HLST 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Inequality, Labour Power, Equal Pay For Equal Work
6 Apr 2018
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Political economy: focuses on the links between health and economic, political and social life of people in different groups, classes, regions or societies. Global capitalism: economic globalization due to advent of technology and its influence on production and concentration of ownership in the hands of a few. Greater inequality lead to poverty social inequality. Free trade agreements: nafta (cad, usa, mexico) and ceta (canada. European comprehensive trade agreement), supported by international system like that international monetary fund, the world bank, and the world trade. Enforce economic globalization, treaties reinforce all globalization of capitalism. Coburn states what neoliberals, conservative parties, corporate interests cannot get in the ballot box is they seek to get. Video- contradiction of capitalism with david harvey: the political process is bypassed now which is ineffective, occupy movement- was successful since it changed the opposition (at least through media, bypassing states, creating regional structures
