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Globalization's Uneven Impact on Asia's Garment Factories

Garment factories in Asia demonstrate how globalization is an uneven process in three key ways: 1) Workers in garment factories face poor safety and working conditions despite the industry being economically important, showing globalization benefits some more than others. 2) Multinational corporations exploit cheap labor in third world countries for competitive advantage, impacting workers' livelihoods. 3) Economic integration leaves workers with few choices and at the mercy of subcontractors who sacrifice workplace standards to keep corporations profitable.

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Globalization's Uneven Impact on Asia's Garment Factories

Garment factories in Asia demonstrate how globalization is an uneven process in three key ways: 1) Workers in garment factories face poor safety and working conditions despite the industry being economically important, showing globalization benefits some more than others. 2) Multinational corporations exploit cheap labor in third world countries for competitive advantage, impacting workers' livelihoods. 3) Economic integration leaves workers with few choices and at the mercy of subcontractors who sacrifice workplace standards to keep corporations profitable.

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Question 2

How are garment factories in Asia an example of how globalization is an 'uneven


process'? Be certain to define globalization and use examples from lectures or the
text in your answer.
12-01-15 Lecture Slides Globalization: labour, production and illegal trade
&
07-01-15 Lecture slides: Globalization
Globalization is the increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world
through common processes of economic, environmental, political and cultural
change. Globalization has helped create new politics, new manufacturing supply
chains and new labour relations. An example of globalisation is travel and tourism
which supports homogenization of exchange of money, cultures and knowledge.
Globalization is an uneven process with different outcomes. One of such outcomes
is the political protest linked to changes globalization has impacted in the
geography of production and labour in Asia, Thailands political divide: middle class
versus working class for instance.
The phrase globalization is an uneven process draws attention to how people are
connected to the global economy in unequal ways and how people are impacted by
globalization differently. Globalization has uneven effects with some benefiting more
than others.
Garment factories in Asia specifically are tied to globalization as the symbol of the
dark side. Despite the garment Industry being responsible for 17% of GDP and
77% of total exports, the increasing worker unrest in Asia does not paint the picture
of people happy to have jobs. This is because of the poor safety and work
conditions.
Listed points:

Multinational corporations with their increasing reach and power exploit the
third world countries.
Globalization and the economic growth it generates also produces inequity
and affected people are made vulnerable.
Globalization is not a 'natural process'; it doesn't just happen but, it is as a
result of decisions made to keep labour cheap and businesses profitable.
There is competitive advantage for multinational corporations in cheap
labour.
Reduced tariffs and regulations result in freer movement of capital for export
oriented economies.
Sub-contractors operating for big corporations are ready to willingly sacrifice
themselves if issues concerning workplace safety or wages arise to keep
these big corporations clean.
The increasing rural to urban migration is leading to large inexpensive pool of
labour with constrained options.

The economic integration leaves people with few choices.

Question 15
28-01-15 Intro to SS Africa | Textbook page 191-193
Quinine
Quinine is a drug extracted from the bark of cinchona tree in Peru, South America.
Before it was discovered in 1850, Europeans were reluctant to travel to Africa. This
was because many of them had died from sicknesses such as malaria thus, Africa
was seen as the "White Man's Grave. It was a barrier to early colonization.
After Quinine was discovered to be an effective western treatment for malaria, the
interest of Europeans in Africa grew and they migrated to Africa as explorers,
missionaries and colonizers.
Question 16
6-04-15 Caribbean and Tourism |
Problems with tourism in the Caribbean:

Environmental degradation: because coastal development, land subsidence


and climate change.

Reinforced stereotypes

Precarious jobs: no job security

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