SOCY1050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Web 2.0, Risk Society, Neoliberalism
Lecture 3 - 14/03 - Globalisation
Globalisation = a set of processes which involve increasing multidirectional flows of
things, people + info across the planet - economic, cultural, social, political
is not a new phenomenon - there has always been interdependence across time +
space, but speed + magnitude of change has increased recently due to tech.
Advances
‘catch all’ term for social + economic changes in modernity
Industrialisation transformed economies + livelihoods
capitalism = constant increases in production + accumulation of wealth, therefore new
materials and markets - colonialism
industrialisation has been uneven - transport, communications + specialisation originally
required coherent national identities, underwritten by military strength
economic strength, military capability + political cohesion have meant Western ways of
live have been dominant
‘compression of time and space’
‘disappearance of distance’
disasters, wars, injustices - a global community
communication technologies
Trunk communications/telegraph
The internet, + web 2.0 (social networking etc.)
‘abstract systems’, risk society (world now has more threats that must be dealt with
globally, e.g. climate change)
Difference in anxieties in pre-modern and post-modern world - we have no control and
must trust institutions, e.g. terrorism etc.
‘ontological security’
it is becoming increasingly difficult to feel secure existing - we have such little control
over what happens to us
Neoliberalism:
that free market forces, achieved by minimising govt. restriction + regulation of
Document Summary
Catch all" term for social + economic changes in modernity. Disappearance of distance" disasters, wars, injustices - a global community communication technologies. The internet, + web 2. 0 (social networking etc. ) Abstract systems", risk society (world now has more threats that must be dealt with globally, e. g. climate change) Difference in anxieties in pre-modern and post-modern world - we have no control and must trust institutions, e. g. terrorism etc. Ontological security" it is becoming increasingly difficult to feel secure existing - we have such little control over what happens to us. Multinational corporations foreign aid, neo-liberal agenda - e. g. trans pacific agreement. Globalisation"s uneven effects: e. g. apple - designed in california - high salaries, advanced education, assembled in china - poor conditions + pay. Multinational corporations = 2/3 of all global trade cheap labour used in developing countries - e. g. bangladesh factory collapse.
