Topic 9 Globalisation

Question 1

What does Beck argue?

Answer 1

• globalisation has created new insecurities of risk consciousness
• the media has now made us more aware of ours risks
• the media presented ethnic minorities in a negative way which has led to rise in hate crimes

Question 2

What does Marxists say about globalisation?

Answer 2

• Taylor argues that globalisation has allows for transnational corporate crime
• companies are now moving abroad, leading to unemployment and poverty in the UK

Question 3

How can the movement of transnational companies from the UK to developing countries cause crime in both?

Answer 3

• when companies move overseas, they commit white collar crime by neglecting health and safety and giving low wages
• In the UK, there’s a loss of jobs as factories move abroad, increasing inequalities like poverty and unemployment, which lead to people committing crime

Question 4

How can the Marxist theory of globalisation be evaluated?

Answer 4

It does not adequately how the changes make people behave in criminal ways.
For example, all poor people turn to crime and not all powerful companies use these opportunities to commit crime.