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Global South Women, 2007.
An analysis of Alison M. Jaggar's article, "Vulnerable Women and Neo-Liberal Globalization: Debt Burdens Undermine Women's Health in the Global South".
923 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses the plight of women under neo-liberal globalization as outlined by Alison M. Jaggar's article, "Vulnerable Women and Neo-Liberal Globalization: Debt Burdens Undermine Women's Health in the Global South". It provides a summary description of the article and then looks at the underlying determinants exacerbating the problem of women's health in the developing parts of the world. From there, the paper briefly explores the intermediate and proximate determinants of the global health issue.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Summary Description of Global Health Issue
Underlying Determinants Explaining Why Global South Women Suffer under "Neo-Lib" Globalization
Intermediate Determinants
Proximate Determinants of Why Global South Women Struggle from a Health Standpoint
Conclusion
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"At the proximate level, many women in the global south must deal with the day-to-day reality of being malnourished; to this state of affairs one must also add the poor sanitation and insufficient access to suitable drinking water that one commonly finds in impoverished lands. It is important to also realize that the absence of a meaningful education also means that many of these women are ignorant of what they should be putting into their bodies and what steps they should be taking to secure their own long-term vitality. Just to elaborate on this last point, eating disorders are not merely ubiquitous in developing lands, but have been shown to precipitate troubling health problems in their offspring, as well ("Nutrition and Reproduction in Women," 193-200). This phenomenon thus allows health maladies to be passed on from one generation of young women to the next generation of young women."
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Colonialism in the Global South, 2005.
Discusses European colonial rule in the global south.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses European colonial rule in the global south. The paper argues that it is not possible to generalize about the impact of European colonial rule on the global south, because that impact varies so markedly, depending upon the particular colonial power and the region in question.
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"In The Dynamics of Global Dominance David B Abernethy maintains that identifying the legacies of European rule is fraught with conceptual and methodological perils. To assert that colonialism had consequence X or Y is not to claim ..."
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Globalizing the South, 2002.
How globalization, which is centered in North America, is impacting the southern continent.
2,175 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination of the ways that globalization is affecting the nations of South America. The writer focuses on the environmental issues and how globalizing is affecting them as well as the issue of the Indians that are being displaced and culturally challenged through the process of globalization.
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"The last decade of globalization has seen the process kicked into high gear. With most of the land on the planet spoken for, and space no longer viewed as the last frontier the race is on to compete for power in the process of globalization. Technological as well as political advances have caused nations world wide to compete for the integration or blending of cultures, industry and people. For the most part globalization is viewed in a positive light with very few negative aspects. Technology has allowed people around the world to blend their talents in the effort to strengthen their business ties and abilities and in the end make the world a better place. There is one area however, that is being threatened in the race to globalize. The environmental issues of the South American nations are multiplying with each globalization victory."
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The Global South and the Global North, 2007.
An analysis of the impact of globalization on the inequality between the global north and the global south.
1,402 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper looks at globalization and discusses how it has exacerbated the pre-existing inequalities between the poor global south and the wealthy global north. It illustrates how globalization forces some people (predominantly in the southern regions of the planet) to work while permitting other people (predominantly individuals residing in the global north) to become wealthy.
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"To start with, it is commonly known that powerful multinational corporations in the global north habitually take their manufacturing operations from Europe and/or America and deposit those aforementioned manufacturing operations in global south countries where they can avoid the onerous regulatory regimes, high corporate taxes, and high wage costs they associate with the north. At the same time, the movement of jobs and plants to the south has the unhappy effect of not only costing workers jobs in the north but also of reducing the south to the subordinate position of being "hewers of wood and drawers of water" for multinationals that are looking for cheap human resources that can be utilized in a working environment that is more permissive than the highly-regulated work environments of America and/or Europe. A good example of this phenomenon can be found in the IT sector where skilled U.S. workers are losing jobs to individuals overseas (Sosbe, 4) - presumably because the "cost of doing business" vis-a-vis wage expenses is lower in global south nations which do not have a strong tradition of labor activism or of government involvement in employee-employer relations."
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Globalization and the South Korea Crisis, 1997-1998, 2008.
This paper analyzes, in detail, the South Korean economic crisis from 1997 to 1998, which the paper contends was caused by globalization.
4,235 words (approx. 16.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 112.95
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This paper states that, although globalization has many powerful benefits, financial globalization is not necessarily always a force for good, as in the case of South Korea. The author points out that, before the 1997 crisis, South Korea had embraced globalization and had become one of the great economic success stories in history. The author relates that financial liberalization and globalization were perverted by powerful business interests, which resulted in a banking crisis, a currency crisis and, finally, a full-fledged financial crisis. The paper stresses that the villains of the Korean crisis were the family-owned conglomerates called "chaebol" and their allies in the pre-crisis Korean government. The paper also describes the steps taken by South Korea to stem the downturn and to re-emerge as the strongest economy among all the countries that have experienced financial crises.
