Global Political Economy exam with correct answers 2024
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Global Political Economy
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Global Political Economy
Everyone who is part of a dominant ethnic group holds a powerful and advantaged status. correct answers False
The April of 2015, CNN (and others) reported that the two top foreign holders of U.S. debt are _________________; this social fact demonstrates the interdependence of the global politic...
Everyone who is part of a dominant ethnic group holds a powerful and advantaged
status. correct answers False
The April of 2015, CNN (and others) reported that the two top foreign holders of U.S.
debt are _________________; this social fact demonstrates the interdependence of the
global political economy and is one reason why theories of global development and
studes of the global social network focus on understanding the global political economy
and global inequalities. correct answers China and Japan
Given that colonial relationships are based on the power of colonizers over those in
colonized territories, some who study global development argue that United States and
Canada are technically still colonized lands because ____________ and their authority
to do so is not and never was formally institutionalized. correct answers it was the
colonists and their descendents who declared independence
__________ is the term for continuing economic dependence on former colonial
powers. According to theories of global development, it also describes aspects of the
dependency syndrome and is considered the legacy of the distribution of power in the
global social network established through global development processes during the
transition from agrarian societies to industrial societies which diffused european
capitalism and the 'state system' globally. correct answers Neocolonialism
As the power elite theory makes clear, the 60 million contracts the Department of
Defense awards to 2,000 businesses each year is evidence of ties between
_______________. These contracts also represent strong ties in the social network
referred to as the military industrial complex correct answers government, military, and
industry.
From a global perspective most people in the world have avoided the reach of
advertisers and marketers. correct answers False
__________ is the name for the historical political-economic (and social) power
relations that allowed late agrarian societies (of Europe) to transition to industrial
societies through the use of military force to transfer raw materials and other resources
through (cheap and often forced) labor from what is now the global south. Global
development theories are the intellectual legacy of this world historical period; these
theories came into existance to explain why what is now the global south could not
achieve economic 'development' through the same path and by the same mechanisms
that the global north had. correct answers Colonialism
, In studying how rapid cultural diffusion of cell phone usage globally is related to the
economy, conflict theorists are LEAST likely to emphasize which one of the following?
correct answers The empowering elements of the cell phone.
__________ governments, as a form of political institution, rely upon a variety of
mechanisms of social control to stay in power; in the global social network today, that is
increasingly the use of technology that allows control over the flow of information as well
as the power to control/monitor the behavior of the masses. correct answers
Totalitarian
As an example of Westernization (and the functioning of the global social network and
global political economy), Western cosmetic companies use advertizing to send the
message that the typical Asian woman should strive to appear Western. That message
is part of __________________ or commodification and is one reason Islamic
fundamentalists resist Westernization and Americanization. correct answers the
ideology of consumerism
Which sociologist has considered the impact of economic restructuring in the US
associated with urbanization and more recently globalization specifically in terms of how
it has effected the inner city poor? His work has focused also on white-flight and the
relative power of (richer) whites to suburbanize while (poorer) blacks could not relocate
leaving inner city ghettos largely populated by those who are both poor and black.
correct answers William Julius Wilson
The richest 8.3 million people in the world represent the ______________________;
this social fact is one reason why studies of the global social network and global
development theories focus on explaining the global political economy and global
systems of production, distribution, and consumption. correct answers positively
privileged property class.
The global expansion of McDonald's represents a response to economic stagnation.
correct answers True
The social fact that seven of the world's ten largest global corporations are
_________________ is one reason why theories of global development and studies of
the global social network focus on explaining the global political economy, one aspect of
which is the political-economy of energy -- specifically how energy is produced,
distributed and consumed. correct answers Oil Companies
Studies of global development show that the Industrial Revolution transformed the
nature of work in which one of the following ways which is also an example of
rationalization processes characteristic of social change, particularly since the industrial
revolution? correct answers Products became standardized, and workers performed
specific tasks in the production process reflecting increasingly complex divisions of
labor.
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