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Right-Wing Authoritarian
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-believes economy works best if government leaves it alone -a significant measure of social control is required to have fair & effective societies |
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Left-Wing Authoritarian
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-agrees with right-wing that social control is required -the government control of economy is essential |
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Left-Wing Libertarian
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-the government has an important role to play in economy -the government should allow people to make their own social decisions |
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Right-Wing Libertarian
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-wants to minimize the role of the government in all aspects of life
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Types of Bias in the Media
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-bias through selection & omission -bias through placement -bias through headline -bias by photo, captions, & photo angles -bias through use of names & titles -bias through stats & crowd count -bias by source control -word choice & tone |
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Why Migrate
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economic, social & environmental
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Push factors
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conditions that repel people to leave country
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Pull factors
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conditions that attract people to country
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Voluntary Migration
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people move b/c free will
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Involuntary Migration
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people forced to leave
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Ecological Migration
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changing environmental conditions
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Legal Migration
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people migrate & recognized by government
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Illegal Migration
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people migrate without government knowledge
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Acculturation
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changed lifestyle where immigrants adopt culture but still keep their own
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Assilimation
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people let go of old culture & adopt new one
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7 Facts About Migrant Crisis (2015-Syrain)
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-most immigrants never leave their countries -many countries only see refugees during conflict -most arrive by land, not boat -refugees are a recurring crisis, not a constant one -most boat people are Syrian & not refugess -western countries see relatively few refugees -refugees unevenly distributed in the west |
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Financial Globalization
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-financial system interconnected -doesn't involve interconnection of nations but world cities with significant financial market |
about connection of finance
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Economic Globalization
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-transnational companies have a presence in every country ex McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Pepsi -the majority of the time refers to corporations expanding beyond their country -supporters=product efficiency & global wealth -opponents= increase difference between haves & have nots |
transnational companies
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transnational corporations
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"multinational"
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Technological Globalization
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-in past 50 years, massive growth of communications & computer tech (global village) -wealthier countries tend to benefit from this -less developed countries skip and go to update tech |
Instagram, twitter, computers
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Political Globalization
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-as countries develop stronger economic, cultural & technological links there is a pressure to become less independent & adapt common policies -these deal with issues like government expenditures, environmental regulations, economic trade, and free trade |
same policies and deal with same issues
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cultural globalization
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-gradual growth of common world culture & loss of distinctive local cultures -has developed "world culture" influenced by American culture |
less differences and more similarities
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ecological globalization
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-have become aware of human actions impact the entire plant & not just one country or continent
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environment
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sociological globalization
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-similar to culture, deals with attitudes and behaviours that are becoming increasingly common throughout the world -certain common attitudes & standards of behaviour exist in every country |
ideas, beliefs
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Geographical Globalization
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-used to look at world in terms of what happened within one country -world is now borderless |
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Sustainabilty
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meets the needs of people today without jeopardizing the future generations' ability to meet their needs
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making sure there is enough for future generations
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Expansionist World View
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-nature is here to be used -primary value of nature lays in its value to society -conversation should work against the wastefulness & environmentally disruptive excess of society |
nature is here to be used
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Ecological World View
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-nature is a living organism -nature is valuable (all parts) -works against dominant social views -provides a way to judge the state of human society |
nature is a person, treat it how you wanna be treated |
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Economic Development
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material wealth & trade determined by GDP per captia
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"nice things"
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Social Development
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-level of education -life expectancy -rate of infant mortailty |
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Political Maturity
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-whether the country is democratic -level of corruption -electoral system -rule of law |
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Globalization Core
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developed countries contribute to globalization
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developed countries
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New Core
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may not be as wealthy but becoming developed |
developing countries
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New Core Periphery
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countries with potential to become developed
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potential developing countries
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Fore Periphery
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countries that are far from economic
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less developed countries
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North-South model
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-based on developing countries in relation to geographic location. NORTH: developed. SOUTH: developing. Some exceptions are Argentina & Austrialia |
top-rich. bottom-poor.
