Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Urban Ecology, Social Change, Consumerism
1 Dec 2012
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Despite our small size, we"re the most powerful, because it"s about resources. The bulk of our immigrants are coming from the global south: this poses a paradox/contradiction, because we"re terrified of them but we need them for trade, etc. Incidences like 9/11 have been seen over many religions and cultures (i. e. mass child killing in. Texas by christians but we don"t see the same outcry against them) Cultural wars: concepts of us and them are enforced by inferiority and superiority. Coercion: imposition of family planning policies: one child. China this can lead to gender preference. They"ve also been involved in social development, so you can"t point a finger at which is really doing the work probably a combo: deprova implants (india) Form of birth control carefully watched to determine the effect this may have on western women. If women agreed to get this, then the pharmaceutical companies would build schools and bring water to the community.
