Chap 10 Key Terms Sociology

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core nations

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Dominant capitalist countries that have high levels of urbanization and industrialization

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dependency theory

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explains global inequality as the result of the exploitation of lower-income countries by higher-income countries.

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global stratification

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the unequal distribution of wealth, power, prestige, and life chances on a global scale.

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health

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a state of complete mental, social, and physical well-being, not simply the absence of disease.

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infant mortality

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the number of deaths per one thousand live births

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literacy

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the ability to read and write at least simple statements with understanding.

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modernization theory

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explains global inequality in terms of cultural and technological differences among societies. Focuses on the factors and conditiond necessary for a country to become fully modern.

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peripheral nations

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nations that have low levels of industrialization accompanied by uneven patterns of urbanization and are dependent upon core nations for capital.

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semiperipheral nations

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have levels of industrialization and urbanization below that of core nations but above the levels of peripheral nations.

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world systems theory

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explains global inequality as the result of a global system of economic relations in which the higher-income nations benefit from the lower income nations.

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Immanuel Wallerstein

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Developed the world systems theory, which stresses the economic links among countries.

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Walt Rostow

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Proponent of modernization theory who believed that countries go through four stages of economic development.