SOCIOL 2Q06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Intensify, Free-Trade Zone, Deindustrialization
11 May 2016
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Capitalism was the first form of society to spread globally and incorporate nearly all societies into a single formation -- capitalist world-system. Intensive expansion; deepening of commodification -- commodifying things and services that were previously in the public realm. Whe(cid:374) (cid:272)apital e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)ds i(cid:374) spheres i(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial life to pla(cid:272)es (cid:449)here it (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)da(cid:271)le (cid:271)efore. Example; health care -- (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that should (cid:271)e (cid:271)ought a(cid:374)d sold ; (cid:449)as considered something that should be accessible to every one. That these commodities were done for the good of humanity; but now they are used for economic gain. Capitalists conquer other territories to use their resources and benefits. Covers colonialism; euro capitalists going to other countries establishing dominance to use their labour and markets and resources outside of euro. The replication of euro dominance over each colonialized state -- emerges working class. Inequalities in different parts of the world; exchanging of materials while one benefits from the other.
