SOC 3331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Affluent Society, New Imperialism, Dependency Theory
17 Feb 2017
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Organic solidarity: individualism and interdependence in modern society. Introduces the mode of productions where social relations take place, and where social relations take place there is power relations between the bourgeoisie and the working class. Capitalism is the basis of colonialism (it came out of colonizing countries) Trickle down effect of growth to lead positive changes (e. g. infant mortality, illiteracy, and malnourishment) Gdp per capita: is only an average measure of wealth, recent growth in india, Distribution of income (income inequality): if the increased of income is contributing to high gdp per capital but increasing inequalities equally distributed among the population rich and poor. Different aids of development based on colonial relations (mosley, 1987) Roots of aids during colonial period: empire marketing board in 1926. Suggested different strategies to establish economic relations within the different countries. Imf and world bank/ibrd in 1944 for reconstruction and dev. Cold war: shift of aid in development than reconstruction.
