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15 Cards in this Set
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Core Societies |
Rich, powerful nations that are economically diversified and relatively free from outside control |
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Peripheral Societies |
Poor and weak Societies with highly specialized economies over which they have relatively little control |
"F" it attitude |
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World Systems Theory |
Conflict perspective of the economic relationships between developed and developing countries (core and peripheral) |
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Culture of Poverty |
Set of values emphasizing living for the moment rather than thrift, investment in the future or hard work |
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Development |
The process of increasing the productivity and living standard of a society. |
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Indirect Inheritance Model |
Model arguing that children have occupations of a status similar to their parents because of family status and income determine children's aspirations and opportunities |
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Less Developed Countries |
Nations whose living standards are worse than those in most developed countries but better than least developed ones. |
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Least-developed Countries |
Countries characterized by poverty and political weakness ranking low on all measures of development. |
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Modernization Theory |
Theory seeing development as the natural unfolding of an evolutionary process in which societies go from simple to complex |
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Most-Developed Countries |
Rich nations with considerable economic and political autonomy. |
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Near Poor |
Those living in households earning just above the federal poverty level to twice the poverty level. |
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Reproductive Labor |
Traditionally female tasks making it possible for society to continue for others to work and play. |
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecies |
occurring when something is defined as real and therefore becomes real |
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Transnational Corporations |
Large Corporations producing and distributing goods internationally. |
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Ideology |
A set of norms and values that rationalizes the existing social structure. |
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