Chapter+09-+Global+Stratification

__ Global stratification- __ patterns of social inequality in the world as a whole -Not as much in the USA as in other countries, women are seen as unequal. In some countries women can’t even drive because they are not seen as good enough to. In the show, Charlie sees women as unequal, but it other parts of the world it is even worse. __ Dependency theory __ - a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich ones -From the time our country came about men were seen as superior to women. As we had the women’s rights movement women gained more equality and are still fighting for it. Two and a Half Men shows the inequality that women are still fighting for in America. __ High-income countries __ - the nations with the highest overall standards of living -The US is a high income nation, which allows people like Charlie to go out and buy anything that he wants to because he gets lots of money for doing barely anything.

__ Modernization theory: __ a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between nations - Charlie is higher than Alan on both a scale of social status, and their wealth, Charlie is of the higher class of society whereas Alan is of the lower middle class. __ Colonialism: __ the process by which some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of other nations - Through a global market, selling food and toys to people all over the world is what Charlie is supposed to do with the jingles he writes. __ Neocolonialism: __ a new form of global power relationships that involves not direct political control but economic exploitation by multinational corporations - Charlie’s jingles are sold in different languages to take control of foreign markets, such as the children’s songs of Mexico. 