FEM 2109 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Free Market, Pension, Main Source

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 2109
• Professor: Mythili Rajiva

Document Summary

Worldwide integration of government, policies, cultures, social movements, media, technology, financial markets through trade & exchange of ideas. Characterized by democratization, cultural diffusion (culture spreads), regional & wider armed conflicts, militarization, terrorism & widening disparities between and within nations. Globalization has created new context for migration where we now are more aware of why and how migration happen around the world. Changes to the role of a nations state: 1) global economic governance 2) security 3) Industrial progress: more efficient economy for long term growth. Various histories of militarism and nation-building represent certain forms of masculinity. Dominant discourses of globalization rely on man. Neo liberal policies promoted by organizations such as the un have created inequalities that directly affect women. Currently wb, wto, and the un have high rates of men in senior decision making positions, while women mainly staff gender agencies and do not hold much power. Policy, institutional, or organization arrangements are generally men in these above companies.