GLOBAL

STRATIFICATION
 WHAT IS GLOBLE
STRATIFICATION
The idea of global stratification is one that
looks at inequality or stratification between
whole countries..
We have a range between rich countries and
poor countries, but stratification means
much more than relative per capita income..
The relations between countries is related to
where they are ranked on a stratification
scale..
Those relations are mainly economic, but
also political and have elements in all six
dimensions.
 FOUR THEORY OF GLOBAL
STRATIFICATION
IMPERIALISM
WORLD SYSTEM
CULTURE OF POVERTY
DEPENDENCY THEORIES
 IMPERIALISM
Definition: a policy of extending
your rule over foreign countries

Definition: any instance of

aggressive extension of authority

Definition: a political orientation

that advocates imperial interests
 WORLD SYSTEM
According to this theory, the world has developed
where there exists a camp of wealthy nations,
and a camp of poor nations
“ Wallerstein”
World system theory argues that no country can be
seen in isolation, and that there exists a world
economic system that must be understood as a
single unit. The term globalization is often used
with world system theory. It explores how the
capitalistic nations economies, in particular, have
become tied together over the past few centuries.
At the center of the world economic system are the
rich powerful industrialized capitalist countries that
control the system. These are called the core
countries. Around these nations are the
semiperipheral countries. These countries occupy
an intermediate position in the world-system, and
include such countries as South Korea, Mexico, and
Turkey. The semiperipheral countries are at a middle
level of income and are partly industrialized. They
extract profits from the peripheral countries and pass
the profits on to the core countries. At the bottom of
this system are the peripheral countries. These
countries are poor, not industrialized, largely
agricultural, and manipulated by the core countries
which extract resources and profits from these
countries. They are mostly in Africa, Asia, and Latin
America. This world economic system has resulted in
a modern world in which some countries have
obtained great wealth, but other counties have
remained poor. The core countries, that is the
Western European countries, and the United States
and Japan, make themselves wealthy by exploiting
the resources of the peripheral countries at low
prices
 CULTURE OF POVERTY
Galbraith suggested that nations
at the bottom of the stratification
structure remain there because
they have values, customs,
traditions and ways of life that
hinder them from taking risk
from breaking out of the
constrictions of poverty, and hold
them in place at the bottom.
 DEPENDANCY THEORY
Dependence theory attributes
the low income of least
developed nations to the
dominance of most developed
nations..
Single crop economies are
associated with least developed
nations.
 Classification of
G-STRATIFICATION

 Most Industrialized
 INDUSRTRILIZING
 LEAST INDUSTRILISED
 MOST INDUSTRIALISED
Countries with the most modern,
industrialized economies
the United States, most of Europe, and
Japan. These are the wealthiest countries
of the world. These countries have the
highest standard of living. Most people
live in homes with electricity and indoor
plumbing. Most children attend public
schools. People in these societies have
the longest life expectancy.
 Industrializing
These are economies that are in the
process of industrializing
They still have a reliance on small
farms and businesses. Examples
would be Russia, Eastern Europe,
Mexico, and the Philippines.
 Least industrialize
• These are those countries which are
not well developed and poor and
contain less industries
• Example south Affarica, AFGANISTAN
etc.
 Causes
Less resources in poor countries.
Education and skills.
Culture patterns.
Gender inequality.
Social stratification.
Technology deficiency.
Crime.
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