GEOG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Joe Fresh, Sweatshop, Comparative Advantage
5 Apr 2016
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The globalizaion of labor and the re-emergence of china. Goal = produce goods for export to earn foreign $ / to promote naional development. Gov"ts give incenives to atract foreign companies. Held up as a new model of global capitalism (pre-1997) Economic dependency = dependent on other countries to buy their goods. Feminizaion of labor: paying women less thinking they are not head of the households or don"t need much money to support the household. Problems with sweatshops: unsafe working condiions, long hours, low wage, violence, sexual harassment, locked inside factories. Our direct connecion: bangladeshi factory collapse, 2013. Joe fresh, signed an accord to ensure safe working condiions ater the incident. Resistance to low wages, poor working condiions, etc. Acivism against york and olympics apparel made in sweatshop. Globalizaion does not equal a natural or neutral process: people making decision acively. E. g. , sotware development in bangalore, india: cheaper labour in india. E. g. , call centers: paid well in india but.
