Charlotte Taylor's List: Diigo Assignment

Globalisation has supported the spread of capitalism throughout the world . Marxism can incorporate globalisation through the notion of worldwide revolution by expanding on the idea of scientific marxism. This incorporated his wider views on economics behind globalisation. This would be used in my essay to form the basis argument that globalisation in its current view could be seen as a negative process. Marxism argues that we can transform globalisation from this point of view with a global revolution to achieve social and economic equality.

This is a brief interview with Noam Chomsky in which we can infer that he views capitalism as a meritocracy, expressing the view that America has never had anything resembling capitalism. Considering that America dominates the business world globally, it would be fair to assume that globalisation is a negative process as it does not allow for equal opportunities for all.

As a generalisation and in many Third World countries, globalisation has had a significantly detrimental impact on women; much more so than men. Examples of this include the lower rates of healthcare provision for women and the failure of UN policies directed to help women. Sexism is rife and it affects both rich and poor women alike. This website demonstrates with facts and figures in what ways women are oppressed, largely due to globalisation.

The demands of consumerism have inevitably had a deleterious impact on the environment. Key examples of the damage caused and the public reaction to it are given on this website, as well as insight into the balance between globalisation and environmental protection and how, if possible, this can be achieved.

Here, Dawkins talks to a radicalised muslim who expresses how muslims in the East see western women and men, partially due to how the media portrays them and gives some type of insight into the reasons behind 9/11. People of certain cultures and religions perceive globalisation as a threat to their way of life - through terrorism and fear that their culture will be diluted by our media. He states that the terror attacks were their way of trying to change globalisation, yet essentially failed due to greater involvement in the middle east afterwards.

Spickard speaks of how religion has benefited from the process of globalisation, most notably modern religions such as scientology and small religions as they can now use the current economic system to centralise their resources and allocate funding to areas that are most in need. Additionally, Spickard discusses how localism has not died but is in fact playing a vital role alongside globalisation which could be a possible way to defend any negative effects that it has. Religious organisations have been able to use globalisation to spread their beliefs and way of life across the globe.

This website shows how Nike and other large companies are using a sweatshop style system and asks several important questions - Do we care that others are being exploited for us to have cheap commodities? It has terrible consequences for those being exploited but conversely a large advantage to developed countries and the businesses that profit. It also explains how a significant number of western countries have lost manufacturing to places such as China. By buying more ethical products, would this make consumerism less exploitative?

This website argues that it is not essential for everything to be mass produced and that there are alternatives i.e. fair trade and ethical consumerism. It also discusses how the development of the internet and the TV have helped poorer countries by bringing issues to light such as appalling working conditions and fair trade, enabling the good that the organisation has done for farmers in these disadvantaged regions. This could be used in essay to show that globalisation can have a positive outcome, even if it has flowed from bad circumstances for these people and provides a practical example of how to make subtle changes to the current system.

This discusses how the effects of tourism are able to benefit different people in all cultures in a variety of ways. People choosing to spend time in foreign countries will be able to indulge in their culture such as Bukkake and experience new foods i.e. Sushi. However globalisation in this case has not just helped the rich with the money to travel; it has also helped the poor in tourist countries to gain a greater understanding of European or American culture by meeting its citizens - something which previously would have been unimaginable and would have relied on the media to form their opinions. This encourages cultural integration and rids people of inaccurate stereotypes. However, it is possible to limit this form of globalisation, as seen in Cuba.

The first five articles follow an illegal immigrant from his home country of Guinea into Europe. His struggles are documented to establish the lengths that people will go to to gain entry into a better country. He doesn't have much opportunity in Guinea besides farming and wants to make more of his life, mentioning the way Europe is portrayed in the media as a prosperous land. The article leans towards the view that the countries from which these people are migrating from can be bettered with greater investment in infrastructure. Countries affected by illegal immigration may then choose to invest in these countries in order to show people that there is the opportunity for a decent life in their native country.

This link discusses the European trade agreements and policy behind them in addition to how the European Union wants to expand its free trade agreements to all countries in an attempt to liberalise the world. This would show that globalisation can be for the good of all and not just the rich countries. We can change globalisation for the good of poorer countries by trying to enact a worldwide free trade agreement.

