Globalization Impacts on Brazil
This paper shall attempt to analysis and explain the role of Brazil in globalization. For some time now, this country has been striving to become a global leader and has encountered both setbacks and advancements in the way it has sought to integrate itself into global markets. Social, political, economic, cultural and technological processes are the major topics to consider when studying the impacts made on countries such as Brazil. Those topics in their order will from the outline of this report.
Social Factors The population of Brazil is roughly 150 million and approximately 45 reside in the top 20 largest cities. Most of the larger cities that maintain the greatest significance lie on the coast of the South Atlantic Ocean or very near to it. Social inequality has consistently plagued the country. Despite the government implementing policies aimed at creating equality amongst social classes, the country and its societies remain highly unequal concerning education, residence and in the workplace. People in large cities live in much the same way that Americans do when speaking of living standards. Those in rural areas and a small portion of urban areas are classified as ones living in poverty. Social needs for the lower class go unsatisfied. They are mostly overlooking and ignored when trying to belong to work groups and functions. Fortunately, the middle class has grown substantially since the mid twentieth century. This sector of class structure is not based on what one owns but rather on the skills or trades that they possess. Growth in numbers of these people has helped to smooth out social class inequality, but room from improvement remains. Employment from 1950 all the way through 2000 experienced a positive trend pointing towards growth. The rates the rate growths have been comparable to population increases. In all sectors, agricultural, industrial, service and informal, performance and growth rates could be considered as doing well
Social Factors The population of Brazil is roughly 150 million and approximately 45 reside in the top 20 largest cities. Most of the larger cities that maintain the greatest significance lie on the coast of the South Atlantic Ocean or very near to it. Social inequality has consistently plagued the country. Despite the government implementing policies aimed at creating equality amongst social classes, the country and its societies remain highly unequal concerning education, residence and in the workplace. People in large cities live in much the same way that Americans do when speaking of living standards. Those in rural areas and a small portion of urban areas are classified as ones living in poverty. Social needs for the lower class go unsatisfied. They are mostly overlooking and ignored when trying to belong to work groups and functions. Fortunately, the middle class has grown substantially since the mid twentieth century. This sector of class structure is not based on what one owns but rather on the skills or trades that they possess. Growth in numbers of these people has helped to smooth out social class inequality, but room from improvement remains. Employment from 1950 all the way through 2000 experienced a positive trend pointing towards growth. The rates the rate growths have been comparable to population increases. In all sectors, agricultural, industrial, service and informal, performance and growth rates could be considered as doing well
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