SOC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Systems Analysis, Social Mobility, Gross National Income
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Inequality, then, exists within all countries, not just within the. On a global scale, inequality also exists between developing and developed nations. The people who have dedicated their lives to fighting starvation refer to what they call coping mechanisms ways in which the desperately poor attempt to control their hunger. Through dirt eating is considered a pathological condition (called pica) among the well-fed, the world"s poor eat dirt to add minerals to their diet. Inequality is a significant determinant of human behavior. Disparities in life chances are so extreme that in some places, the poorest of the poor may not be aware of them. Three forces discussed here are particularly responsible for the domination of the world market- place by a few nations: the legacy of colonialism, the advent of multinational corporations, and modernization. Colonialism: occurs when a foreign power maintains political, social, economic, and cultural domination over a people for an extended period; it is ruled by outsiders.
