SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gross Domestic Product, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Inequality
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Global stratification can be defined as patterns of social inequality in the world as a whole. Developed after ww2, labelled the rich, industrial countries as the first world, the less industrialized socialist countries the second world and poor countries the third world . This model proves much better than the first as it accounts for economic differences and not the different styles of government. High income countries cover 47% of land surface and lie mostly in the northern hemisphere accounting for 23% of the world"s population, these countries produce enough economic goods and services to enable their people to live comfortably. 36% of earth and home to about 4. 2 billion people. Low income countries are agrarian societies with some industry, 17% of earth"s area and about 1 billion people, population density generally high, majority of people follow cultural traditions. Differences in quality of life around the world.