What are some of the general effects of contemporary economic globalization and the spread of Western capitalism?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Dispossession of rural people from their land, substantial increase in the number of unemployed people.
2. Recruitment of former foragers/pastoralists/horticulturalists/family farmers into industrial wage-labor jobs.
3. Increased crop commercialization/production of export crops/mono-cropping creates a lack of food security.
4. Cultures are at the risk of being destroyed.

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According to Tannen in "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," women's conversation often works at the appearance of equality. Men's conversation, on the other hand, is often directed at

a. an attempt to put others in a one-down position by bragging or inferring superior knowledge. b. avoiding the one-down position by acting as if they don't know what the other person means. c. avoiding the one-down position by ignoring other people. d. avoiding the one-down position by using oppositions such as banter, joking, teasing, and playful putdowns.

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Name and describe three types of reciprocity

What will be an ideal response?

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A population of finches contains individuals with beaks that range from small to large. Finches with larger beaks can more easily break shells and extract food in times of stress

If the environment becomes very dry and most plants (food) die, then there will be __________. A. no change in the percentages of finches with large and small beaks B. more finches with smaller beaks C. an increase in all types of finches D. more finches with larger beaks

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According to Jim Igoe, who worked with the Maasai, a critical problem with development is that:

a. Many projects are based in Western understandings that seem logical to the people who design the projects but less plausible to their recipients. b. Many projects assume a level of education that is just not present among the project recipients. c. Projects that are designed by local communities are often unacceptable to the people who have to fund them. d. Western project managers are rarely accepted by project recipients in poor nations. e. Although major donors want to fund large projects, the kinds more likely to work are small projects.

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