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Globalization: A Cost and Benefit Analysis. POLS 2070: Contemporary Social and Political Issues TEAM ONE: Kourtney DeFreece, Doni Klein, Connie Mayer & Emma Okul. BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION. Improved Status of Women in Developing Countries
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Globalization:A Cost and Benefit Analysis POLS 2070: Contemporary Social and Political Issues TEAM ONE: Kourtney DeFreece, Doni Klein, Connie Mayer & Emma Okul
BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION • Improved Status of Women in Developing Countries • vital part of the workforce to help contribute to economic growth • contributions important to services they produce • spend their income on things vital for social progress • Education • Health • Nutrition for families Geddes, Pete. "The Benefits of Globalization." FREE - Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment. 07 Jan. 2004. Web. 07 Aug. 2010. <http://www.free-eco.org/articleDisplay.php?id=378>.
BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION • Improved Health, Life Expectancy and Food Supply in Developing Countries • 1950's: 178/1000 children born died before their first birthday • Late 1990's: 64/1000. • Average life expectancy has risen 15 years. • Decrease in child labor of 17%. Geddes, Pete. "The Benefits of Globalization." FREE - Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment. 07 Jan. 2004. Web. 07 Aug. 2010. <http://www.free-eco.org/articleDisplay.php?id=378>.
BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION • “Exportation” of Western Values • Example: Chinese and Saudi Arabian tolerance for homosexuality • Western perception of “human rights violations” could damage trade ties, and thus limit economic expansion Geddes, Pete. "The Benefits of Globalization." FREE - Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment. 07 Jan. 2004. Web. 07 Aug. 2010. <http://www.free-eco.org/articleDisplay.php?id=378>.
BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION • Improved educational opportunities • Differences in education = source of inequality • Learning to learn (leisure) • Learning to do (skills) • Learning to live together (understanding of others = conflict management • Learning to be (acting with autonomy, judgment, personal responsibility) Bakhtiari, Sadegh. "Clobalization and Education: Challenges and Opportunities." International Business & Economics Research Journal 5.2 (2006): n. pag. Clute Institute Online Journals. Web. 9 Aug. 2010.
BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION • Expanded “green” technologies for energy production • Sharing of information and technology leads to expanded use of environmentally-friendly technologies • Exports of green technologies benefit the U.S. economy by creating and sustaining jobs here at home and by increasing revenues "Globalization and Global Warming: Green Technology (Part 2) | Global Students Network." Global Students Network. N.p., 24 May 2010. Web. 9 Aug. 2010. <http://globalstudentsnetwork.com/globalization-and-global-warming-green-technology-part-2/>.
NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION • Public Health Spending • detrimental effects on the rates of certain infections such as tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and other STDs • certain outbreaks of infectious diseases are themselves associated with significant costs in terms of lost trade and tourism revenue Kawachi, Ichiro & Wamala, Sarah, “Globalization and Health”, Oxford University Press, pg 21.
NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION • Increased Poverty Gap in developing nations • Rich get richer, poor get poorer Fifty-sixth General Assembly, Third Committee, 7th Meeting(AM) Press release, http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/gashc3631.doc.htm
NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION • Job insecurity • Outsourcing of white collar jobs to countries like China. • Less and less jobs for individuals in developed countries. R. William. Globalization and the Offshore Outsourcing of jobs. The State University of New York.
NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION • Exploitation of Labor • Use of prisoners, children • Poor working conditions • Substandard safety • Exploitation of women • Seen as more docile and productive in parts of India Negative Effects of Globalization, from the website: http://global_india1.tripod.com/negative.htm
NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION • Extinction of Culture in Developing Nations • As people travel far and near, exchange ideas through interaction or media, the sense of who “we” are changes. • “McDonaldization” = spread of fast foods. • “Americanization” = U.S. spreading values and habits. Globalization and Culture by John Tomlin, retrieved from the websitehttp://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/books.html