GG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: International Inequality, Core Countries, Malaria Vaccine
Document Summary
Global inequality happens at global level; spatial injustice at national level. No piped water, must rely on trucked in water sold by vendors at a premium. Those who can afford it least have to pay most. Your wealth determines your opportunities in life (health, life expectancy, chance of children) Global inequality and spatial injustice are not accidental. Polluting factories/activities are often sited in poor neighbourhoods that do not have the resources to sway politicians, attract investment or organize resistance. Gis of nova scotia toxic activities clustered around native and black communities. The entire world is tied together in one system (no more third world etc) based on competition for power, resource and territory. The gain of one group is achieved at the expense of another (t-shirts, iphones products are so cheap b/c of how they were manufactured we benefit more than they do) The modern world-system started w/ european expansion and colonization in the 16th century.
