SOC 451GLOBALIZATION OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION

GLOBAL INEQUALITIES

Asst. Prof. Fatma ALTINBAŞ SARIGÜLİSTANBUL KEMERBURGAZ UNIVERSITY

GLOBAL INEQUALITIES

GLOBAL INEQUALITY THEORIES

Countries contain large numbers of ‘the bottom billion’ people;

Experiencing or experience civil warsRich in natural resources

Landlocked with bad neighborsBad governance

Growing Global Inequality in HEALTH

• Poor nations have limited access to health services, education, sanitation, adequate nutrition and housing.

• Only 10% of research money in the US is devoted to the health problems that account for 90% of the global disease burden.

• Hunger and malnutrition are also problems of poor nations.

SMOKING as a major health problem of poor nations

• According to WHO, 5 million people die each year from tobacco use.

• India accounts for almost a third of the world’s tobacco-related deaths.

• China-being the world’s biggest market for tobacco.

Global Digital Divide

Global Majority-Minority Relations• A minority group: A group of people in a subordinate

position in wealth, power and prestige.• A majority group: A group of people in a superordinate

position in wealth, power and prestige.

Dominant and subordinate races and ethnic groups Male dominance over females

Adult control of children Heterosexual dominance of homosexuals and

lesbians

Global Majority-Minority Relations

Always Remember!

All majority and minority statuses are products of social definitions.

Xenophobia: beliefs, attitudes and prejudices that reject, exclude and vilify groups made up of outsiders or foreigners.