Global social welfare and social justice Flashcards
What are some problems with measuring global social welfare?
Only available globally for basic topics that are relatively simple to define
Data should be viewed with caution
Elements of globalization?
Multiple cycles over history All nation states are interconnected Based on exploitation of labor and resources Multiple cycles over history Always winners/losers
Wealth and income inequality has exploded over recent years
T OR F?
True
Why is looking at global social welfare important?
Looking at nation states individually fails to recognize that they are all interconnected
Ex: what we do in canada impacts other nation states
What are the requirements of global capitalism?
Requires continuous economic growth
Profits are maximized by minimizing production costs/ increasing prices
Regulated through
bilateral / multilateral trade agreements
World trade organization
Define globalism, outline advantages and disadvantages?
the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Advantages: Global economic growth Deceases to poverty worldwide Improved rights for women Increased life expectancy Increased security
Disadvantages:
Creates competition:
Threatens regulations meant to improve welfare (ex: enviro)
Encourage privatization of public goods
Leads to services being cut to reduce taxes
Increases inequality:
World system theory - countries on periphery serving those at the core
Power increasingly in corporate hands
Give some examples of how canada effects the world/ how world practices effect populations in canada?
Hint: oil sands
Ex (world - canada) = conflict minerals for phones/computers OR investments in privatized water companies OR canadian products from sweatshops
Ex (canada - world) = oil sands and the indigenous peoples OR Access to safe drinking water on reserves OR declining manufacturing
Where does canada fit in the context of globalization?
Canadians mostly benefit from exploitation of others
Importing goods, caretakers
Define deskilling and the brain drain?
deskilling (immigrants in canada that lose their high-edu)
Brain drain: taking high-skill professionals from their home countries
What are some of the united nations’ agencies?
think: what needs to be adressed
U.N dev program U.N children’s fund (unicef) U.N high commissioner for refugees U.N women World food program International organization for migration
Examples of two world ogranizations?
Save the children
World vision
Amnesty international
How does Sheila Watt Cloutier explain the advocacy process?
Advocacy is complicated its about:
Building alliances across organizations and countries
Citizen engagement
Working through international division
Persistence
