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sociology ch. 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| outsourcing | Companies make more of a profit by hiring people who will work for less in other countries. |
| 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 |
| Core countries | most power (first world) |
| Semiperipheral countries | middle class (second world) |
| Peripheral | poor (third world) |
| Theories on global stratification | Modernization, dependency |
| Modernization theory | Marx Weber. Societies become more complex and different due to economics |
| What does modernization predict how other will countries achieve development | change their traditional attitudes, values, and institutions. |
| Pros and cons of modernization | Modernization explains that good work ethics = economic success (japan). Doesn't explain how countries interact with each other |
| 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. |
| According to dependency theory, what contributes to the poverty of dependent countries? | Exploiting goods, colonialism, political restrictions |
| 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 |
| Neocolonialism | Rich prevent the poor getting richer by setting prices extremely low on raw materials. |
| Multinational Corporation | sellers of corporations buy cheap and sell high. |
| Dependency con | Many poor countries weren't colonies and the involvement of multinational corps doesn't make a country poorer. |
| World systems theory | Globe seen as a whole, each country has a role in the world economic system |
| 3 groups of world systems | Core, semiperipheral, peripheral |
| International Division of Labor | Products are produced globally, while only benefiting a few |
| World cities | cities that are linked to international commerce |
| Transnational communities | geographically distant but socially and politically close. |
| 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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