Details Title: Chapter 10 Description: Vocabulary Total Flash Cards: 12 Created: 09/22/2009 10:40:23		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Sociology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Borderlands Definition The area of common culture along the border between mexico and the US Term Colonialism Definition Maintnance of political, social, economic, and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period Term Dependency theory Definition Approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain Term Globalization Definition Worldwide integration of goverment policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas Term Gross nation product (GNP) Definition Value of a nation's goods and services Term Human rights Definition Universal moral rights possessed by all people because they are human Term Modernization Definition The far-reaching process by which periphery nations move from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies Term Medernization theory Definition A funtionalist approach that proposes that moderniztion and development will gradually improve the lives of people in developing nations Term Multinational corporation Definition A commercial organization that is head-quartered in one country but does business throughout the world Term Neocolonialism Definition COntinuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries Term Remittances Definition The monies that immigrants return to their families of origin. Term World system analysis Definition View of the global economic system as one divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited