SOCI 120 Study Guide - Final Guide: Traditional Authority, Social Conflict, Social Inequality
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Accounted for 25% of growth in us economic output during the second half of the 1900"s. Sectors of the economy: primary sector- the part of the economy that draws raw materials from the natural environment. 20% of the economic output of low income countries is in this sector: secondary sector- the part of the economy that transforms raw materials into manufactured goods. All countries have a large share of workers in this sector: tertiary sector- involves the part of the economy that involves services not goods. 49% of economic output in low income countries. Dominates economies of middle income and high income countries. Post industrial society- a productive system based on service work and high technology. Driven by the 3rd technological change: computer. 3 important changes: tangible products to ideas- people work with symbols like computers, mechanical to literacy skills- requires speaking and writing, factories to anywhere- technology allows anyone to work anywhere.
