Exam 11: The United States in Global Context

Despite recent increases, the U.S. still displays less inequality than do other Western nations

Although most people in most developing societies are poor, some nations, such as Japan and South Korea, have successfully pursued ________________ over the past half- century.

It is probably true that Western industrial nations have exploited developing nations and it is also probably true that many of these nations have adopted policies that mainly benefit their own elites.

The different economic and social conditions-both within each nation and between them create a number of problems for researchers including:

Given higher rates of poverty, it follows that the United States displays much more inequality in the income distribution than does

Even though assessing the degree of income inequality in different societies is difficult, reasonable conclusions can be drawn.

Although data on global poverty rates are tricky to obtain and interpret, one standard measure is the percentage of a nation's population living on less than _____________.

From one angle of vision, data from other Western industrial societies suggest that the United States is ______________.

In comparison to the United States, some developing nations display more poverty but similar or even less income inequality.

Even though the rate of poverty is high in many developing societies, people's life chances are still unlimited.

Most developing nations display both more poverty and more income inequality than _________________.

Even though the distribution of valued resources in the U.S. has become more unequal in recent years, it seems less harsh when compared to that in ____________.

As has been true throughout history, much of the world's population is desperately poor.

One argument is that Western industrial nations (the so-called "core societies") have an interest in exploiting undeveloped nations (the so-called "peripheral societies).

All Western nations display high rates of occupational mobility.

Economic development is difficult in peripheral societies because investment decisions are often made in terms of the interests of ___________________ and their governments.

High level of poverty and restricted ________________ imply that many developing nations exhibit a very unequal income distribution.

The overall level of inequality in Japan and Korea resembles that displayed in Western nations, and is lower than in ______________.

Which of the following statements is correct?

As Peter Berger suggests, the more a developing nation is _________________, the greater its economic development.