SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Genetic Engineering, Chinua Achebe, Demographic Transition
6 Sep 2016
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Hybrids or industrial and agricultural societies (both horticulture and agrarian) Most of the world today is industrializing (china, egypt, brazil, africa) Economy combines the new and traditional industry and agriculture. About 1 billion live on less than . 90 a day. Globalization means poor can be hurt by decisions made elsewhere (navarro) People pay others to smuggle them into other countries. Death rates come down while birth rates stay high. Middle of demographic transition, so population growth is high. Example: egypt: 1960 20 million 2015 83 million. Mass education, though less developed than in industrial societies. People friendly and relaxed fun places (carnival brazil) Dictators who cease power and stay for a long time. Human rights (political freedom) often under attack. Big armies poor but spend lots of money on militaries. Rule of law is shaky government can overturn law. Lynching is not uncommon when civilians step in (vigilante justice)
