Exam 4, Chapter 17 Flashcards

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What is modernization

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Process by which agrarian societies are transformed into industrial societies

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True or false

Modernization is not related to the rise of capitalism and industrialization

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false, it is related

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True or false

Different level of modernization brings different levels of global inequality

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true

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What are some characteristics of a social system’s internal sources of change

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  1. innovations (technology)
  2. New culture
  3. New social structure (gender roles)
  4. population growth
  5. conflicts among groups
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What are some characteristics of a social systems external sources of change

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  1. diffusion

2. cultural lag

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What is diffusion

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societies transfer innovations to each other

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Subcategories under diffusion include conflict and ecological. Describe them

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conflict- threats from other societies bring change

ecological- physical environment changes

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What is cultural lag

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the delay between a change in one part of a society and the corresponding changes of other parts,
-Based on the idea that systems are interrelated

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True or false

cultural lags can be dangerous times when parts of society are out of harmony

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true

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what is capitalism

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economic system based on private ownership of the means of production

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what is a system where people compete for profit

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capaitalism

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Marx and capitalism entails

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Capitalism promotes technological innovations and is constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production.

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What did Marx believe about capitalism

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The reason is was so productive was the reason it should be destroyed (it produces more by dehumanizing and alienated people)

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14
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Weber and capitalism

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Protestant Ethic.
Economic success plays a part in salvation.
Religious values encourage capitalism

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What is protestant ethics

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set of religious ideas that promoted growth of capitalism

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16
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What is spirit of capitalism

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under weber, eventually the practices create their own ideology and values.

17
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What is the state theory of modernization

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Taming of the state
When repressive states exists, only command economy will result.
When state is tamed, capitalism will always develop

18
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What is a modern world system

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global system in which nations are economically and politically interdependent

19
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What are the three political and economic specializations positions

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  1. core
  2. semiperiphery
  3. periphery
20
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Describe the core

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the strongest, most powerful, control the system

-US

21
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Describe the semi-periphery

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industrialized, not as developed

22
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describe the periphery

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export raw materials to other nations exploited