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-Shared sense of identity based on important social distinctions that has the purpose of gaining or keeping control of group's own destiny
-Shared ethnicities, language, religion, culture, history, and geographical proximity all generate feelings of comradeship and belonging to a certain group |
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-Political unit that has sovereignty over a geographical area
-Sovereignty refers to the fact that the state is self-governing with no external group or person with authority over it |
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-Idea that "the Arab" is anti-Western, dangerous, dishonest, irrational and prototypical - simply because they look or act different, worship a different god, speak differently
-the US thinks this justifies their actions of war in Iraq - but really their only motive is Oil |
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| Are we witnessing "Americanization" of the world? |
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| Yes; you can order a Big Mac in almost any country in the world, although McDonalds is now starting to work with certain country's culture/food |
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| In what ways does educating girls contribute to development? |
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| -Better education for women leads to better job opportunities -> leads to having babies later in life and/or having less -> leads to lower poverty and hunger levels |
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| Describe the "Separate Spheres" Ideology |
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-Masculine sphere: public, productive, bread-winners
-Feminine sphere: private, domestic, reproductive; define women as "naturally unfit" for economic competition or political citizenship |
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| Why are women considered to be a "disposable" work force? |
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-A job is not seen as a permanent feature in a woman's life, therefore they can be hired and fired at will
-This also enables employers to pay women less than men who are seen as the primary bread-winners of the household; women make $0.70 to every man's $1 |
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| How does the idea of justice apply to World Trade? |
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-Present world trade, there is one set of rules for all countries involved in trade; this is not fair considering every country has a different wealth level
-To have "Justice", there should be a separate set of rules for each individual country |
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| What are migration "push factors"? |
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-Factors that force people out of their homelands; ex. land scarcity, political/religious persecution, poverty
-Ex.: people living in the Maldives have been pushed out of their homes because the sea level is rising and taking over their land |
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| What are migration "pull factors"? |
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-Factors that draw people out of their homes to other places; ex. employment opportunities, religious/political freedom, hope for new life, industry, jobs, land
-Ex.: families who send their children from rural areas to the city of Lagos to make money for family |
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| Responsibility of receiving country to immigrants |
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-Refugees: immigrants who come b/c they are being tortured/persecuted in their homeland; receiving countries should help b/c it is a crime against humanity
-Illegal immigrants: come for work b/c they are impoverished; receiving country should help US citizens who are poor/unemployed first, then immigrants |
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| What assets that did not exist 100 years ago do we have now to solve global problems? |
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| Technology; enables us to be aware of global problems and find better ways to solve them |
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