Unit 2 Activity 1: Blogging
Unit 2 Activity 1: Blogging
to argue that poor nations remain poor because they hold onto traditional attitudes and beliefs, technologies and institutions, such as traditional economic systems and forms of government. Modernists believe large economic growth is the key to reducing poverty in poor countries.
Directions: Make a blog on the webpage about the Theories of Global Stratification and how it is use to politics, economy and culture of respective state in the globe.
Theories of Global Stratification
use to politics, economy and culture
For much of human history, all of the societies on earth were poor, poverty was
the norm for everyone but obviously, that is not the case anymore. Just as you find
stratification among socioeconomic classes within a society like the Philippines, you would also see across the world a pattern of global stratification with inequalities in wealth and power between societies.
Global Stratification refers to the unequal distribution of wealth,power, prestige,
resources, and influence among the world’s nations. Put more simply, there is an extreme difference between the richest and poorest nations.
Global Social Stratification: People in countries around the world experience different access to resources and opportunities and different standards of living, based on their position in the global hierarchy.
Firstly, some sociologists use a theory of modernization
Walt Rostow’s Four Stages of Modernization
1. Traditional Stage – this refers to societies that are structured around small,
local communities with production typically being done in the family settings.
2. Take-off stage – people begin to use their individual talents to produce things beyond the necessities. This innovation creates how market for trade.
3. Drive to Technological Maturity – begins to bear fruit in the form of population
growth, reductions in absolute poverty levels, and more diverse job opportunities
-nations in this phase typically begin to push for social change along with
economic change like;
a. implementing basic schooling for everyone
b. developing more democratic political system
4.High Mass Consumptions – it is when your country is big enough that
production becomes more about wants than needs.
Secondly, Dependency theory
blames colonialism and neocolonialism (continuing economic dependence on former colonial countries) for global poverty. Countries have developed at an uneven rate because wealthy countries have exploited poor countries in the past and today through foreign debt and transnational corporations (TNCs). According to dependency theory, wealthy countries would not be as rich as they are today if they did not have these materials, and the key to reversing inequality is to relieve former colonies of their debts so that they can benefit from their own industry and resources.
Lastly, World systems theory
suggests that all countries are divided into a three-tier hierarchy based on their relationship to the global economy, and that a country’s position in this hierarchy determines its own economic development.
According to world systems theory as articulated by sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein, core countries are at the top of the global hierarchy as they can extract material resources and labor from less developed countries. These core countries own most of the world’s capital and technology, and have great control over world trade and economic agreements. Semiperipheral countries generally provide labor and materials to core countries, which benefits core countries but also increases income within the semiperipheral country. Peripheral countries are generally indebted to wealthy nations, and their land and populations are often exploited for the gain of other countries.
Because of this hierarchy, individuals living in core countries generally have higher standards of living than those in semiperipheral or peripheral countries.
SUMMITED BY: CHRISTINE I. YABO
CLASS SCHEDULE: GE-CW (T-TH) 1:00-2:30 pm
SUMMITED TO: PROF MARICEL ADRIATICO