The healthcare systems of countries with low globalisation do benefit from aspects such as a lack of outside interference i.e. The IMF forcing the privatisation of health and the lack of foreign tourists spreading worldwide epidemics like the rise in fatalities in bird flu. However, it also argues that these countries are cut off from a great deal of valuable resources such as new medical technologies or drugs for treatments. Conversely, countries with high globalisation benefit from new treatments but suffer from outside interference. This can be seen as good or bad depending on a country's foreign and domestic policies so globalisation is in the position to be altered in this aspect of society.

Here, the writer shows how, as a generalisation, women are usually abused and exploited by a globalised society. They have been one of the main forces behind globalisation and yet have been one of its main target for oppression. For example, in third world countries it is usually down to the women to educate the children and care for the elderly or disabled relatives. These countries in question initially had good systems in place but due to the necessity to take out loans and the inability to repay them, this caused the IMF to tell them to sell off their schools, hospitals and retirement homes to the private sector - basically anything that was publicly owned. As such, women had been saddled with immense pressure and burden. One possibly positive view that could be taken from this is that it forces some women out of the traditionalist role of a woman and places them in work, albeit for significantly low salary. Globalisation has widened opportunities for women but there is still an immense deal of inequality.

This document argues that many causes of global warming come from globalisation. Global warming is primarily caused by international trade and the modern way of manufacturing i.e. creating part of a product in one part of the world and then shipping it to another for assembly and so on. However globalisation can be used as a force for good in terms of the environment i.e. movements such as the Kyoto agreement and other climate change conferences which could be the way forward on how to counteract the detrimental effects of globalisation on our world.

This video clip talks about the world financial crisis and how globalisation has significantly contributed to it through events such as Lehman Brothers selling their toxic debts to banks all across the world which come back to haunt the unfortunate people. It also discusses ways to counteract the impact that this has on real people; suggestions such as refusing to leave a repossessed house by civil disobedience with help from those on your street demonstrates localism as one way to overthrow this negative effect of globalisation.

This chapter examines the role of the media in globalisation, with a focus on the reporting of war to the world. The media was once able to function with little restriction, but has essentially become a tool of governments across the globe, to shape and influence our understanding of global politics. There is no such thing as neutral press, and this chapter has referenced a piece on Rupert Murdoch - highlighting the fact that all his publications worldwide (100+) fully backed the Iraq war in 2003. This bias in the media has a profound effect on the attitudes of its recipients towards many aspects of globalisation, such as religion, culture, immigration etc.

The media has been identified as a restraint on the development of equality for women. Due to media's immensely strong influential powers, any material with ideology, perceptions, stereotypes and even lies will be absorbed by the reader and will in turn have some sort of impact on them. This shows that globalisation is not only negatively affecting poor women in third world countries, but every woman in the world. Sexism and status quo can be easily perpetuated through the media, which reaches such a vast number of people. It is the responsibility of the media to support women in their struggle for equality, because without it, many would see any such success as pyrrhic victory.

Chomsky states that globaliastion provides for all...or all who matter which shows that, in his view, globalisation is a ruthless force which does nothing to aid the poor. He speaks of benefits such as cultural awareness but ultimately this cannot make up for the suffering and exploitation. He then moves on to speak of how free trade can be bad for the poorer countries as it allows subsidised agricultural products from the west (i.e. America and Europe) to flood the market, pricing out the poor African farmers and creating a large unemployed labour force for the multi-national companies to exploit.

This discusses the role of the internet in a globalised world. It discusses how it has allowed people to keep in contact with members of their family and friends at long distances. It has also allowed people to shop with more freedom i.e. They can order goods online and don't have to go out of their way to collect them. The internet has vastly aided our economy as business meetings can now take place via video conferencing which in turn helps limit the negative impacts of globalisation such as global warming. The internet is a key aspect of globalisation. It is the gateway to a huge host of aspects of life - shopping, communication, business, law, religion etc.

The globalised media can be a force for good as it delivers the exposure of different cultures to people who would otherwise have no contact with them. However, the article also argues that in the wrong hands the media takes advantage of this limited knowledge to create negative stereotypes and expound one-sided arguments;it is never unbiased. These negative sterotypes can be seen in things such as the spread of islamophobia across Europe due in part to terrorist attacks but also due to the media’s handling and reporting of wars such as that in Afghanistan. This could be changed simply by the political direction of the paper or by bringing in stricter legislation to force newspapers to be unbiased as TV must be.