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Chapter 10
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
09/22/2009

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