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POWER, POLITICS AND RESISTANCE CONTINUOUS ANALYTICAL REFLECTIONS:

Topics:

1.Gender and citizenship inequality

2.Culture and citizenship inequality

3.Globalisation and border thinking

By: Sameha Meslmani

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EXPECTATIONS • http://youtu.be/kOECdHaexg8

How are gender roles identified ?

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GENDER NORMS AND VALUES

• Distribution of balance between social and political life

• Opportunity in fair decision making

• Values of codes of conduct and social power

• Expressions in cultural and traditional expectations

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THE INEQUALITY OF GENDER RIGHTS DURING THE NEOLIBERAL TIMES :

• Segregation between male and female job roles

• Failure to speculate the theory of intersectionality gender, race and class positions

• Discrimination towards gender roles and professions

• Society assumptions caused a lack of power and created inequality

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THE POWER OF WOMEN:

Were women able to fight for equal rights?

(Gender roles,2014)

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FEMINIST ROLE IN SHAPING POWER AND EQUALITY:

• Women must be treated equally but differently due to specific needs

• Including all women and understanding the rights of women

• Understanding everyday life practices and experiences

• Allowing a sense of dignity and respect for all feminine individuals

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TOPIC 2: CITIZENSHIP AND INEQUALITY:

Does holding a citizenship mean that every person is living a life of comfort and freedom at all times and experiencing no sense of inequality?

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NEOLIBERAL EFFECT ON HUMANS• Deprived of rights and access to liberty and public provision

• Tension on people who hold a citizenship

• Freedom VS equality

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POVERTY AND THE EFFECTS ON CITIZENSHIP

• Deprived rights to gain access to resources and inclusion with society as a whole

• Money is used as a measure to gain power and access to rights

• Poverty places citizens in a lower class in society and places citizens in boxes

• Failure to participate in everyday life situations

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PICTURE AND ANALYSISImage 1:

Image 2:

(Inequality,2000)

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GROWING GAP BETWEEN THE WEALTHY AND THE POOR:

PoorWealthy

12TOPIC 3: GLOBALISATION

The ways Globalisation has effectively contributed to a successful world:

Globalisation

Society

Culture

Economy

Politics

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READING BORDERLINE:

• Globalisation allows the mixing of cultures and beliefs

• Connection

• Assimilation between individuals

• Struggle of choice and acceptance

Border thinking

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GLOBALISATION IS BEING WESTERNISED :

The outsourcing of companies worldwide has made the world we live in productive and beneficial for the economy.

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GLOBALISATON VS CAPITALISM :

• Capitalist function is to own things that produce wealth for example renting out a land or business in other countries to make money

• Globalisation helps capitalism to function

• Economy growth has the power to drive industries around the world

• Production of brands worldwide

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EFFECT ON INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION:

• Work for long hours• Excessive work duties• Minimum wages • Statistics show:Globally, 12.3 million people are trapped in forced labour (ILO, 2009).217.7 million children (5-17 years old) are working in child labour (ILO, 2006).Of these, 126 million are engaged in the “worst forms of child labour” (ILO, 2006). The worst forms of child labour include trafficking, armed conflict, slavery, debt bondage, sexual exploitation and hazardous work (ILO, 1999).18 % of state-identified human trafficking victims in 2006 were exploited for their labour (information collected in 52 countries, number of victims not defined) (UNODC, 2008).(World vision Australia,2009)

Now the question is capitalism a disadvantage on the workers that work for the business with no equal rights? … YES!

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• Branisa, B., Klasen, S., & Ziegler, M. (2013). Gender inequality in social institutions and gendered development outcomes. World Development, 45, 252--268.

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• Gane, N. (2000). Book Reviews: Kate Nash: Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics, and Power. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000. Acta Sociological, 43(3), 273--275.

• Gender inequality (Gender roles). (2014). Australia.

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• Nash, K. (2007). Citizenship. Wiley Blackwell, (2), 130-189.

• Vidal, A. (2014). Intersectional feminism. Telegraph, p. 4. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/

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• World vision Australia,. (2009). Labour Exploitation (p. 4). Australia: world vision.