Transcript HSB4U_Globalization_Anthro_Miss_Kibedi

HSB4U
CH 10 Globalization
MINDS ON
Get in a group of 4.
Look back at your definitions of Globalization (p. 39 of Course Handouts).
Now that you’ve seen Shipbreakers, draw a picture/create a visual on the board to
show how Shipbreakers connects to globalization.
1 person will report back to the class.
CAROUSEL
 There are (4 – 5) stations set up. You will be in groups of 5.
Each group will have an activity to complete at that station.
You will need to take your textbook with you.
Please come up with at least 1 question and record it on the pad of paper at your
table.
You will have approximately 5 minutes at each station.
CAROUSEL
1. Bottom of p. 38
2. Definitions at the top of p. 38
3. China and Globalization p. 40
4. Match Definitions
5. Shipbreaking Case Study p. 43.
6. Cultural & economic costs of globalization – fill in the blanks
ANTHROPOLOGY AND
GLOBALIZATION
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YOU ARE THE ANTHROPOLOGIST
HSBC taxi ad
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUTl1f24zIo
 What questions would an anthropologist ask as he/she travelled in the taxi?
DEBRIEF – IS GLOBALIZATION GOOD OR BAD?
Globalization is not necessarily good or bad.
It’s effects can be good or bad, or the way it’s done can have good or
bad consequences.
The problem is: the benefits of globalization aren’t necessarily distributed
equally.
Do you think there’s a bias in this chapter of the text?
SOCIOLOGY AND GLOBALIZATION
INEQUALITY AND GLOBALIZATION
TRANSITION TO SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Everything we’ve done so far has been either an introduction to globalization or an
anthropological view of globalization.
Now we’re going to look at a sociological perspective.
This perspective examines the social inequalities that result from Globalization.
Sociologists study institutions, and economics is an institution.
We will examine economics to understand social inequalities.
Some terms that will help us to understand these social inequalities include: World
Income Inequality and Income distribution.
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
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(NATION MASTER. (N.D.). ECONOMY STATISTICS. INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RICHEST 10% (MOST RE CENT)
BY COUNTRY. RETRIEVED APRIL 13, 2012 FROM WWW.NATIONMASTER.COM )
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“CANADA’S RICHEST 86 PEOPLE HAVE AS
MUCH WEALTH AS THE POOREST 11.4
MILLION”
“In 1999, the 86 wealthiest Canadians had a net worth of nearly $120 billion —
equivalent to the bottom 10.1 million Canadians — but that increased to nearly
$180 million in 2012.”
Gerster, J. (2014, Apr 3). Canada’s richest 86 people have as much wealth as the poorest 11.4 million. The Toronto Star. Retrieved from
http://www.thestar.com/business/2014/04/03/canadas_riches_86_people_have_as_much_wealth_as_the_poorest_114_million.html#
-Is that an equal income distribution?
GLOBALIZATION’S EFFECT ON SOCIAL
INEQUALITIES
Let’s look at the Globalization Basics sheet on p. 41 of your Course Handouts.
Then, we’ll look at p. 42 of your Course Handouts.
IMPORTANT POINTS
Transnationals prefer to set up their assembly-line operations in low-wage, low tax
countries because it keeps their production costs down.
Think of conditions for a labourer in Ontario vs. conditions for a labourer in
Alang,India.
In developed societies, the labourer has rights that make production more expensive
(like wages, benefits, labour conditions, number of work hrs, quality of the air, etc. ).
Developing countries have lower wages and work standards so the production of
things becomes cheaper in poorer countries.
THE RESULT CAN BE UNFAIR ECONOMIC
DISTRIBUTION
The developed countries can exploit the developing countries.
The profits of creating this much cheaper manufacture aren’t primarily going into the
pockets of the labourers, they are going to the multinational corporations and
developers.
IS THIS EQUAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION?
% of total annual world income
Poorest, 1
Richest, 42
Poorest
Richest
Other, 57
Conference Board of Canada. (2011, Sept.). World income inequality. Retrieved April
12, 2012 from http://www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/hot-topics/worldInequality.aspx
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DEEPENING KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITY
Read the Competing Perspectives articles on page 344 (The IMF and the World
Bank) and page 345 (World Bank President Refute Protesters’ Claims) of your text.
Which side would you take? Discuss with an elbow partner.
REVIEW HOMEWORK
For homework you had filled out p. 43 (Shipbreaking) from the course handouts
Globalization Case Studies.
Select people will share information.
Questions?
HOMEWORK