SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Tea Party Movement, Idle No More, Propaganda Model
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Sees development largely as the expansion of the market mechanism domestically and internationally. Promoted by us, imf, world bank, etc. When people talk about globalization, they are often talking about neo-liberal expansion. Many suggest that neoliberalism impedes development more than it helps. World-systems theory: claim it simply allows to core to exploit the periphery more fully. Post-development view: sees globalization as cultural, political, and economic domination. Suggests that the structural adjustment programs of the imf and world bank make things worse. The sociology of development is interested in global inequalities. Development at mcgill: a strength of the department. Professors clark, brauner-otto, hall, roychowdhury, and lange. Impact of the media: nationalism, body image, violence, consumerism: conclude sms and democracy. Way for the public to pursue collective goods at the expense of private interests pollution. Way to expand rights of marginalized race, gender, inequality. In this way, social movements are often a means of expanding democracy.
