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An overview of globalization
Overview of globalization
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Globalization, a contested concept among leading theorists in its definition, chronology, and measurement of effects, is almost certainly of a multidimensional nature if such theorists’ perspectives are all taken equally into consideration. The broad phenomenon of globalization can therefore be scrutinised more closely by separation and analysis of individual dimensions, such as its political, economic, cultural and ecological dimensions. This approach, while allowing for a more focused examination of the causes and effects of globalization within a single dimension, serves to highlight the interconnectedness of each dimension. The following essay will expose the complex interconnection between the political, economic and cultural dimensions of globalization through the analysis of a contemporary issue, the Northern Territory National Emergency Response (commonly known, and hereafter referred to, as the Northern Territory Intervention, which encompasses both the NTNER bill and subsequent legislation). An argument will be made that proponents of neoliberalism need to be held accountable to the inevitable effects of imposing policy, through political globalization, on the culture of Indigenous Australians, while paving the way for economic globalization, given the interconnectedness of the dimensions of globalization, and the virtually inseparable nature of its effects.
In June 2007, as a result of a Northern Territory Government-commissioned inquiry, a report documenting the extent of sexual abuse of minors in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory was released, entitled Ampe akelyernemane meke mekarle: Little Children are Sacred (Anderson & Wild, 2007). Following the release of the report, the Australian Governm...
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The Stolen Generation has left devastating impacts upon the Aboriginal culture and heritage, Australian history and the presence of equality experienced today. The ‘Stolen Generation’ refers to the children of Aboriginal descent being forcefully abducted by government officials of Australia and placed within institutions and catholic orphanages, being forced to assimilate into ‘white society’. These dehumanising acts placed these stolen children to experience desecration of culture, loss of identity and the extinction of their race. The destructive consequences that followed were effects of corruption including attempted suicide, depression and drug and alcohol abuse. The indigenous peoples affected by this have endured solitude for many years, this has only been expressed to the public recently and a proper apology has been issued, for the years of ignorance to the implementation of destruction of culture. The Stolen Generation has dramatically shaped Australian history and culture.
In my experience working in a mandated Aboriginal child protection agency, there were many instances of child neglect that were associated with poverty. As reported by Swift (2011), Aboriginal children disproportionately make up the child welfare system in proportion to their percentage of population. Accordingly, most of the cases that I saw were child neglect cases and directly related to poverty. There are many systemic factors that contributed to oppression and poverty in the community I worked, including the lasting impacts of residential school. Moreover, housing on reserve was limited and overcrowded and to move off reserve was expensive, in addition to the impact of being further away from one’s community and support system. Child
The HREOC’s began a process called the Bringing Them Home report to help Indigenous families and victims of the Stolen Generation reconnect and to bring focus to the discrimination and illegality of stealing a child away from their family. The report suggested that the authorities should apologise for what they’ve done to the Indigenous people, help them reunite with their family, publically
Did you know Aboriginal children make up only 4% of the national population? (Bird &Macadam, 83). This is not a very large number but 80-95% of that number 4% of children was sexually abused. This number is so high because these children were not treated equally like other nationalities. They were placed in residential schools, where priests, nuns and other people could get away with inappropriate actions, simply because these were Aboriginal children. Residential schools were designed to present children with a new way of living so they could make their own decision on how they would like to live after examining other options but rather than benefiting these children, it scarred them for many, many generations. These schools were nowhere
Both subjective and objective violence are present in the findings of the Little Children Are Sacred Report and the Northern Territory Intervention. Yet Zizek’s hypothesis suggests that a focus on subjective violence means that objective violence is often ignored (Zizek, 2008). As a result, this essay asserts that in the case of the Little Children Are Sacred Report, both subjective and objective violence were identified and considered. Yet in the Northern Territory Intervention’s case, the focus on subjective violence ultimately led to the objective aspects of that violence being overlooked, thus proving Zizek’s observation to a large extent. To develop this assertion, this essay will examine the findings of the Little Children Are Sacred
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Makwana, R. (2006). Globalization: neoliberalism and economic globalization. Retrieved April 05, 2014, from Share The World’s Resources website: http://www.stwr.org/globalization/neoliberalism-and-economic-globalization.html
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Globalization can be explained in economic and sociological contexts. Malcolm Waters, in his book– ‘Globalization’ writes that “Globalization is a social process in which the constraints of geography on economic, political, social and cultural arrangements recede, in which people become increasingly aware that they are receding and in which people act accordingly.” Whereas, Nobel laureate and economist Joseph Stiglitz in his book ‘Globalization and Its Discontents’ says that ”Globalization is the closer integration of the countries and peoples of the world ...brought about by the enormous reduction of costs of transportation and communication, and the breaking down of artificial barriers to the flows of goods, services, capital, knowledge, and people across borders." However, according to Jon Aart Scholte- an authority on the subject- globalization as a process is ‘deterritorialization’; i.e., under the conditions of the process of globalization, territories- geographical boundaries have transgressed and have become extraneous to human relations. For instance, employees of a call-centre in Noida can sell insurance schemes to a resident of New York. Malcolm Waters based on the different forms of human exchange proposed a ‘Globalization Theorem.’ The theorem states that-“Material exchanges localize; political exchanges internationalize; and symbolic exchanges globalize.” Material exchange refers...
Globalization is the increasing interconnectedness of people, places, and cultures throughout the world today. The effects of this homogenizing process that we call globalization can be seen in all aspects of life. From McDonalds being in almost every country, to the majority of North American clothes being made in periphery countries, to the technological ability that allows us to instantly communicate with people anywhere in the world, the effects are everywhere. Economically today, globalization has had both positive and negative effects around the world, with many similarities to colonization. Globalization has also led to increased poverty amongst the global periphery, and a specific group of winners and losers within this process of globalization.