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SOCI 301 Midterm One Questions and
Correct Answers
what does our welfare depend on? Ans: - goods from other
countries
- foreign tastes
- how these other counties treat their enviro. resources
- how countries treat immigrants
- the standards that other countries impose on buisness
6 significances of global interdependence? Ans: 1. standards of
living across the globe are interdependant
2. investors do what seems right to maintain profit
3. social and cultural challenges
4. overcoming the idea that only what happens inside national
borders are important to citizens
5. new technology making it easier to monitor production world
wide
6. allows for cheapest combination of labour
polanyis tension thesis? Ans: market: pursuit of individual self
interest (anti social)
society: self interests sacrificed for greater good (mutual
interdependence)
- conflict between narrow self interests in markets and cooperation
for collective benefits
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in the US, 1870's-1920's? Ans: big buisness small government
in the US, 1930's? Ans: The U.S. was practicing isolationism and
focusing on economic problems due to the Depression
- social movements social security
polanyis view on globalization? Ans: - corporations and people
move across border with little accountability.
- markets relations have outgrown the ability for society to limit
them
- national institutions are challenged to find ways to control them.
4 civil citizenship rights by Marshall? Ans: 1. polictical rights
2. civil rights
3. social rights
4. industrial rights
political rights? Ans: the rights guaranteeing a citizen's ability to
participate in politics, including the right to vote and the right to
hold an elected office
civil rights? Ans: the rights of citizens to political and social
freedom and equality.
- freedom of speech
- 18th century idea
social rights? Ans: Those rights related to basic well-being and
socioeconomic equality
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- through health care, education and fair wages
industrial rights? Ans: the rights for workers to collectively form
a union and advocate for things they ned. ex. 8 hour work days,
weekends and overtime pay
how are civil rights affected by globalization? Ans: some poeple
do not have equality before the law.
ex. refugees, or migrants.
how are industrial rights affected by globalization? Ans:
manufacturing workers have to compete for work with workers in
other counties... if they ask for higher wages the manufacturing
company can just move their production somewhere where there
is lower wage and lower industrial rights.
Free Market View (liberal, neoliberal) Ans: markets unrestricted by
the gov't or communities control = elevates the standards of living
and closes the income inequality gap
Value centered view? (collective) Ans: markets do produce greater
goods that we could all benefit from BUT the pursiuit of individual
and corporate economic interests DOESNT automatically lead to
greater social good
4 possible outcomes of globalization? Ans: 1. everyone wins
2. everyone loses
3. inequality between countries
4. inequality between classes
the colonial project? Ans: pre WWII
- roots of 1rst, 2nd and 3rd world countries
- roots of the international division of labour
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SOCI 301 Midterm One Questions and
Correct Answers
what does our welfare depend on? Ans: - goods from other
countries
- foreign tastes
- how these other counties treat their enviro. resources
- how countries treat immigrants
- the standards that other countries impose on buisness
6 significances of global interdependence? Ans: 1. standards of
living across the globe are interdependant
2. investors do what seems right to maintain profit
3. social and cultural challenges
4. overcoming the idea that only what happens inside national
borders are important to citizens
5. new technology making it easier to monitor production world
wide
6. allows for cheapest combination of labour
polanyis tension thesis? Ans: market: pursuit of individual self
interest (anti social)
society: self interests sacrificed for greater good (mutual
interdependence)
- conflict between narrow self interests in markets and cooperation
for collective benefits
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PENDULUM
in the US, 1870's-1920's? Ans: big buisness small government
in the US, 1930's? Ans: The U.S. was practicing isolationism and
focusing on economic problems due to the Depression
- social movements social security
polanyis view on globalization? Ans: - corporations and people
move across border with little accountability.
- markets relations have outgrown the ability for society to limit
them
- national institutions are challenged to find ways to control them.
4 civil citizenship rights by Marshall? Ans: 1. polictical rights
2. civil rights
3. social rights
4. industrial rights
political rights? Ans: the rights guaranteeing a citizen's ability to
participate in politics, including the right to vote and the right to
hold an elected office
civil rights? Ans: the rights of citizens to political and social
freedom and equality.
- freedom of speech
- 18th century idea
social rights? Ans: Those rights related to basic well-being and
socioeconomic equality
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- through health care, education and fair wages
industrial rights? Ans: the rights for workers to collectively form
a union and advocate for things they ned. ex. 8 hour work days,
weekends and overtime pay
how are civil rights affected by globalization? Ans: some poeple
do not have equality before the law.
ex. refugees, or migrants.
how are industrial rights affected by globalization? Ans:
manufacturing workers have to compete for work with workers in
other counties... if they ask for higher wages the manufacturing
company can just move their production somewhere where there
is lower wage and lower industrial rights.
Free Market View (liberal, neoliberal) Ans: markets unrestricted by
the gov't or communities control = elevates the standards of living
and closes the income inequality gap
Value centered view? (collective) Ans: markets do produce greater
goods that we could all benefit from BUT the pursiuit of individual
and corporate economic interests DOESNT automatically lead to
greater social good
4 possible outcomes of globalization? Ans: 1. everyone wins
2. everyone loses
3. inequality between countries
4. inequality between classes
the colonial project? Ans: pre WWII
- roots of 1rst, 2nd and 3rd world countries
- roots of the international division of labour
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