Sociology 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Northern Canada, Earth University, David Suzuki
10 Apr 2018
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Lecture 19 - environmental problems: depends on where you are in the world, if you are in an industrialized country, if it is still developing, etc, video: globalization, the good, the bad, the ugly: Economic, environmental, societal and political issues are considered. Avg. price of a telephone call from new york to london uk has decreased by 99% since 1930. More industrialized countries remove import tariffs, quotas and bans to make trade between countries easier. International exports have increased 30 fold in the last few years (cid:862)m(cid:272)world(cid:863) how western culture becomes dominant and takes away from others cultures. Newly industrialized countries in south asia gain an advantage from globalization. Local production facilities are over powered by the newly industrialized countries and they become undervalued and under imported/exported. The industrialized countries are taking advantage of other countries around the world. Globalization presents new opportunities and new challenges. But these benefits are often overshadowed by the human costs and consequences.
