sociology ch. 10
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| outsourcing | Companies make more of a profit by hiring people who will work for less in other countries.
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| Per capita gross nation income | measures the total output of goods and services produced by residents of the country and the income of the nonresidents in a year. Income of res + income of non res = per capita GNI
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| Core countries | most power (first world)
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| Semiperipheral countries | middle class (second world)
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| Peripheral | poor (third world)
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| Theories on global stratification | Modernization, dependency
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| Modernization theory | Marx Weber. Societies become more complex and different due to economics
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| What does modernization predict how other will countries achieve development | change their traditional attitudes, values, and institutions.
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| Pros and cons of modernization | Modernization explains that good work ethics = economic success (japan). Doesn't explain how countries interact with each other
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| Dependency theory. Who came up with it? | Karl Marx. Focuses on explaining the persistence of poverty in countries as a result of their dependence on wealthy countries.
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| According to dependency theory, what contributes to the poverty of dependent countries? | Exploiting goods, colonialism, political restrictions
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| Colonialism | Process of rich countries taking raw materials from poor countries to make and sell products which they sell in return at a higher price. Keeps working colonies underdeveloped
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| Neocolonialism | Rich prevent the poor getting richer by setting prices extremely low on raw materials.
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| Multinational Corporation | sellers of corporations buy cheap and sell high.
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| Dependency con | Many poor countries weren't colonies and the involvement of multinational corps doesn't make a country poorer.
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| World systems theory | Globe seen as a whole, each country has a role in the world economic system
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| 3 groups of world systems | Core, semiperipheral, peripheral
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| International Division of Labor | Products are produced globally, while only benefiting a few
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| World cities | cities that are linked to international commerce
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| Transnational communities | geographically distant but socially and politically close.
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| What are the consequences of global stratification? | Population is high in poor countries, death rate is high, lower health, low education, gender inequality, war and terrorism
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