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4260 Global Society Review Sheet for Midterm II

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

British Empire

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 “Washington Consensus”

Southeast Asia

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

 

 

 

 

 

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