Exam 11: Critical Theory Perspectives on Globalization: Inequality, Imperialism, and Injustice

What is the difference between core and peripheral states?

The world systems dynamic creates a ______ between leading sectors that generate high profits and lagging sectors that generate little or no profits.

World systems theory is heavily influenced by the work of Karl Marx.

Which of the following is a modern equivalent to the mercantile companies that furthered British and Dutch colonialism?

What effect did the development of plantations have on colonized societies?

World systems theory argues that colonialism reinforces capitalism and enables capitalism to survive through the exploitation of peripheral states.

Which perspective would emphasize demography, geography, and a decentralized distribution of power as the reasons why Europe came to influence the world?

What does Thomas Friedman mean when he argues that the Lexus drives out the olive tree?

According to the critical theory perspective, globalization marginalizes ______ and ______.

Which of the following best describes systematic inequality?

The critical theory perspective argues that although women and children are marginalized in developing states, they are not marginalized in developed, industrialized states.

Approximately how old is the world economy?

In critical theory, the unjust extraction of profits from the resources and labor of others is known as ______.

In 2007, the UN adopted the ______, emphasizing their rights to culture, identity, language, employment, health, education, and other benefits and outlawing discrimination against them.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Globalization has marginalized women by ______.

Modern ______ are the equivalent of the mercantile companies and plantations that were founded during the colonial period.

The gap between advanced and developing countries in terms of access to modern technology best describes which of the following concepts in critical theory?

The souk (or bazaar) and the caravan trade are examples of which of the following?

For critical theorists, why is the experience of Latin America important?

What are the main elements of dependency theory?