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Chapter 10
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
04/26/2010

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modern world system
Definition
world in which nations are economically and politically interdependent
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capitalist world economy
Definition
a single world system committed to production for sale or exchange, with the object of maximizing profits, rather than supplying domestic needs
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capital
Definition
wealth or resources invested in business, with the intent of using the means of production to make a profit
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world-system theory
Definition
identifiable social system, based on wealth and power differentials, extends beyond individual countries
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core
Definition
geographic center, the dominant position in the world system, includes the strongest and most powerful nations
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semiperiphery
Definition
intermediate between the core and the periphery. contemporary nations of the semiperiphery are industrialized. export both industrial goods and commodities but lack the power and economic dominance of core nations
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periphery
Definition
includes the world's least privileged and powerful countries
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monocrop production
Definition
plantation economy based on a single cash crop
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Industrial Revolution
Definition
the historical transformation, (in Europe after 1750) of "traditional" into "modern" societies through industrialization of the economy
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domestic system
Definition
home-handicraft system
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bourgeoisie
Definition
owners of the factories, mines, large farms, and other means of production
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proletariat
Definition
working class, made up of people who had to sell their labor to survive
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proletarianization
Definition
the separation of means of communication, the schools, and other key institutions
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class consciousness
Definition
recognition of collective interests and personal identification with one's economic group
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imperialism
Definition
policy of extending the rule of a country or empire over foreign nations and of taking and holding foreign colonies
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colonialism
Definition
political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by foreign power for an extended time
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mission civilisatrice
Definition
French equivalent of Britain's "white man's burden"
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indirect rule
Definition
one form of French colonial rule, indirect rule governs through native leaders and established political structures in areas with long histories of state organizations (i.e. Morocco and Tunisia)
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direct rule
Definition
one form of French colonial rule, French officials in many areas of Africa, where the French imposed new government structures to control diverse societies, many of them previously stateless
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postcolonial
Definition
study of the interactions between European nations and the societies they colonized (mainly after 1800)
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mission civilisatrice
Definition
civilizing mission
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intervention philosophy
Definition
an ideological justification for outsiders to guide native peoples in specific directions
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neoliberalism
Definition
current form of the classic economic liberalism laid out in Adam Smith's famous capitalist manifesto
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liberalism
Definition
aims at liberating or freeing the economy from government control
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first world
Definition
"democratic" West
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second world
Definition
former Soviet Union and the socialist and once-socialist countries of Eastern Europe and Asia
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third world
Definition
"less developed countries" or developing nations"
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communism
Definition
describes a social system in which property is owned by the community and in which people work for the common good
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Communism
Definition
political movement and doctrine seeking to overthrow capitalism and to establish a form of communism such as that which prevailed in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991
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authoritarian
Definition
promoting obedience to authority rather than individual freedom
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totalitarian
Definition
banning rival parties and demanding total submission of the individual to the state
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postsocialist societies
Definition
emphasize bureaucratic redistribution of wealth according to a central plan
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corruption
Definition
the abuse of public office of private gain
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indigenous people
Definition
original inhabitants of their territories
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