SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - International Inequality, Gross National Income, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gross national income per capita by child mortality rate, 2006. Relationship between income & life expectancy film war, aids. In 1810: life expectancy below 40, uk still a bit better. 1948 ww2 ends, imperial powers begin to decolonize. Asian countries start to catch up in 1980s, african countries caught up in civil. Huge inequality between countries at the top & those at the bottom, & within. World is converging, possible for all countries to catch up. Once colonies became independent they made enormous progress. Most countries in the world are improving; some are not (sub-saharan africa) When we think about global inequalities, we need to look at differences between the classes of people poor countries lack substantial middle classes. Gap between rich & poor is greater in poor countries than in r ich. Cost of ending world poverty is low & increasing life expectancy in poor countries. Two sociological theories that seek to explain global inequality:
