Globalization:
A Cost and Benefit Analysis
POLS 2070: Contemporary Social and
Political Issues
TEAM ONE: Kourtney DeFreece, Doni Klein,
Connie Mayer & Emma Okul
BENEFITS OF
GLOBALIZATION
1. Improved Status of Women in Developing
Countries
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vital part of the workforce to help contribute to
economic growth
contributions important to services they produce
spend their income on things vital for social progress
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Education
Health
Nutrition for families
Geddes, Pete. "The Benefits of Globalization." FREE - Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment. 07 Jan.
2004. Web. 07 Aug. 2010. <http://www.free-eco.org/articleDisplay.php?id=378>.
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BENEFITS OF
GLOBALIZATION
2. Improved Health, Life Expectancy and
Food Supply in Developing Countries
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1950's: 178/1000 children born died before their first
birthday
Late 1990's: 64/1000.
Average life expectancy has risen 15 years.
Decrease in child labor of 17%.
Geddes, Pete. "The Benefits of Globalization." FREE - Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment. 07 Jan.
2004. Web. 07 Aug. 2010. <http://www.free-eco.org/articleDisplay.php?id=378>.
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BENEFITS OF
GLOBALIZATION
3. “Exportation” of Western Values
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Example: Chinese and Saudi Arabian tolerance for
homosexuality
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Western perception of “human rights violations” could
damage trade ties, and thus limit economic expansion
Geddes, Pete. "The Benefits of Globalization." FREE - Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment. 07 Jan.
2004. Web. 07 Aug. 2010. <http://www.free-eco.org/articleDisplay.php?id=378>.
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BENEFITS OF
GLOBALIZATION
4. Improved educational opportunities
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Differences in education = source of inequality
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Learning to learn (leisure)
Learning to do (skills)
Learning to live together (understanding of others = conflict
management
Learning to be (acting with autonomy, judgment, personal
responsibility)
Bakhtiari, Sadegh. "Clobalization and Education: Challenges and Opportunities." International Business & Economics
Research Journal 5.2 (2006): n. pag. Clute Institute Online Journals. Web. 9 Aug. 2010.
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BENEFITS OF
GLOBALIZATION
5. Expanded “green” technologies for
energy production
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Sharing of information and technology leads to
expanded use of environmentally-friendly
technologies
Exports of green technologies benefit the U.S.
economy by creating and sustaining jobs here at
home and by increasing revenues
"Globalization and Global Warming: Green Technology (Part 2) | Global Students Network." Global Students Network. N.p.,
24 May 2010. Web. 9 Aug. 2010. <http://globalstudentsnetwork.com/globalization-and-global-warming-green-technologypart-2/>.
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NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF
GLOBALIZATION
1. Public Health Spending
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detrimental effects on the rates of certain infections
such as tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and other STDs
certain outbreaks of infectious diseases are
themselves associated with significant costs in terms
of lost trade and tourism revenue
Kawachi, Ichiro & Wamala, Sarah, “Globalization and Health”, Oxford University Press, pg 21.
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NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF
GLOBALIZATION
2. Increased Poverty Gap in developing
nations
• Rich get richer, poor get poorer
Fifty-sixth General Assembly, Third Committee, 7th Meeting(AM) Press release,
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/gashc3631.doc.htm
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NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF
GLOBALIZATION
3. Job insecurity
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Outsourcing of white collar jobs to countries like
China.
Less and less jobs for individuals in developed
countries.
R. William. Globalization and the Offshore Outsourcing of jobs. The State University of New York.
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NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF
GLOBALIZATION
4. Exploitation of Labor
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Use of prisoners, children
Poor working conditions
Substandard safety
Exploitation of women
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Seen as more docile and productive in parts of India
Negative Effects of Globalization, from the website: http://global_india1.tripod.com/negative.htm
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NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF
GLOBALIZATION
5. Extinction of Culture in Developing
Nations
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As people travel far and near, exchange ideas
through interaction or media, the sense of who “we”
are changes.
“McDonaldization” = spread of fast foods.
“Americanization” = U.S. spreading values and
habits.
Globalization and Culture by John Tomlin, retrieved from the website
http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/books.html
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