cis_sti2016-brady_presentation globalization.pptVIP

The World Polity (Meyer Lerner Readings) Canopy of international governmental organizations (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) United Nations, Amnesty International, etc. Global civil society and superstates have potential to improve world well-being 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 IGOs States Secondary School Enrollment Rate Fertility Rate Aid as % of GDP in 2007 * The New Global Inequalities David Brady Duke University Brand (Levi’s) Factory in Haiti Retailer (Wal-Mart) Factory in Mexico Factory in DR Dominican Manufacturer U.S. Manufacturer Inputs: Cotton (India) Thread (China) Denim (China) Inputs: Cotton (Texas) Thread (S. CA) Denim (Mexico) Taiwanese Manufacturer Factory in China Sent over land from Mexico to Wal-Mart DC in Bentonville, Ark. Shipped by container from Santo Domingo to Miami Shipped by container from Shenzhen to West Coast ports BLUE JEANS SOLD AT WALMART (Jennifer Bair) OUTLINE What is Globalization? Trends in Globalization Traditional Global Inequalities Newly Emerging Global Inequalities Possibilities for Global Social Justice? What Is Globalization? Growth of ties/connections; compression of world; reduction of international barriers Growing irrelevance of geographical distance Growing Flows across national borders people, capital, information, goods services including greater share of world and leading to increasing integration across spaces -Timing: long history of international economic integration that began with the rise of capitalism in 1500s Early wave peaked in early 20th century: before WWI Recent wave rising since early 1970s Globalization’s First Wave: Steamship Routes, 1900 Globalization’s Second Wave: The Internet, 2002 Dimensions of Globalization Diffusion Interdependence Organization Culture Concrete Economic Aspects -int’l exchange and flows of goods, services, people, information and capital across nation-states -Exports Imports -Dir