1. GLOBALIZATION AND VULNERABILITY Presented by James Mittelman Prepared for SAVI Workshop Maputo, Mozambique 19-21 June 03

2. Introduction What is the relationship between globalization and vulnerability? Specific questions to explore: What is globalization? What is marginalization? What are the linkages between globalization and marginalization?

3. Conceptualizing Globalization, a Major Driver of Vulnerability: Three Possibilities Increasing interconnections Compression of time and space An historical transformation in economics, politics, and culture

4. Conceptualizing Marginalization A visual sense, as with the outer edge viewed from the center The economic usage—the point at which the returns from an activity barely cover its costs

5. My Thesis Southern Africa is firmly tethered to globalization along certain axes but not others Following is a research framework for examining major axes

6. Axes of Globalization Axis I: Financial Globalization Axis II: Military Globalization Axis III: Technological Globalization

7. Proposed Strategic Responses in Southern Africa A new regionalism Civil society and social movements Educational policies