SOSC 1430 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gross National Income, Amartya Sen, International Development
3 Oct 2016
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Chapter 1: meaning, measurement, and morality in international development. Scandinavian countries scoring around 0. 25 while unequal societies like brazil score around. Impact of colonial rule or neocolonial economic relations may have been forged or consolidated unequal social relations based on slavery, feudalism, and landownership patterns that continue to shape present: 2. Characteristics of late industrialization - the use of inappropriate capital-intensive technology - reduce the employment potential of gdp growth: 3. Inadequate or nonexistent social safety nets and regressive taxation systems prevent the redistribution of national income towards the poor and middle classes, as occurred in developed economies after the great depression. Arguments against global redistributive justice: communitarianism - believe that political and social community is morally relevant - some feel that moral discussions about what is right and wrong can be understood only among people sharing a common culture/language/history/etc.
