Sociology 4260: Global Society Prof. Gabe Ignatow
This list is not exhaustive. You should be able to intelligently discuss all of these terms, plus show your familiarity with all of the readings from this section of the course.
The exam will be in class on Tuesday, March 24. The format will be the same as for the first exam.
Mid-term Exam 2 Review Sheet
Economic Liberalism
Laissez-faire capitalism
“invisible hand”
Adam Smith
Economic freedom
Economic equality
Communism
Socialism
Liberal capitalism
Crises of liberal capitalism
The welfare state
Social security
Pensions
“Keynesianism”
Crises of the welfare state
Stagflation
Oil embargo
Neo-classical economics
Think tanks
Neoliberalism
Anti-globalization social movements
The “
Peter Martin
Martin Wolfe
Xenophobia
Racism
Hatred of markets
“race to the bottom”
Inequality within nations
Inequality between nations
Neo-colonialism
Kenichi Ohmae
Nation-states
Region-states
“Global logic”
“extortionate demands”
Foreign investment
Foreign ownership
Foreign products
“civil minimum”
Robert Hunter Wade
Measurement of poverty
Measurement of inequality
GINI index
Elite consumption in developing nations
Clustering of high-wage industries, R&D
Global Cities
Megacities
Saskia Sassen
Service jobs
agglomeration
Gentrification
Centrality and marginality
Caglar Keyder
Urban assimilation