Term
| How does a third world Feminist define globalization? |
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Definition
The integration of the economies
of the whole world into the liberal capitalist market economy controlled
by the Group of Seven |
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Term
| The author notes that the G-7 nations create policies to benefit the top 7 nations. What does that mean? |
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Definition
-Ensure survival of monopoly capitalism
-Maintaining transnational elite / transnational capitalist class |
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Term
| Who are the major instruments of neo-liberal globalization? |
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Definition
-economic liberalization
-deregulation
-privitization
-finance capital investment
-labor flexibilization
-labor export |
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Term
| What is the main purpose of this paper? |
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Definition
1) Analyze the negative impact of globalization on women.
2) Examine strategies of organizations to resist neo-liberal policies. |
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Term
| How are borderless economies created? |
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Definition
-dismantling controls on flow of goods, services, and capital
-less restricted entry of direct foreign investment |
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Term
| Does the free trade benefit all nations? Why and why not? |
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Definition
No, it hurts developing nations
-Import liberalization destroys local economic viability
-Creates import dependency and food insecurity |
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Term
| More specifically, explain how free trade practices affected the Philippines? |
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Definition
-Imports flood the market destroying local manufacturing and economies
-Creates import dependency and food insecurity |
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Term
| How is food security impacted in the Philippines? |
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Definition
-Creates dependency on imports for basic needs
-Drives up the cost of local rice |
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Term
| How is privatization of health care and water in the Philippines affecting the poor? |
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Definition
-Deny's affordable healthcare to the poor
-Water becomes too expensive for poor |
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Term
| What is labor flexibilization? What are the consequences of labor flexibilization? |
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Definition
Involves work organization and employment schemes designed to maximize profit extraction.
-subcontracting
-apprentencies
Raises profits for capitalists and exploits workers, raising unemployment |
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Term
| What is labor export and what is the extent of labor export in the Philippines? |
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Definition
-State facilitates overseas labor migration for temporary or contractual work.
-Philippines is top labor exporter in the world. |
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Term
| What are the consequences of labor export from the Philippines? |
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Definition
-Commoditization of the workforce
-trafficking of women
-cheap and expendable workforce
-feminization of migrant workforce |
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Term
What are the efforts of non-governmental organizations such as GABRIELA dealing with problems faced
by Filipino women as a result of globalization? |
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Definition
-legistlation criminalizing sex trafficking
-helped reverse water privitization
-Formation of a Women's National Party |
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