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First World
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non-communist/developed
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US & Canada
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Second World
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communist/developing
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Russia & Poland
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Third World
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non-developed/ developing
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Guyana, Cuba & Vietnam
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Demography
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study of human population and implications of changes in population sizes
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Gaia Hypothesis
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the world is a self-regulating, living entity made up of organisms that modify the atmosphere, oceans, climate and crust (Earth) to ensure their survival
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Earth takes care of it self but changing it to fit what is on it
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Limits-to-Growth Thesis
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based on computer models that predict what might happen if current growth trends continue Earth will exceed carrying capacity
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Carrying Capacity
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the max amount of people that can be sustained by the environment/ Earth
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Cornucopian Thesis
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alternative view of "limits-to-growth thesis". States that science and tech will continue to advance with result of new resources being developed to replace old ones as they deplete
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opposite of limits-to-Gaia thesis
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rule of 70
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how long it take for a country's population to double. Divide 70 by country's pop growth rate (percent) |
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Malthusian
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born during 1800-industrial era. Believed that population grows geometrically (1,2,4,8,16) each generation and food grows arithmetically (1,2,3,4,5) each generation. This means that there would have to be "checks on population" where there would be famine, disease/plague, riots, government throwing's, war, pollution.
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ex Ireland in 1750-1850 Population grew too fast as marriage age decreased causing increase in food supply (potatoes) & small pox vaccines given -potato blight destroyed crops in 1845, 1846 and in 1848 -caused death and emigration of 150,000 people in one 10 year period |
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Demographic Trap
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country becomes trapped in the late-transition stage, where thedeath rate is low but, still has high birth rate
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stuck in one stage of transition where birth rate high but death rate is low |
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Population Control
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birth control and sterilzations
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Pro-natalist /Expansive
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Encourages having children. Governments often give rewards to encourage this
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ex Russia in 1944 when they gave medals to women to encourage increase in fertility rate
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Anti-natalist/Restrictive
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Wants to restrict child birth to slow population growth
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ex China with the one-child policy. Did this by: later marriages, longer spacing between pregnancy and limiting the amount of kids you can have.
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Structural change
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government adopts measures to force/strongly encourage people to have smaller families
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Change by diffusion
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people do not reduce fertility in response to government prodding but an understanding of how a smaller family is benefical
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like a domino effect
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Refugees
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when people leave their home country to try to save their lives
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Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
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When people are forced from their homes but not out the country
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Asylum seekers
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enter a country claiming to be refugees even though not coming from a country experiencing war or natural disaster
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UNHCR three "durable solutions" for refugees
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-voluntary repatriation -third-country resettlement -local intergration |
what would you do with refugees
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Voluntary Repatriation
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if conditions in home country improve that refugee is no longer in danger they may return
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go home
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Local Intergration
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become assimilated into first asylum (usually borders the home country)
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stay
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Third-Country Resettlement
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when resettlement isn't possible and integration is refused, send refugees to another country that will accept them
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move again
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Amnesty
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"bringing light to hidden people within borders". Undocumented immigrants are encouraged to declare themselves without fear of prosecution to be accounted with legal citizens
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say you in the country
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Replacement Migration
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international migration to balance out aging population, decrease in working-age pop and population decrease in general
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Cultural Diffusion
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the outward spread of knowledge and influence from a "cradle of civilization "
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spread of culture
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"cradle of civilization"
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metaphor used to describe regions where humans first lived together organized and non-migratory
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Threshold Population
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the minimum number of people/customers needed for a urban service to succeed conomically
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Range
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distance of the product or service
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Economic Base
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functions and activities a city depends on for its existence
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Basic Activities
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when goods and services bring money into the city from surrounding area. serve as economic base
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getting a paycheck
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Non-basic Activities
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when goods and services are purchased or produced for the city
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when you shop
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Primate Cities
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when a city becomes so powerful with its country
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Paris, France London, UK |
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