Outsourcing is the relocation of goods and services

Outsourcing is the relocation of goods and services as a cost-reductions strategy and to increase
operational flexibility, related to deregulation and privatization
Offshoring is describes the relocation by a company of a business process from one country to
another—typically an operational process, such as manufacturing, or supporting processes, such as
accounting.
During the 1980s, the means to development was liberalization, in particular, privatization of
public functions and the “freezing” of markets for labor, money, goods, and services, a neoliberal
ideology. This neoliberal ideology served to guide structural adjustment policies as the precursors of the
globalization project. A new belief in free markets and comparative advantage led to a global assembly

line and an increase in market competition, which in turn leads companies to using outsourcing and
offshoring in order to reduce costs.
3. What are the 4 main characteristics practices of the Globalization Project? Include specific examples of
how these are manifest.
Outsourcing as the relocation of goods and services as a cost-reduction strategy, an example is
companies outsourcing to India and China, where labor costs are cheaper.
Displacement is manifested in the fact that unemployment has increased from 10 million to 50
million from 1970s to 2000s. The global care chain= women displaced
Informalization as manifested by the casualization of labor and the breakdown of unions as well
as in increase in illicit activity.
Recolonization as manifested with China’s impact on Angola, because one-third of China’s oil
exports come from Angola and also there has been in increase in internal colonization within countries.
4. Explain the concept of “contradictions between capital and labor” as it relates to the globalization
project.
Labor is considered as a type of capital as a factor of production. Capitalism in its various forms
often exploits labor, even more so in the Globalization project. Because while capitalists get to use the
global supply chain and outsourcing to decrease costs and keep production flexible, global inequality is
one the rise as seen by rising unemployment and the deepening of extreme poverty.
5. Explain the legitimacy crisis of the globalization project.
The legitimacy crisis of the globalization project started when the promise of development began
to be questioned due to the deepening rather than reducing of worldwide inequalities and a continual
public opposition to neoliberalism, which could begin an era of protectionism depending on the attitudes
of the general public. This backlash happens more in areas that globalization has not affected or had an
adverse affect on.
6. List, define, and provide examples of 3 different countermovements as defined by McMichael to the
Globalization project. How are these related to globalization in the 21 st century?
Fundamentalism is one countermovement to the Globalization Project. It reintroduces simplicity
and security of traditional codes of behavior, meaning that people tend to cling to ideals in times of crisis
and usually thrives in places where globalization is not working. In the 21 st Century, examples of this
can be seen in organic food, home-schooling as well as Amish societies.