IS221_Week TEN_2024

Workers of the world unitevisions and framing

IS221 Week TEN

Dr Nazanin Shahrokni, 2024

AGENDAREVIEW ASSIGNMENT #1PRESENT ASSIGNMENT #2DISCUSS POLITICS OF RECOGNITION & REDISTRIBUTION

REVIEW ASSIGNMENT #1

Prompt:1) What roles does global development play in creating/alleviating inequalities? (macro level analysis) 2) How has global development shaped the everyday lives of these women? In your essay pay attention both to the enabling and disabling effects of global development. (micro level analysis)

First Assignment

Read the prompt carefully and make an outlinebreak down the prompt into multiple sections and identify all the elements you are asked to address

Take note of the requirementsminimum 3 key readingsdraw on course concepts (uneven development, women in/and development, productive and reproductive labor, gender and race of/in development, etc)

Edit and Revisestart early so you have time to review, edit & revise your essay before submission. Edit for structure, language, relevance & consistency

This time I did not penalize you for late submission, for going above the word limit (within reason), for poor editing, etc. Next time I will be strict about all these requirements because it won't be fair to those who submit on time and stick to the word limits.!

Go back to your outline. Identify the different components/sections of your essay. Identify course concepts/readings that are relevant. (Here you could have draw on the Global Inequalities report and also the notion of uneven development to discuss inequalities both at the global and the local level) (Here you could have drawn on Women In/And Development literature and/or the Race and Gender of Development to discuss the gender division of paid/unpaid and productive/reproductive labor or to highlight the role of the Global South women in production, etc.)

> macro and micro level analysis a) Identify inequalities (Bangladesh compared to other countries & rural vs urban areas in Bangladesh) b) Identify different dimensions of global development (city infrastructure, employment, banking system, technological advancement, GDP, migration, etc) > Discuss how b) might impact a) or focus on one aspect of b) (e.g. banking system) and discuss how that has impacted a) c) Identify different aspect of women's everyday lives as portrayed in the videos (unpaid and paid employment, movement, working conditions, aspirations) > Discuss how b) might impact c) or focus on one aspect of b) (e.g. banking system) and discuss how that has impacted c)

Presenting ASSIGNMENT #2

MAIDINAMERICA

Enabling Factors

Job Type

Labor Conditions

Implications

Reactions

Global Care Chain

THE GLOBALIZATION OF CHILD CARE AND DOMESTIC WORK

READ THIS ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN [CLICK HERE]

Address the following question. Discuss their migration pathways.

Identify the pull factors, push factors, working conditions, pathways to politics, and migration implications for the characters presented in the article.In your 750-word essay engage with Arlie Hochschild's The Nanny Chain and Abigail Andrews's chapter on Undocumented Politics. When discussing the pull and push factors draw on our discussions on Global Inequality and Uneven Development.

Assignment prompt with detailed instructions will be posted on Canvass. Submit by 5pm, Nov 14th on Canvas.

ADDRESSING INJUSTICE

Politics of Need

Need satisfactionWhose needs & what needs get satisfied

Need interpretationHow needs are interpreted & whose interpretation gets heard

Framing in social movements

Framing in Social Movements

Worker's rights movements around the world employ diverse framing strategies to advance their objectives and challenge unjust labor practices. By examining these framing processes and their outcomes, we gain insights into the dynamics of labor activism and the complexities of addressing systemic inequalities in the workplace.

Framing in Social Movements

Frames are interpretative schemata that organize experience and guide action, influencing how issues are perceived, understood, and acted upon.

Activists employ different framings to shape narratives, mobilize support, and challenge power structures.

Different types of Framing

MotivationalFraming

PrognosticFraming

DiagnosticFraming

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• Motivational framing aims to inspire collective action by appealing to emotions, values, and identities. This framing strategy fosters solidarity and commitment among supporters.
• Appeals to justice, equity, and human rights often feature prominently in motivational framing.

