SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United Fruit Company, International Inequality, Core Countries
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Canadians know they live in a class divided society but also recognize that deep class divisions are not necessary for national prosperity: most are against gov"t involvement to lessen inequality think poor should rise up. Modernization theory: a functionalist approach global inequality results from various dysfunctional characteristics of poor societies themselves: lack of investment capital, western style business techniques, stable western style governments and mentality it"s the poor countries" fault. These gov"ts managed to keep pop"n subdued/ they sent in military to keep their economic interests strong (ex. Core, periphery, and semi-periphery core countries: rich capitalist countries (ex. usa: peripheral countries: world"s major source of raw materials and cheap labour (former colonies) semi-peripheral countries: former colonies that are making serious headway in becoming prosperous countries (ex.
