GPHY 227 Chapter Notes - Chapter All: Gay Village, Cappuccino, Urban Geography
4 Sep 2015
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Competitive capitalism: free market business mostly unconstrained by the government! Organized capitalism: fordism"; assembly lines to be more ef cient! Also led to a working relationship between the business, the worker and the gov. Advanced/disorganized capitalism: the phase we are in now following the second world war, shift away from industrial production towards services (often nancial services) as a basis of pro tability, transition accompanied by increasing globalization! New international division of labour: production separate from r&d and higher-level management operations while contact is maintained amongst all levels of the manufacturing body ! Kondratieff cycles: cycles of innovation (historically steam-power now technology and robotics)! Materialism: one of the most signi cant cultural changes in the western society, tied with gentri cation and has the appearance of a cappuccino society"! Postmodernism: embraces social difference and celebrates variation in urban environments! Ex. hip-hop and rap in the inner-city, gay districts of west hollywood!
