Exam 12: Globalization and Global Inequality

Why do sociologists Wilkinson and Pickett assert that the mental illness problems of the United States and Great Britain cannot be solved individually?

What is the greatest barrier to development, according to modernization theory?

According to Rostow, traditional societies are rigid and have limited economic mobility in order to ______.

Oxana is discouraged from working outside the home due to well-established cultural norms in her community. This illustrates which barrier to modernization?

Lucas is a police officer. He uses wages from his job to purchase food and other items from those who produce them. Lucas most likely lives in a society based on ______ solidarity.

What holds societies based on mechanical solidarity together?

Amenemhet is a research scientist in Cambodia. He shares his work with Drakon, a scientist in Greece, by using the Internet. Their collaboration is an example of the ______ of ideas.

Ismet is becoming more concerned with his individual financial success, rather than focusing on his family or village. He is showing signs that his society is entering Rostow's ______ period.

Discuss and evaluate criticisms of modernization theory. Do these make you less likely to agree with the theory? Why or why not?

Establishment of public schools are associated with which of Rostow's periods?

Why is China considered a semi-periphery country in the world systems theory?

Jed's family grows all its own food, as well as raising sheep for wool, dairy and meat. They also grow some cotton so they can make all their own clothing. This family is an example of ______ solidarity.

Developing countries are often forced to pay interest charges before principal, making loans impossible to repay.

What example of positive globalization was ratified by nearly fifty countries in the United Nations General Assembly shortly after World War II?

Demands for increased rights for women and racialized minorities is associated with which of Rostow's periods?

Priti lives in India, but feels pressure to conform to Western ideas of beauty, such as being very thin as she sees on Western television. This is an example of a negative consequence of ______.

Why do developing countries have little money to spend on social programs to improve their citizen's lives?

Some people resent the expansion of McDonald's into more countries because it can put local restaurants out of business.

The spread of ideas like human rights and tolerance for others are a positive aspect of ______ theory.

New laws worldwide against rape and child sexual assault indicate increasing concern for individual rights.