Exam 1 Flashcards

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globalization

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flow of goods, ideas, services globally

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2
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Feminism

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female movement for gender equality

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3
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Sustainable development

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Economic development of a country without depletion of natural resources

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4
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Modernization

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Process of social change begun by industrialized

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5
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Class

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Social rank

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6
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Capitalism

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Economic system based on private ownership of capital

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Patriarchy

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Form of social structure where men dominate women

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8
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Colonialism

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Control by one power over area or people

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9
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Imperialism

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Policy extended for one to rule other foreign countries

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10
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Decolonialism

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Economic, cultural, and psychological freedom

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11
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Paradigm

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Description of interactions of humans within any society

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12
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Westernization

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Certain people have to adopt western ideas, beliefs, and practices

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13
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Restructuring

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Reorganization of company to achieve greater efficiency and adopt to free market

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14
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Financial crisis

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Economic agents/government cant repay their debt

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15
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Economic development

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Improvement of human living standards by economic growth

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16
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Empowerment

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Act or action of someone or something being empowered

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17
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Efficiency

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Using resources to maximize production of goods and services

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18
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Welfare

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Well-being of society

19
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Exploitation

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Action or fact of treating someone unfairly to benefit from their work

20
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Multilateral institutions

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Many countries work together on issues of common objectives

21
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Micro-enterprise

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Business operating on a small scale

22
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Socialism

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System aim of creating a society where everyone has equal opportunity

23
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Dependency theory

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Economic growth and industrialization west is based on exploitation of the colonized

24
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World system theory

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World history and social change emphasizes world system as primary unit

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Feminist political economy
Analyses the politics everyday life
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Bretton wood
Monetary system that would ensure economic growth
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Distanciation
Create an mental or emotional distance
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Time-compression
Lessing time between production and exchange
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Surplus value
Rich keep getting richer
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Alienation
State or experience of being separated from group or society
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Free market
Reduce role of government and favor private capital
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Time
External parameter of social change
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Advocates
Publicly supports a particular cause or policy
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Practitioners
One who practices a profession
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Scholar
Person specialized in branch of study
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Cosmopolitanism
Global outlook due to increase of globalization
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Deregulation
Reduction of government regulations in specific industry
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WID
Adding women whose needs were not addressed prior to development process time
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WAD
Making women roles and work visible and seeing their contribute to society
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GAD
Addressing men and women position in society
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Structural adjustment
Government spending cut too severely by programs
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Neoliberalisms
Central goal of politics is lessing government interference in free market
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Global crisis
Global situation with someone or something affected by one or more serious problem