This final paper is a critical assessment of what should be done in response to economic globalization in an era of socio-political uncertainty. Should we promote and participate in economic globalization? How should citizens and consumers in the globalized world respond to how and where clothing is made?

For this paper, address how the current political state of affairs informs and affects both the fashion industry and globalization at large.

• Discuss how globalization may or may notaddress the world's social, economic, and environmental needs.
• Should we embrace or oppose current models of globalization?
• What kinds of alternative models, if any, are needed in the economic, environmental, and social realms?

References:

• Farrell-Beck, 20th-Century Dress in the United States, Chapters 9-11
• Rosen, Making Sweatshops. Read:
  • Chapter 6: the US Apparel Industry: Responses to Capital Flight
  • Chapter 7: The 1980s: The Demise of Protectionism