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7 billion people on Earth, 1.3 billion people in CHINA
1969: first moon landing, 1972: first photo of earth taken "blue marble" |
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McDonald's: world's largest fast food chain
33,500 restaurants in 120 countries
Indian Hindu's have MAHARAJA MAC ((lamb and chicken, NO BEEF)) |
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multiple ethnic groups uniting in one POLITICAL union or TERRITORIAL state
yet still maintaining their own LANGUAGE and cultural HERITAGE |
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Multiculturalism
i.e. U.S. has over 120+ ethnicities |
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PUBLIC POLICY based on cultural respect and tolerance for cultural differences
value different cultures coexisting w/i a country, reciprocal responsibility to accept rights of others to freely express their views and values |
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mobility in geographic space
temporary/permanent change
INTERNAL Migration: movement within country
EXTERNAL Migration: movement to foreign country |
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in United States
38 million native African-American
13 million from Mexico
25 million Asians |
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in France
20%= 12 million foreign born people there
6 million muslims in France ((2nd largest culture in country)) |
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fear/hatred of strangers or anything/one foreign
i.e. In Assam, India Bodos (indigenous) clashed with Bengalis (immigrants) over farmland
dozens KILLED, 400 settlements ABANDONED
400,000 Bengalis packed and FLED |
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Tokyo: largest urban center ((37 millionpeople))
London was largest round 1950, then briefly NEW YORK |
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urban areas gain 1.3 million people per week, majority in COASTAL AREAS |
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power that organizes and orchestrates they systemic interaction within and among societies
-directing economic/political forces and ideological forces that shape public ideas, values, and beliefs |
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| Structural Power: Hard Power |
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| power that coerces others and is backed up by ECONOMIC and MILITARY Force |
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| Structural Power: Soft Power |
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Power that COOPTS rather than coerces
presses others through ATTRACTION and PERSUASION to change ideals, beliefs, values and behaviors
i.e. CNN news, MegaCorps: Disney, TimeWarnerCable, GE (general Electric) etc.. |
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U.S. responsible for 44% of military spending (($687 billion in 2011)) |
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top 3 corps. exceed annual GDP of 171 of 195 countries worldwide
Shell, EXXON Mobile, WAL-MART |
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single mom of 44th U.S. president ((Obama))
born in Kansas, Grad From U of Hawaii
worked for women's grants in outlying islands of Indonesia and blacksmiths in Punjab |
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2050: 9 Billion people expected from current 7 Billion
1/4 countries cannot feed their overpopulated people
20th century: 44 million died to famine |
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| STUDIED QUIZZES for STATS about Obesity!! |
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Canadian Inuit suffering from toxins in breast milk offset from polluted food chain
may bring end to 4,000 year old culture |
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FACTS TO KNOW
Average American emits 17.2 metric tons of CO2 per year
Africa: < 2 metric tons/year
China: 7.2 metric tons of CO2 / year
Europe: 7.5 metric tons /year |
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Globalization:
WGIP ((Working Group of Indigenous Peoples)) |
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Paul Farmer: M.D. and PhD in Anthro from Harvard
Worked in Haiti, Africa, Mexico, and Peru
tended to AIDS, TB and began PARTNERS IN HEALTH (PIH) |
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