Sociology 1027A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sub-Saharan Africa, Microcredit, Social Inequality

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1027A/B
• Professor: Gale Cassidy

Document Summary

There are three core theories that explain globalization. Globalization gives rise to unique forms of social inequality. Globalization is a process of increasing interconnectedness of people, products, ideas, and places. These developments facilitate the movement of people, products, and ideas leading to political, economic, social and cultural integration. Globalization increases material/physical connections. e. g. movement of goods/people/money across national borders. Ex, 20 years ago we had to bring travellers cheques for each country but now we can use o credit card at any bank in europe. Globalization relies on a shared global infrastructure. e. g. international transportation and banking systems. Globalization is supported by normative similarities. e. g. tariff agreements and friendly relations between countries. Marshall mcluhan coined the term global village. ( spatio-temporal convergence) We live in an interconnected and unified global community. Heightened awareness leads to social betterment (closer to distant events like a boston marathon bombi.