Figure 11.1 The juxtaposition of anger and hope. Over a window broken during protests in Richmond, Virginia, the business owner placed a sign that reads “Did You Know That You Matter. You are beautiful. You have purpose. You can do anything. You…
Global Stratification and Classification Stratification refers to the gaps in resources both between nations and within nations. While economic equality is of great concern, so is social equality, like the discrimination stemming from race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and/or sexual orientation.…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you should be able to: As with any social issue, global or otherwise, scholars have developed a variety of theories to study global stratification. The two most widely applied perspectives are modernization…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you should be able to: Figure 10.6 This young girl was begging for food in the street in Vietnam, holding a younger child as she was doing so. (Credit: Augapfel/flickr) What does it mean…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you should be able to: Just as the United States’ wealth is increasingly concentrated among its richest citizens, global inequality concentrates resources within certain nations and among certain people. Measuring the financial resource of…
Figure 10.1 Contemporary economic development often follows a similar pattern around the world, best described as a growing gap between the haves and have-nots. (Credit: Alicia Nijdam/Wikimedia Commons) Chapter Outline 10.1 Global Stratification and Classification 10.2 Global Wealth and Poverty 10.3 Theoretical Perspectives on Global…
Technology Today Technology is the application of science to address the problems of daily life. The fast pace of technological advancement means the advancements are continuous, but that not everyone has equal access. The gap created by this unequal access…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you should be able to: It is difficult to conceive of any one theory or theoretical perspective that can explain the variety of ways in which people interact with technology and the…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you should be able to: Figure 8.8 This graphic indicates the connections among people who tweeted or replied about the State of the Union address. Green lines indicate people who follow each other on…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you should be able to: Figure 8.4 Facebook’s VP of Engineering Regina Dugan gave a talk about innovations in the platform’s technologies in which she shared potential innovations, including creating text directly from our…