, this education seems to teach us that everyone is the same (which is awesome in terms of unity and whatnot...), and thus has the same rights and freedoms as we do, as well as the same status, standard of living (whatever you want to call it). And those who don't, get ignored and remain in their conditions without any hope of coming out. In this respect...it's a bit tragic really, isn't it?
