Title: HSB4U
1HSB4U
2Minds On
- Get in a group of 4.
- Look back at your definitions of Globalization
(p. 39 of Course Handouts). - Now that youve 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.
3Carousel
- 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.
4Carousel
- 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
5Anthropology and Globalization
6You Are the Anthropologist
- HSBC taxi ad
- http//www.youtube.com/watch?vfUTl1f24zIo
- What questions would an anthropologist ask as
he/she travelled in the taxi?
7Debrief Is Globalization good or bad?
- Globalization is not necessarily good or bad.
- Its effects can be good or bad, or the way its
done can have good or bad consequences. - The problem is the benefits of globalization
arent necessarily distributed equally. - Do you think theres a bias in this chapter of
the text?
8Sociology and globalizationInequality and
Globalization
9Transition to Sociological perspective
- Everything weve done so far has been either an
introduction to globalization or an
anthropological view of globalization. - Now were 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.
10Income distribution(Nation Master. (N.d.).
Economy statistics. Income distribution richest
10 (most recent) by country. Retrieved April
13, 2012 from www.nationmaster.com)
11Canadas 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. - -Is that an equal income distribution?
Gerster, J. (2014, Apr 3). Canadas 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_poore
st_114_million.html
12Globalizations effect on Social inequalities
- Lets look at the Globalization Basics sheet on
p. 41 of your Course Handouts. - Then, well look at p. 42 of your Course
Handouts.
13Important 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.
14The Result can be unfair economic distribution
- The developed countries can exploit the
developing countries. - The profits of creating this much cheaper
manufacture arent primarily going into the
pockets of the labourers, they are going to the
multinational corporations and developers.
15Is this equal income distribution?
Conference Board of Canada. (2011, Sept.). World
income inequality. Retrieved April 12, 2012 from
http//www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/hot-topics/world
Inequality.aspx
16Deepening 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.
17Review HOMEWORK
- For homework you had filled out p. 43
(Shipbreaking) from the course handouts
Globalization Case Studies. - Select people will share information.
- Questions?
18Homework