The relationship between the two definitions of globalization offered in the text: "a social process in which the constraints of geography on social and cultural arrangements recede, and in which people become increasingly aware that they are receeding" (p. 380) and "the process through which the global economy becomes increasingly interconnected..." (p.381), highlights the social reprecussions of technological change, Just as the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century fundamentally changed people's relationship to work, created a class of wealthy entrepreneurs, and began a massive migration to indistrial centers (cities), globalization has had a parallel impact on people's relationship to work, the accumulation of capital, and migration patterns.
The full effects of globalization will only be assessed in retrospect, but significant changes, such as outsourcing, have reconfigured the working lives of millions by accelerating the growing income disparaty of disenfranchised workers. Change is difficult, especially at warp speed.
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Certainly the growing wage gap between the very rich and everyone else is a negative trend. But is this due to globalization or policies that make it easier for the wealthy to get wealthier and more difficult for the rest to pay the bills? For example, the Government Accountability Office recently reported that two-thirds of all U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes in the years 1998-2005. And part of the reason they're able to do this is offshoring. By allowing organizations to move freely around the globe, but putting restrictions on labor (such as not allowing guest worker programs), government policies privilege corporations over the individual. Globalization is not going away. We need to figure out better ways to manage it that benefit everyone rather than a select few.
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