UNIT 4 To What Extent Should We Respond To Globalization?

 To what extent does globalization…  …empower individuals and groups? CHAPTER 16

 MIGRATION & TECHNOLOGY:  Do you have friends or family that live in another country? If so that is a direct result of technology in the global world.  People can be citizens of more than one country at at time, this makes them transnationals.  There are also whole communities that maintain a link to a previous country, they are transnational communities.  The ability to be a transnational citizen or part of a transnational community is a result (positive) of globalization. CHAPTER 17

FOOD SUPPLY & GMOS  To compete on a global market, researchers in North America created genetically modified food.  We are able to take desirable genes (ex. resist frost) from one plant or animal and put it in another.  This creates a “better” product and increases supply (more plants and animals survive to maturity)  The long term effects of eating these products is not yet known. The European Union has banned all GM products from their countries.  Considering competition and the amount of food required in the globalized world, is this method okay?

PANDEMICS  Due to the population size of the world, pandemics (major diseases/viruses) easily spread.  You could get sick in Mexico, fly home before you feel it, and infect your family all within hours. This is only possible in the global age.  Flu, AIDS, Influenza, SARS, etc. Are examples. The Plague (Black Death) in the 1300’s was a serious pandemic (killed 33% of Europe’s population).  Can globalization help fight pandemics? How?

WATER  Water - essential to life.  Needs to be “clean”  Each Canadian uses 350 litres of water a every day. In Gambia, Africa, each person only has 4.5 litres of water each day!  More than 1 billion people lack access to clean water!  How can globalization help this situation? What dimensions are most likely to be used?

 3 different positions about citizens’ civic responsibilities in relation to promoting democracy:  Democracy through peaceful evolution –build social support for liberal democracy by acting within the laws  Democracy through revolutionary means –through popular strikes, resistance, and protest.  Opposition to democracy – some believe opposing democracy is a civic responsibility. For reasons of culture and tradition, these people believe that those of a particular age, gender, or class have more right to rule CHAPTER 18 CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES

 Globalization has given Canada the opportunity and tools to promote Canadian culture and values internationally.  Foreign Affairs Canada operates in 180 countries providing services to Canadian individuals and businesses, and representing Canada in international forums.  CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) is involved in about 100 countries, and its goal is “to reduce poverty and contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world.” OUR GOVERNMENT & THE WORLD

 Responsibility to Protect - to hold governments accountable for how they treat their people, and to intervene if necessary to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.  Responsibility to Deny - to prevent terrorists and irresponsible governments from acquiring weapons of mass destruction that could destroy millions of innocent people.  Responsibility to Respect - to build lives of freedom for all people, based on the fundamental human rights of every man, woman, and child on earth.  Responsibility to Build - to make sure our economic assistance programs provide the tools that ordinary people really need to get on with their own development.  Responsibility to the Future - to ensure sustainable development for future generations through better management of global public goods. OUR GOVERNMENT & OTHER GOVERNMENTS

 CONSUMER ACTIVISM:  We “vote” with our dollar!  We can participate in boycotts. We can also participate in buycotts; which is the opposite of boycott, in which you only buy products of a certain type (ex. Locally grown vegetables).  Do you as a Canadian citizen, have a responsibility to purchase Canadian products and services? CHAPTER 19 OUR RESPONSIBILITIES

 How can you influence the government?  Working as a civil servant (government employee)  Running for an election  Influencing you government representatives  Governments can also influence each other.  Ex. During Apartheid some countries stopped trading with South Africa until they changed their treatment of black people.  We have many opportunities every day to make changes. We need only to stop and think about them. Every action has a reaction!