Sociology 2228A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pope Francis, Participatory Democracy, Precariat
10 Apr 2020
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The world is in a process of transition toward a reformulation of development from various angles, goaded by pope francis linked social and environmental justice. Pointed out difference between human needs and wants. Neoliberal economic policies have exposed citizens to greater uncertainty with increasingly volatile financial markets and precarious employment. Because of tight budgets and economic power and because of political infighting us is less able to maintain its economic power. Gp changed the condition of development drastically by creating a global labour force. Development has lost its luster as northern citizens experience increasingly uncertain livelihood opportunities. Tncs have been able to extract concessions from northern labour with the threat of offshoring jobs. This means individuals in all countries often have many jobs. Social crisis is two-fold a crisis of the development promise. Highly competitive global labour market has a similar effect. Northern economies are now hosting the very same structural adjustments visited upon the global south from the 1980s.
