Global stratification Flashcards
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colonialism
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the process by which some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of other nations
2
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Neocolonialism
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A new form of global power relationships that involves not direct political control but economic exploitation by multinational corporations
3
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Modernization theory
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A model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between nations
4
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dependency theory
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A model of economic and soxial development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich ones
