Family Change in the Global Economy

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Exploration of how family life, quality, and structures in each region of the world are affected by the new global economy. HD FS 469U Family Change in the Global Economy (3) (IL) We know that family life, structure, and practices undergo dramatic change when there are economic and political changes in the society. Economic globalization is unprecedented as a force for social and political change. How is it affecting family life and structures around the world? While we have considerable research on globalization and on family change, there has been little work that connects the two.This is an exploratory seminar that involves locating those linkages and discovering families in each world region are changing as they meet up with global economic forces. As we explore each world region, we will learn about diverse cultures and how they are affected by global forces. In the Americas, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe this course uncovers new forms of inequality that are emerging from the global economy and having direct effects on women and families. Through it all, we explore how human action, in the family, the community and the society, struggles for quality of life in a global economic context.