SOC 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Canadian Content, Postcolonialism, Consumerism
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Globalization: in the 1990s it was associated with the decline of industrial manufacturing; Rust belt of the u. s & eastern canada. Loss of blue collared jobs unprecedented migration of north american industries to lower wage countries (maquiladoras; u. s mexico border) Globalization is now linked to an expanding range of political, economic, social, an cultural phenomena. Synomynous, new world order , the end of history term used after cold war and dissolution of soviet union. Communities are being connected; huge distances, immediate forms of communication with new communications technology. Gatt: general agreement on tariffs and trade. Strengthening of world-wide relations which link distant localties in a way local happenening are shaped by events miles away. Transnational corporations: shift production across the world, take advantage of cheap labour, & loose environmental and labour regulations in less developed countries. Stock markets in the u. s can affect stock markets in canada, shanhai, etc.