Exam 5: Sociology of an Interconnected World

Which theorist used the examples of Germany and Puerto Rico to argue against the assumption that each society corresponds to a nation-state?

What term describes an external condition imposed on colonized countries by colonial powers which maintains the flow of economic surplus from the formed to the latter after independence?

When was the term globalization coined?

What term describes how being born in a very rich country equates to being better-off than someone born in a very poor country at any point of the income distribution?

What term describes a worldwide tendency towards the opening of state boarders to the free flow of goods and capital?

Which model of society assumes that all the information needed to study how societies function are contained within their borders?

By being born in the United States rather than in Congo, a person would multiply their income by how many times?

Research has shown that the gap in average incomes between rich and poor countries have:

What is the one of the most effective strategies for upward mobility for those born within low-income countries?

Research conducted by Korzeniewicz and Albrecht found that from 1982 to 2009 the average hourly wage in New York was: