GEOG 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deindustrialization, Corporatism, List Of Auto Parts
5 Jun 2014
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Week 3 lecture 2: consumption and beyond: consumption and manufacturing today. Many employees fear losing their jobs overseas, and yet flock to wal-mart to buy cheap imported products. Politicians worry about constituents " jobs, trade imbalance and global competitiveness, while recognizing the stabilizing effect of strong trade relations. And managers try to balance the needs of their employees and communities with the demands of an often brutally competitive marketplace. One central issue is how consumers perceive the commodities or products that they consume. Commodity fetishism refers to the tendency for geographies of production and distribution that actually generate the goods on sale in western shops to be obscured by the emphasis consumers attach to the physical appearance and price of goods. As such, consumers see value as being inherent in commodities rather than resulting from being added through labour. (that is, this product has inherent properties. )
