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neoliberalism
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describes a market-driven approach to economic and social policy based on theories of economics that stresses the efficiency of private enterprise, liberalized trade and relatively open markets, and therefore seeks to maximize the role of the corporate sector in determining the political and economic priorities of the state
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Structural Adjustment programs
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are economic policies for developing countries that have been promoted by the World Bank and IMF; are based on: Privatization, Deregulation of trade, Liberalization, narrow monetary policies, and limiting spending on the public sector
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TINA
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prescribe cutbacks, “liberalization” of the economy and resource extraction/export-oriented open markets as part of their structural adjustment; Role of the state is minimized; Privatization is encouraged as well as reduced protection of domestic industries
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collective labor rights
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examples of these rights are: no child labor, no discrimination, no forced labor, freedom to organization
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supply chains and worker chains
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two ways to get resources either you have foreign direct investment (FDI) or you subcontract
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illiberal democracy
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governments that are democratic in name but do not provide any of the liberalistic ideals
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political globalization
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-From above- wind from above dominates- government, corporations. How we traditionally define politics. nation states, multilateral institutions.
-From below- no dominant right now, but rising- cultures that want to be heard. grassroots movements. are doing their own politics ex Zapatistas. |
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social media and arab spring
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the use of social media was that it was able to organize people in an effective manner and this turned everyone into a citizen journalist and allowed the world to see what was going on there.
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humanitarianism and aid
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the idea of development comes from Truman’s 4 point speech in which he for the first time says that development should be a goal which this tells people in the world that they are underdeveloped for first time
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