Lesson 13 - Local and civil society resistance to global interactions

Civil society - A group that sits between the people and government to effect change

• Religious groups

• Movements

• NGO’s

• Trade unions

• Charities

• Environmental groups

Reasons for the rejection of globalised production:

• Repatriation of profits

• Competition with local businesses

• Unsustainable/unethical practices

• Rejection of westernisation/americanisation

Actions to reject globalised production:

• Boycott

• Protest

• Nationalise industries

• Pettions

• Subsidies/Taxation/tariffs

• Policies

• Promote local products

• Celebrate local products

Example of large TNCs with unsustainable practices

• Unilever

• PepsiCo

• Nestle

• Kraft

• Procter & Gamble

• Tyson foods

• Dr Detker

• Kelloggs