SOC 3470 Study Guide - Final Guide: Female Education, Infant Mortality, Structural Adjustment

• School: University of Virginia
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3470
• Professor: Blumberg Rae

Document Summary

In non-productive lands, females are commonly viewed as non-productive. Drought prone areas = mauritanie in w. africa to manchuria. Links drought in major deserts (vs minor deserts) to invasion, female subjugation. Where earth seems hostile to humans, culture grew hostile to nature. In lands of scarcity, means of coercion more important than means of production. Kinship, religion, and custom all constrain females. Virginity or death to protect the family honor. Modernization approach: immediately after wwii when the us was at the top of the world economy. 1st approach = we are going to help our future competitors rebuild . Later approach = we tried to help but you blew it . Us and europe on top of the global economy. Switch from import substitution industrialization to export oriented. Opec declared an embargo against the west. Had the power due to the larger demand than supply. Structural adjustment programs brought austerity and hardships.