SOCIOL 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Extreme Poverty, Ageism, Payroll Tax
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Sociology 3: social problems week 2 lecture notes. 3. 1 world population growth: demographic transition, societal changes, family planning. Societal changes effecting reproductive rates: cultural values, religious beliefs, women"s roles, education. 3. 2 food and hunger: the world"s farmers produce enough food to feed the global population (production yields avg. Sickness and disease: chronic malnutrition, high infant mortality rates, shorter life expectancy, a stunting of physical and mental capacities, lack of safe water and unsanitary conditions, aids pandemic. International traffic in slavery thus enslaving the children. In 1800, 3% of the world"s population lived in cities: 1950 less than 30, 2010 50. 5, by 2050 70, cities can"t handle the exploding population. 3. 3 transnational corporations: control the world"s economy, they"re desperate for help from u. s. companies for financial aid, most are based in the united states w/ operations in poor countries, arms sales, corporate sales that endanger lives, corporate dumping.
