Sociology 2239 Lecture Notes - Least Developed Countries, Bourgeoisie, Utopia
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The modern world system/international division of [reproductive] labour. Film: google babies (2009: how reproductive labour is done through the world system. Praxis is important in scholarship connecting the theory with practice: similar to marx. Why certain nations are so poor and not democratic. Modernization thesis treats each nation individually: other scholars: all the nation states follow one evolutionary model process of attainment. An interdependent system of countries linked by political and economic competition : opposite of modernization thesis, emphasizes interdependency exists on unequal power relations (hierarchy) The relationships between nations and regions are not reciprocal but are based on domination and exploitation. Economic domination is accompanied by political and cultural domination: dependency. Simply as a unit with a single division of labour and multiple cultural systems . Core states: control a vast majority of the world"s wealth and dominate the periphery should political, economic, and military power (u. s, some western.
