GEN&SEX 50B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Warsaw Pact, Gross Domestic Product, Eastern Bloc
20 Jun 2018
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- U.S. border politics
U.S. borders are policed differently along the Canadian border and along the Mexican border
People from Mexico have difficulty crossing into U.S.- though the goods they made and corporate
executives can cross easily
Mexican border keeps wages on the Mexican side low and on the U.S. side high- generating migration
and maquiladoras
Advantage for owners of maquiladoras and employers of undocumented persons in U.S.
Pay them much less
- Maquiladoras
Receive tax breaks
Pay low wages
Free of environmental regulation
Located along the border of Mexico and U.S. in “export processing zones”
Assembly plants
In 1991, 68% were owned by U.S. firms; in general, owned by non-Mexican corporations
Unions in Mexico mostly tied to government
- Women in maquiladoras
Considered inexpensive, docile, compliant, expendable
Subject to pregnancy tests- form of population control/ denial of reproductive rights
Form of biopower
Epidemic of kidnappings and killings of women in Cuidad Juarez (370 documented workers, 3,000
missing since 1993)
- “Developed world”
Features of the developed world
Established wealth from industrialization and colonial pursuits
Colonial as economic and political system
High per capita income (PCI)
High gross domestic product (GDP)
Advanced technology
Concentrated in Global Worth
- “Developing world”
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Document Summary
U. s. borders are policed differently along the canadian border and along the mexican border. People from mexico have difficulty crossing into u. s. - though the goods they made and corporate executives can cross easily. Mexican border keeps wages on the mexican side low and on the u. s. side high- generating migration and maquiladoras. Advantage for owners of maquiladoras and employers of undocumented persons in u. s. Located along the border of mexico and u. s. in export processing zones . In 1991, 68% were owned by u. s. firms; in general, owned by non-mexican corporations. Unions in mexico mostly tied to government. Subject to pregnancy tests- form of population control/ denial of reproductive rights. Epidemic of kidnappings and killings of women in cuidad juarez (370 documented workers, 3,000 missing since 1993) Presumption that some societies need to catch up with other societies. Term used by critics of development programs because such programs produce unequal economic and political relations.
