Chapter 10: Global Inequality
Across
- 5. the movement (flight) of capital from one nation to another, via jobs and resources
- 6. the loss of industrial production, usually to peripheral and semi-peripheral nations where the costs are lower
- 7. a pattern that occurs when women bear a disproportionate percentage of the burden of poverty
- 12. dominant capitalist countries
- 13. the income of a nation calculated based on goods and services produced, plus income earned by citizens and corporations headquartered in that country
- 15. a form of slavery in which one person owns another
- 16. nations on the fringes of the global economy, dominated by core nations, with very little industrialization
- 17. a state of poverty composed of many dimensions, subjectively present when one’s actual income does not meet one’s expectations
- 19. the act of people pledging themselves as servants in exchange for money for passage, and are subsequently paid too little to regain their freedom
- 20. a theory which states that global inequity is due to the exploitation of peripheral and semi-peripheral nations by core nations
- 21. a term from the Cold War era that refers to poor, unindustrialized countries
Down
- 1. in-between nations, not powerful enough to dictate policy but acting as a major source of raw materials and an expanding middle class marketplace
- 2. the state of poverty where one is unable to live the lifestyle of the average person in the country
- 3. the unequal distribution of resources between countries
- 4. the state where one is barely able, or unable, to afford basic necessities
- 8. a term that describes stigmatized minority groups who have no voice or representation on the world stage
- 9. a theory that low-income countries can improve their global economic standing by industrialization of infrastructure and a shift in cultural attitudes towards work
- 10. the concentration of resources in core nations and in the hands of a wealthy minority
- 11. the buildup of external debt, wherein countries borrow money from other nations to fund their expansion or growth goals
- 13. a measure of income inequality between countries using a 100-point scale, in which 1 represents complete equality and 100 represents the highest possible inequality
- 14. an unregulated economy of labor and goods that operates outside of governance, regulatory systems, or human protections
- 17. a term from the Cold War era that describes nations with moderate economies and standards of living
- 18. a term from the Cold War era that is used to describe industrialized capitalist democracies