Chapt.+9-+Global+Stratification


 * Modernization theory - a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between nations.
 * With the guys being considered nerdy and geeky, they have the status of being modernized, because of their high scientific standings they have technology that is more modern than others.
 * Global Stratification- patterns of social inequality in the world as a whole.
 * When you think of a proffesor or a scientist the first thing that come to mind is wealth. Well the guys in this situation are lower on the global stratification scale because they are not consitered wealthy.
 * Colonialism- the process by which some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of other nations.
 * The guys work as scientists of some sort throughout the show and think that they are better than everyone else. For example Sheldon is always making corrections towards other people and saying that people want to meet him.
 * Neocolonialism- a new form of global power relationships that involves not direct political control but economic exploitation by multinational corporations.
 * .Raj is of Indian decent and his family wants him to do what they think is best for him but when he is on his own in America he does what he wants. An example would a girlfriend that he had, his parents did not like her because she was not Indian, so they thought it would be best for him to break up with her and marry a girl of Indian decent so they would have Indian grandchildren.


 * ** Multinational Corporation- A large business that operates in many countries. **
 * Penny works at a restaurant that's probably a franchise and therefore international.
 * ** Low-Income Countries- Nations with a low standard of living in which most people are poor. **
 * Raj is from India and it's well known that India, as an over populated, developing country, is on the low-income end of the scale.
 * ** High-Income Countries- The nations with the highest overall standards of living. **
 * The characters of the show live in the U.S. which is considered a high-income country.
 * ** 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. **
 * In one of the episodes where the guys go to a business dinner party, Howard brings a pretty girl. Everyone is pretty surprised and Sheldon even offers an explanation by saying she's a robot. It turned out that he was paying her. In this case, the girl is dependent on Howard who is taking advantage of her lack of money by paying her to do as he says

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