Exam 4, Chapter 17 Flashcards
What is modernization
Process by which agrarian societies are transformed into industrial societies
True or false
Modernization is not related to the rise of capitalism and industrialization
false, it is related
True or false
Different level of modernization brings different levels of global inequality
true
What are some characteristics of a social system’s internal sources of change
- innovations (technology)
- New culture
- New social structure (gender roles)
- population growth
- conflicts among groups
What are some characteristics of a social systems external sources of change
- diffusion
2. cultural lag
What is diffusion
societies transfer innovations to each other
Subcategories under diffusion include conflict and ecological. Describe them
conflict- threats from other societies bring change
ecological- physical environment changes
What is cultural lag
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
True or false
cultural lags can be dangerous times when parts of society are out of harmony
true
what is capitalism
economic system based on private ownership of the means of production
what is a system where people compete for profit
capaitalism
Marx and capitalism entails
Capitalism promotes technological innovations and is constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production.
What did Marx believe about capitalism
The reason is was so productive was the reason it should be destroyed (it produces more by dehumanizing and alienated people)
Weber and capitalism
Protestant Ethic.
Economic success plays a part in salvation.
Religious values encourage capitalism
What is protestant ethics
set of religious ideas that promoted growth of capitalism
What is spirit of capitalism
under weber, eventually the practices create their own ideology and values.
What is the state theory of modernization
Taming of the state
When repressive states exists, only command economy will result.
When state is tamed, capitalism will always develop
What is a modern world system
global system in which nations are economically and politically interdependent
What are the three political and economic specializations positions
- core
- semiperiphery
- periphery
Describe the core
the strongest, most powerful, control the system
-US
Describe the semi-periphery
industrialized, not as developed
describe the periphery
export raw materials to other nations exploited
