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11 Cards in this Set
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Circulation of labor
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as compared to the unidirectional flow of people from rural to urban areas, the circulation of labor involves the continuous movement of people from rural to urban and back again.
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Cultural boundary maintenance
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the practice of cultural groups keeping themselves separate from other cultural groups.
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Culture of poverty
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an interpretation of poverty that suggests that poor people pass certain cultural features on to their children that tend to reinforce and perpetuate poverty.
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Indigenous population
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the original inhabitants of a region who collectively wield little political power, and whose cultures and ways of life are threatened by the forces of economic development.
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Less developed countries (LDCs)
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countries that have a relatively low gross national product (GNP) and low annual family income.
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Multiculturalism
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a public policy philosophy that recognizes the legitimacy and equality of all cultures represented in a society.
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Multinational corporations
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large corporations that have economic operations in a number of different countries throughout the world.
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Neocolonialism
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the process of developed nations continuing to exert economic, political, and military influence over less developed countries, even though the official period of colonization ended in the 1960’s.
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Occupational duality
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a practice found in many traditionally agricultural societies of the world in which an individual spends part of the year working on the farm and another part of the year working as a wage earner, most likely in an urban area.
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Urban agglomerations
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the population contained within a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels without regard to administrative boundaries
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Voluntary associations
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political, occupational, religious, or recreational groups, usually found in an urban area, that people join freely and that often help in the adjustment to urban life.
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