POL380H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Economic Globalization, Abbreviation, Meat Industry
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Content and structure of presentation: needs to identify nsa, needs to identify turning point event where nsa influenced state or didn"t. Multi-national corporations and transnational capital: particular type of corporation which has facilities or assets in one other country than its head office location, abbreviation: mnc, tnc, mne. Corps increasingly source material from diff parts of the world. Tshirt spun in tanzania, assembled in taiwan, shipped to canada. Planet money: podcast tracks single tshirt to doorstep. Cross border poses governance challenge bc no one state has ability to enforce regulations to apply regulations. In canada we wouldn"t want tshirts to be manufactured in sweatshops but gov of canada is powerless to enforce rules in other states. But why doesn"t gov of tshirt making company enact better working conditions to avoid incidents like dhaka tragedy where 100+ were killed in factory. They could but at their own economic peril: more regulation = more expensive product.
