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Global Stratification
Talk about colonialism and neocolonialism; who does it effect and how?
Colonialism was the old method that was adopted by the developed world to take over resources from the weaker nations in the world. The colonial powers took control over the area or the country where governments were weak and then ruled those places, extracting resources from them, as well as subjugating the population of that country to their foreign laws and regulations.
Neo-colonialism, on the other hand refers to the use of globalization, capitalism and international pressure to control another country's actions, as is apparent with U.S. actions today.
Neo-colonialism affects not only the weak states, but also the strong states, as can be seen through the global recession today. Capitalism is a fast spreading ideology, and as weaker nations too have adopted this strategy, stronger nations have felt the surge. This is because weaker nations are now becoming stronger, as their populations are huge and young which helps them to undercut costs in many ways and has led to the emergence of smaller regional players and stronger global players.
Colonialism was about military strength, neocolonialism is about economic strength.
2. Talk about multinational corporations from a conflict perspective and functionalist perspective.
Multinational corporations from a functionalist perspective are meeting the needs of customers across the globe. They are serving the purpose of producing goods and services and at the same time provide employment to the households and provide them with...
Under this school of thought, the corporations are run by the elite who are getting richer by extracting and hoarding resources, and at the same time are forcing the labor to work long hours and produce much more than their wages.
Keeping multinational corporations in consideration, in particular, under the conflict perspective, the companies are exploiting underdeveloped countries, polluting their environment and sending the returns back home, increasing income inequality on a global scale.
3. Is modernization always good for a society; what are some of the drawbacks to a world that is modernized, especially places that have not been for such a long time.
Modernization has its advantages and its disadvantages. Whereas modernization is considered to be the only way to progress, there are many drawbacks of modernization that make for leaders, decision-makers and people in general to re-consider the sacrifices that they are making in trying to modernize.
The biggest disadvantage of modernization is pollution and environmental degradation. In society's quest to progress, people and corporations have taken to using resources in a magnitude that it is alarming. The increasingly wasteful and wanting society is not stopping to consider the immense pressure natural resources are being put to,…
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