HIS 1111 : Week 11 – Faces of Globalization.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 1111
• Professor: Don't Know

Document Summary

Week 11 faces of globalization: although we are all connected, we are not equal, when it comes to something as vast and abstract as globalization we have difficulty bringing it into focus. Globalization has many faces, in other words, it has shaped the lives and aspirations of people throughout the world in multiple, complex ways. Therefore to appreciate globalization we need to immerse ourselves in different concrete biographies, the struggles of poor people, and multiple stages to appreciate globalization"s far flung effects. Detroit and oshawa: beneficiaries of globalization, change brings winners and losers, and the beneficiaries of globalization are predominantly urban centers at the heart of new industries of prosperity. Their wealth is written into their towering neon landscapes: ex. Imf structural adjustment mechanisms imposed to pay back loans to western banks have cut traditional barriers that protected third world farmers. No, longer would canadian steamlines be paying tax to canada.