HIST 260 Lecture Notes - Free Trade
12 Oct 2012
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People"s lives increased dramatically in an economic sense from wwii to 1975. Deficits rising: debt causes high interest, major industries collapse, free trade. Lots of factories close, move to u. s. and mexico: increasing pressure of globalization, governments attack union, as well as businesses. Privatization became a new term during the 80s. Legal and constitutional advances occurred: come in mainly through advocacy. By the 80s, it was expected that women would combine work with all their other activities. Most of the jobs are in the service sector. Women and young people are holding low-paid and insecure jobs: described as second-rate job, difficult to unionize. Women are expected to live in impossible standards (super)women in the workforce. A lot of grandmothers were the main basis of support during the 80s. Discrimination in workplace because of past, present or future pregnancies, resulting in maternity leaves. Men are viewed as being committed to careers. Even more heroic is a gendered lens within the workplace.