• Prognostic framing outlines solutions and strategies for addressing the identified problem. It provides a vision for change and articulates desired outcomes. Activists may propose policy reforms, institutional changes, or alternative practices aligned with their goals.

• Activists use diagnostic framing to define a problem, identify its causes, and assign responsibility. This framing strategy helps mobilize support by creating a shared understanding of the issue's urgency and significance.

Frame alignment processes

• Frame alignment processes involve the alignment of individual beliefs, values, and identities with those promoted by a social movement. Activists engage in framing contests to persuade and recruit allies, while opponents may attempt to discredit or undermine movement frames.
• Successful frame alignment fosters cohesion within the movement and broadens its base of support. Strategies may include narrative framing, symbolic action, and coalition building.

Counter-Framing

• Opponents of social movements often engage in counter-framing to challenge movement narratives and delegitimize their claims. Co-optation occurs when dominant institutions adopt and neutralize movement frames, thereby diluting their transformative potential. Understanding these dynamics is essential for activists to anticipate and respond effectively to resistance.

WE DEMAND JUSTICE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

Demanding Recognition

ECONOMIC JUSTICE

Demanding Redistribution

Roots of Injustice

Economic Structure

Social Structure

Class

(non-hetero) Sexuality

Remedies

Redistribution

Recognition

Roots of Injustice

Economic Structure

Social Structure

Class

(non-hetero) Sexuality

Cultural misrecognition

Hidden injuries of class Even the most material economic institutions have a constitutive cultural dimension; they are shot through with signification and norms. TAMMY'S STORY

Economic disadvantage

It's been calculated that same-sex couples could lose $500,000 over a lifetime because they can’t marry & can’t get employers’ spousal health insurance, among other disadvantages. These injustices derive from an unjust cultural-valuational structure.

Roots of Injustice

Economic Structure

Social Structure

Class

(non-hetero) Sexuality

Remedies

Redistribution

Recognition

Bivalent or hybrid categories

GenderRace

Roots of Gender Injustice

Economic Structure

Social Structure

Gender Division of Labour

Remedies

Redistribution

Recognition

GenderRace

Reproductive

Productive

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Segregated marketGender pay gap

Pervasive devaluation & disparagement of things coded as ‘feminine’, in relation to which women appear lesser or deviant & which works to disadvantage them,

A range of harms suffered by women: - sexual exploitation & domestic violence- trivializing objectifying & demeaning depictions in the media- exclusion or marginalization in public spheres & deliberative bodies;These harms are injustices of recognition.

Cultural sexism

THE DILEMMA

Gender & Racial injustice rooted in economic & social structures

Remedies include redistribution + recognition

What is the problem? Women & racialized minorities need to silmultanesouly emphasize and de-emphasize gender/race as a social category

Types of Injustice

Economic Structure

Social Structure

Remedies

Redistribution

Recognition

Strategies

Affirmative

Transformative

Takes time, creates resistance

Group differentiation --> Stigmatizing

3 r'S

Redistribution, Recognition & Representation

Name some redistributive policies

microfinance, taxes, increase in minimum wage

Redistribution

To put an end to exploitation (having the fruits of one’s labour appropriated for the benefit of others), economic marginalisation (being confined to undesirable or poorly paid work or being denied access to income-generating labour altogether), and deprivation (being denied an adequate material standard of living).

Name some policies for recognition

anti-discrimination legislation, affirmative programs

Recognition

A person or a group of people can suffer real damage, real distortion, if the people or society around them mirror back to them a confining or demeaning or contemptible picture of themselves. Nonrecognition or misrecognition can inflict harm, can be a form of oppression, imprisoning one in a false, distorted, and reduced mode of being.”

Name some policies for representation

quota systems in elections

Representation

Political representation occurs when political actors speak, advocate, symbolize, and act on the behalf of others in the political arena.

AffirmativeStrategies

Transformative Strategies

Stigmatizing

Long & Difficult

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