SOC309Y1 Lecture Notes - Sub-Saharan Africa, Reproductive Rights, Prenatal Diagnosis
Document Summary
Globalization, the drive towards an economic system dominated by supranational trade and banking institutions that are not accountable to democratic processes or national government. Increases in cross-border economic, social and technological exchange under conditions of capitalism. Human bodies move across borders sometimes carry the virus that causes aids, and often, they meet the virus at their destinations. Virus follows vulnerability, crosses borders with ease, finds itself at home where there is conflict, hunger and poverty. Southern africa, the economy of the region has been defined in the last two centuries by minding: gold and diamond. Yet, globalization has provided a solid platform for the current. Take some men from rural areas and put them in hostels far away from home, in different countries if need be. Ensure that the communities surrounding the men are impoverished so that a ring of sex workers develops around each mining town.
