Gender and global political economy
1. What reasons does Pettman give to explain the ‘invisibility’ of women in the
global economy?
2. How has globalisation resulted in an increasing feminisation of labour?
3. What does Pettman mean when she argues that ‘the world of work’ is
gendered? Why is this problematic in her view?
4. In what ways did the global financial crisis in 2007-2008 affect women and
men differently? How was it gendered?

Environmental security

1. Have the many agreements and protocols for global environmental governance
provided satisfactory environmental solutions for the world’s populations?
2. Name three examples where developed and developing nations disagree about
the management/governance of environmental issues.
3. Why is ‘sustainable development’ a tricky term?
4. To what extent did privatisation contribute to the Hazelwood coal mine fire in
2014?
5. What is a ‘foreseeable risk’? Try to name one other foreseeable risk Victoria is
likely to face in summer.

Globalising public services
1. What reasons does Loewenstein give to explain the exponential growth of
private prisons in the US?
2. Why do states outsource prison facilities to private companies? In addition to
the US context discussed by Loewenstein, also consider the incarceration of
asylum seekers by successive Australian governments.
3. Why does Loewenstein view the privatisation of prison facilities as
problematic?
4. Why hasn’t health care in Australia been entirely privatised, according to
Boxall and Gillespie?
5. Should health care in Australia be wholly privatised? Do you think it will be
in the future?

Development and aid
1. What is the ‘market approach’? Does Seitz think that the market can alleviate
poverty?
2. What is the ‘state approach’? Does Seitz think that the state can alleviate
poverty?
3. What is the ‘civil society’ approach? Does Seitz think that the ‘civil society’
approach can alleviate poverty?
4. Which of the three approaches outlined by Seitz do you believe has the
potential to achieve Millennium Goal 1?

 

 

 

 
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