SOC 248- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 180 pages long!)
1 Dec 2017
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More connected than ever-tech: economically- ie stock market drives global economy, politically- ie what trump does affects what"s going to happen elsewhere. Ex syrian civil war, what does us do: socially- ie texting, facebook. Learn about conflicts/events through social media ie find out about harvey through google. See images: culturally- ie what does it mean to be an american, how"s it different from different cultures. Shapes how they see themselves as a global citizen. World system began in 1450-think of different countries, states etc. Empires and european colonization: americas-christopher columbus found americas looking for gold, asia, africa. Initial state of globalization-people coming into contact for economic purposes: started the development of inequalities- colonizers v colonized. Economy and current world system: countries" economies affected by their position in world market ie ability to produce valuable resources, labor. ie gold, oil. Theories: adam smith, utilitarian, laissez-faire: no interference, privatization-govt turns over things like who runs prisoners, clean water over to.
