Sociology › Section R · Work and the economy › Topic R.2
Globalization and the economy
The shirt you are wearing may have been grown, spun, sewn and sold in four different countries. Sociologists study how these global links are organised, who gains from them, who bears the costs, and why they provoke such strong reactions.
In this topic
- What globalisation means
- An old process, newly fast
- Multinational corporations
- Global assembly lines and commodity chains
- Worked example: following a T-shirt
- A global division of labour
- What globalisation has delivered
- Costs and critics
- Trade agreements and backlash
- Worked example: why did the plant close?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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