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"South Korea's macroeconomic fundamentals were strong before the crisis. In 1996 inflation in South Korea was below 5%, real output growth was close to 7%, and the country was expected to grow at a rate of more than 6% in 1997. The government budget was in slight surplus, while the current account deficit had fallen from 4.4% of GDP in 1996 to less than 2% in 1997. From a macroeconomic point of view, the South Korean economy seemed well managed, so the financial crisis cannot be attributed to macroeconomic fundamentals. Instead, the source of the crisis was perversion of the financial liberalization process, which had some particularly strange elements."
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The Global South, 2005.
This paper discusses and questions Antony Anghie's argument about imperialism today.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 142.95
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The paper presents Antony Anghie's argument that there exists a historical continuity from the colonialist imperialist period through the European mandates of the League of Nations. This leads to the current disciplinary neoliberal globalization dominated by the WTO, World Bank and IMF in which the Global South has been the victim. The paper considers that this is an apparently clear and simple argument. However, this essay argues with reference to other critiques of the global political economic system in the past and also contends that the complexity of this continuum of hegemony theorized by Anghie is extraordinary, given its capacity to dominate and exploit over decades of time.
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Globalization and its Impact on South East Asian Countries, 2002.
An examination of how globalization has affected Asian countries.
1,510 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, $ 49.95
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This paper discusses the effects of globalization and its invasion in the traditional societies of South Asia. The paper explains how globalization has brought changes in the cultural fabric of countries like India and that many old traditions are now being replaced by new and powerful western values but that there still some norms which have been able to withstand the forceful influence of the western world.
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"There is a lot of debate going on in almost every part of the world regarding globalization and its possible impact on the traditional societies of the world. While it is impossible to comment on the effects of globalization and still maintain an impartial stance, yet we can discuss the impact of this on some countries of the world to find out how it is bringing changes to so many parts..."
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Globalization, 2006.
Examines the effects of globalization on Russia, South East Asia, Africa and North America.
1,327 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 44.95
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Globalization is defined as the growing relationship of the people of the world and the integration of economies, technologies and some aspects of cultures. This paper explores the ways in which globalization has affected the following regions - the Russian Federation and the neighboring states, southeast Asia, Africa and North America - in both historical and contemporary terms.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Russian Federation and Neighboring States
Southeast Asia
Africa
North America
Conclusion
References
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"The plan implemented in Russia to promote globalization was called shock therapy (Saunders 2001). The plan was first implemented in 1992 and began with the elimination of price controls on the majority of the goods sold in the country. The purpose of the shock therapy strategy was to develop a market economy in Russia quickly (Saunders 2001). Strategists believed that freeing prices and liberalizing trade policies stimulate competition. In addition, privatization was encouraged in an effort to create private property with all its attendant behavioral benefits for enterprises."
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Geography of Global Processes, 2007.
An examination of how globalization affects and perpetuates divisions between the rich and the poor, the global north and the global south.
1,868 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper discusses how globalization affects and perpetuates divisions between the rich and the poor in the global community. More specifically, the paper examines the consequences of disproportionate exchanges of investment and people between different parts of the world. It links this discussion to concepts such as spatial interaction, scale, human/nature relationships and to the linkages between globalization and items such as space, place and landscape. The paper specifically analyzes the nation of Thailand and how it encapsulates the dilemmas and contradictions which comprise the phenomenon of globalization.
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"Briefly, as time permits, it would be remiss if a few minutes were not given over to how globalization impacts women even more so than men. As mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the destruction of local economies by the massive forces of globalization hits women especially hard - and, because it is hard enough for these women to get work to begin with, the feminization of poverty often follows (Seong-Won, para.2). Further, given how increases in acute poverty often spark increases in suicides and in crime rates (Seong-Won, para.2) - and given how women in developing lands are especially vulnerable to falling into acute poverty and every bit as vulnerable to the depredations of crime - it is impossible to argue against the contention that globalization saves its harshest punishment for the women of global south nations who are already on the bottom rungs of society to begin with."
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The Politics of Continental Crisis in Africa, 2006.
A discussion of the re-colonization of the global south by the global north.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 12 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper poses a question to students of international affairs concerning the ways in which their course work in the politics of continental crisis in Africa intersects with the social economic and intellectual re-colonization of the global South by the global North. The paper also asks whether or not it is possible to create a non-colonizing engagement with the politics and peoples of the global South as students and intellectuals studying at York University in Canada.
