SOC 2151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: United Nations University, The Bottom Billion, Electronic Waste
8 Apr 2017
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Why does it matter: great economic inequalities exist both between and within societies, this is one of the most pressing problems facing the world, ethical problems the case of a public sociology", conflict. Ways of thinking about global inequality: center, periphery, semi-periphery, the bottom billion (traps faced by regions), conflict, heavily invest in natural resources, landlocked, bad governance, between urban and rural areas, focusing on flows, hops. Digital divide: some countries/regions cannot afford computers or even have access to electricity, lack of advanced technology some problems, access, ability to operate technology, language: 80% of web pages are in english, obsolete devices. The case of cavite epz: pollution, rivers of sewage, scarce running water, crime, overpopulation. Our current world: extreme stratification: distribution of privileges and deprivations, wealth and poverty, power and powerlessness, freedom and constraints. What is free choice for some is cruel fate for some others?".
