Global Inequalities ch .7

Colonialism

Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

Karl Marx

Realtions between the colonal nation and colonized people are siminalir between the dominate captialist class and proletariat

Neo-colonialism

The continued economic dependence of new states on their former colonial masters

world systems analysis

a view of the global economic system as one divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited

( Functionalist and conflict perspective)

Modernization

the far-reaching process through which periphery nations move from traditional or less developed institutions to that characteristic of more developed societies

(Functionalist perspective )

Dependency Theory

An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.

( Conflict Perspective )

Modernization Theory

a functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in developing nations

multinational corporation

Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world. ( Wallerstein 1974)

Functionalist view

Believes that multinational corporations can actually help the developing nations of the world.

Conflict view

challenge this favorable evaluation of the impact of multinational exploit local workers to maximize profits.

Gross National Product

the total value of goods and services produced by a country during a year

mobility in industrial nations

\-Substantial similarities exist in ways parents' positions in stratification systems transmitted to children

\-Mobility opportunities influenced by structural factors

Immigration continues to be significant in shaping a society's level of intergenerational mobility

Growth in mobility does not necessarily bring growth in equality

Mobility in Developing Nations

Macro-level social and economic changes often overshadow micro-level movement from one occupation to another

Gender Differences and mobility

woman in developing countries find life especially difficult