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South Korea, 2004.
A study of the country of South Korea and the effects of globalisation on this small nation.
1,809 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper begins with a brief description of the country of South Korea, including area size, population, culture, economy and neighbouring regions. The paper then continues with a discussion of the impact of globalisation on South Korea and the part South Korea plays in the global economy. The writer comments on the overall effects of South Korea's relationship with its northern adversary, North Korea and how this impacts on the globalisation of its economy.
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"South Korea is found on the southern tip of the Korean peninsula, sharing its only border with North Korea. Other neighbours are Japan, 200 kilometres across Korea Strait, as well as China and Russia only a few hundred kilometres to its north. South Korea?s total land area is 98,190 sq km and total population of 48,289,037. Its natural resources include coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential, and Korea makes $172.6 Billion from exports and spends $160.5 Billion on Imports."
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The Globalization Of Capital, 2005.
Argues that capital is even more unevenly distributed between the North and the South because of it globalization.
2,878 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper discusses the means by which capital is becoming globalized and argues that capital has become even more unevenly distributed between the North and the South, giving rise to the argument that the creation of global capital has had untold negative consequences for the poorer nations. The paper then attempts to prove this argument through an examination of the consequences of free trade and the activities of MNCs. Finally, the paper concludes that the removal of capital controls and the removing of much of a nation's control over capital has not just jeopardized national sovereignty, but has placed the Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs) in a position of financial instability.
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"The development of global economy has always depended upon the globalization of capital. For a global economy to emerge, capital itself must become global whereby it can easily move across national boundaries, without being confronted with obstacles. In this respect, capital here means both finance capital, and capital assets, including labour. Therefore, under the umbrella of globalization, and the determination to make capital global, labour, capital assets and finance capital will move across borders. In brief, globalization, guided by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and aided by the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will establish a global economic system guided by the principle of free movement of capital, as facilitated by trade, foreign direct investment in the form of multinational corporations (MNCs), and the transference of chunks of national economic sovereignty to international financial institutions (IFI), such as the WB and the IMF, creating a largely uniform global economic system (Adams, 1999)."
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The Benefits of Globalization, 2006.
This paper explores the situation of modern labour, with reference to three films.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 133.95
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The paper discusses how the three films; "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices," "The Corporation" and "Manufacturing Consent" together offer extensive insights into the plight of modern labor within the context of the globalizing economy. Globalization is vaunted by its proponents as being good for everyone; a wonderful win-win situation for corporations, labor, capital consumers, the Global North and the Global South.
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Impact of Globalization, 2008.
This paper discusses the impact of globalization and looks at why the benefits outweigh the risks.
761 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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In this article, the writer looks at the extraordinary impact of globalization upon the modern world. The writer argues that, while certainly not perfect, the permeable borders globalization makes possible is a key ingredient in making the global south and the entire developing world more prosperous than ever before. The writer maintains that more than that, the technologies associated with globalization - and their dispersal - will surely go a very long way towards reducing environmental degradation in developing lands. The writer concludes that while far from perfect, globalization does bind nations together in a manner that lessens the risk of warfare and strife and the growth of foreign direct investment and comparatively well-paying jobs in facilities built by wealthy foreign multinationals offers families in developing lands economic opportunities they would not have otherwise.
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"On the other hand, John A. Powell and S.P. Udayakumar claim that globalization has benefited the global north extravagantly while doing far less for those in the South. Additionally, the aforementioned writers argue that the United States, as the world's one great super-power, has pushed for a global trade agenda that is inimical to the interests of labour at home and abroad. As they see it, the USA has used its disproportionate power in international bodies such as the International Monetary Fund to push for the liberalization of trade and investment at the expense of environmental and labour-force concerns. As well, those same authors insist that democracy suffers in large measure because powerful global institutions committed to furthering the goals of capital effectively undermine the efficacy of the state while, at the same time, globalization prompts the state to serve the bidding of organized capital."
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Global Tourism, 2006.
A review of global tourism focusing on the significance to the economies of poor countries.
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This paper reviews the global tourism industry as one of the largest transnational industries of the modern world. In networks stretching from the richest and most developed nations of the global north, to the poorest developing nations of the global south, the tourism industry employs millions of people with annual revenues in the billions of dollars. The paper further discusses how this industry is particularly significant in the economies of many poorer countries, such as those of the Caribbean basin, where the revenues provided from tourism are frequently - as in the case of Jamaica - the primary source of foreign exchange for the country.
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