Sociology 1025A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, United States House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform
22 Dec 2017
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Acknowledge what is happening around the world: breaks down bias, see diff reality, not see ourselves as the only or right way. Globalization: set of social processes that appear to transform weakening nationality into globality: e. g. greater i(cid:374)terco(cid:374)(cid:374)ected(cid:374)ess of the world"s people, think as global citizens not just as canadians. Post-second world war: decolonization, transnational political & financial institutions, foundation of neoliberalism. International monetary fund (imf: world bank, world trade organization (wto, anti-globalization / anti-capitalist movements, structural adjustment plans. Technological dimension: technology facilitates all other dimensions of globalization. This planet could provide for human need not human greed. Concentration of economic power: 44 of top 100 economics in the world are corporations, not countries. Set of economic policies that have become widespread during the last 25 years or so. Economic philosophy that when market forces are unimpeded by govt, prosperity & democracy will flourish.
