SOC 1105 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 - sociology gone global
15 Jan 2018
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Computer and nuclear weapons are born so we need more educated people. With education comes the view of inequality - it is expressed through media/tv/print. Travelling allows us to see the world and strengthen education. About vietnam and turns to anti nuclear proliferation movement. Environmental movement comes about as well (green peace, animal rights) Public issues: are caused by larger social factors. C wright mills distributed between personal problems and public issues. Sociologists consider a social problem to be an alleged situation that is incompatible with the values of a significant number of people who agree that action is needed to alter the situation. If enough people feel it"s a problem, they must deal with it. Evolution in transportation the linking of technology to economic change. Time and space "compression of the world" (robertson 1992) Rise of transnational entities - world bank, world trade organization, nato, un, green peace, red cross, doctors without borders.
