What are the impacts of globalization on workers with regard to migration and citizenship specifically? [Note: You can focus on a specific group of workers if you want.] In what ways does globalization encourage or discourage labour migration? How does the mobility of labour, of workers, compare to the mobility of capital, of trans-national corporations? What are the relationships between labour migration and citizenship? Why has immigration become such a hot-button issue in the last few years and what kind of politics does this inspire? Why has nationalism emerged as a significant political issue? What are possible solutions for the conflicts between globalization, labour migration, and citizenship?
How can we explain the emergence of the ‘BRICS’ (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)? [Note: You can focus on one of these countries in your essay; you don’t need to discuss all of them.] What is their role in globalization? To what extent do these countries as a whole, or particular groups within these countries, participate in globalization? To what extent do they benefit from globalization? Are we witnessing the decline of American power and wealth, or is American power consolidating in a globalizing world?
Our course discusses social reproductive labour and the work of care. What roles do social reproduction and care work play in migrant labour? What roles do they play in globalization? What are some forms of discrimination and inequality associated with social reproduction? What actions and policies could address this discrimination and inequality? How do the three waves of feminism help us, or fail to help us, in explaining social reproduction and the global work of care?
Our course discusses giant retail corporations like Wal-Mart. What theory of globalization best explains the rise of retail giants and why is that theory superior to the alternative theories? How have retail giants transformed work in countries of the Global South like China? What are some of the key features of retail work in the countries of the Global North like Canada? What is the relation between retail work, neoliberalism, and precariousness? What are some strategies for organizing retail workers? Is global labour solidarity possible among those who work for retail giants?
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