Chapter 8-Global Inequality Flashcards
Modernization
Nations would move from traditional forms of social organization toward forms characteristic of post-Industrial Revolution societies
Colonialism
Foreign power maintains political, social, and economic and cultural domination over people for an extended period
Neocolonialism
Former colonies continuing to be dependent on foreign countries
World system analysis
Describe the unequal economic and political relationships in which core nations exploit periphery nations
Dependency theory
Contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing nations
Multinational corporations
Headquartered in one country but do business around the world have played a key role in globalization’s through pursuit of deindustrilzation , offshoring, and other
Borderlands
Area of common culture along the boarder of Mexico and US
Remittances
Monies that immigrants to the US send back to family in Mexico
Health
Measured by life expectancy
Knowledge
Measured by average years and expected years of schooling
Standard of living
Measured by gross national income per capital
Gross national income(GNI)
Measure of total monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country during some specified period of time
Human rights
Universal moral rights passed by all people because they are human
