AMST-A100 1st Edition Lecture 24 Outline of Last Lecture I. Reviewa. Neoliberalismb. Immigrationc. TourismII. “Global Cities and Survival Circuits” (Sassen)Outline of Current Lecture I. “Global Cities and Survival Circuits”II. H2 WorkerCurrent LectureSassen’s “Global Cities and Survival Circuits”- “As Third World economies on the periphery of the global system struggle against debt and poverty, they increasingly build survival circuits on the backs of women- whether these be trafficked low wage workers and prostitutes or migrant workers sending remittances back home. Through their work and remittances, these women contribute to the revenue of deeply indebted countries (185)”- “The IMF and the World Back sometimes recommend tourism as a solution to the troubles of poor countries, but when they provide loans for its development of expansion, they may as well inadvertently contribute to the expansion of the entertainment industry and, indirectly, of the sex trade (189)”- Q: What are “survival circuits”? What are the “new employment regimes” that Sassen describes? And how does all of this relate to debt and structural adjustment?H2 WorkerThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- The Bracero Program (1942-1946) brought guest workers from Mexico to the U.S. It ended partly because of concerns about widespread abuses and due to opposition from labor unions- The H2 Worker program began in 1953. Proponents claim that it involves more worker protections than the Bracero Program. Critics claim that even though it’s on paper, they are not always enforced.- Historically, there has been a tension between the demand for inexpensive labor in the U.S. and popular opposition to immigration (including guest worker programs).- Things to think about while watching the film:o What is it like to cut cane?o Working conditionso Living conditionso How is what we see in H2 Worker different from Jamaicans working on sugar plantations in the 1800s?- The connection between the migrant workers in the field, mainly men, and the sex workers is race.- There is this fantasy that black bodies sexually charged and sexually able- There is also the idea that black male bodies are specially geared toward this kind of work in the
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