Globalization and Family Values: Eroding Trends

Globalization and Postmodern Values

Globalization , Gender , and the Family ∗

The recent halt of women’s gains in labor force participation ended a decades-long process during which women would postpone marriage and having children until later and later in life. Not any longer. The age at which a Danish woman has her first child has virtually not changed since the early 2000s, for example. This paper examines the role of globalization in the family-market work decision. ...

Globalization of Disaster: Trends, Problems and Dilemmas

After the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004 donor countries subscribed to . post-disaster relief appeals so copiously that all the money could not be spent quickly enough to justify the reasons for which it was donated. For other contemporary disasters, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, there was an alarming dearth of funds and a general failure to respond to international relief appea...

Lived experience of economic and political trends related to globalization.

OBJECTIVE A multi-method case study examined how the economic and political processes of globalization have influenced the determinants of health among low-income children in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. This paper presents the results from the qualitative interview component of the case study. The purpose of the interviews was to uncover the lived experience of low-income families and thei...

Globalization and changing trends of biomedical research output.

The US continues to lead the world in research and development (R&D) expenditures, but there is concern that stagnation in federal support for biomedical research in the US could undermine the leading role the US has played in biomedical and clinical research discoveries. As a readout of research output in the US compared with other countries, assessment of original research articles published ...