SOCI 200gm Study Guide - Planned Obsolescence, Consumerism, Environmental Degradation
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Jep extra credit opportunity: 3% extra credit. Sociologists take a step back and look at social and historical influences that led to the above, which are all indication of economic stagnation. 1989: end of cold war: no longer need defense jobs the loss of middle class jobs and unemployment rate climbs globalization arises international trade. New word: outsourcing different types of manufacturing gets shipped abroad (while unemployment rates continue to increase) Multinational corporations are not paying taxes domestically and the people do not have work so they are unable to pay taxes. Increase in the need for social services. This in part explains the need from china"s funds and the us needs to borrow from them b/c their debt is exponentially growing (now in trillions) Sociological imagination: mills calls it the ability of seeing the intersections of biography and history within society .
