Examples of divergence in the following topics:
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- Economist Paul Krugman and journalist Timothy Noah have referred to this trend as the "Great Divergence."
- The Great Divergence differs in some ways from the pre-Depression era inequality observed in the early 1900s (the last period of great inequality).
- Explain the development of income distribution in the US since the 1970's and what is meant by the "Great Divergence"
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- Conflict theory has three main premises: first, that society is comprised of different groups that compete for resources; second, that despite social attempts to portray a sense of cooperation, a continual power struggle exists between social groups as they pursue their own divergent and competing interests; third, social groups will use resources to their own advantage in pursuit of their own goals, even if it means taking advantage of another group of people.
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- Due to historical accidents of geography, culture and influence between different groups, members of a given religion slowly begin to diverge in their views.
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- They may believe their values determine the only way to understand and act in the world, when, in fact, different people and different societies may have widely divergent values.
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- Throughout most of the 20th century, there was a trend towards divergence between the economies of richer and poorer countries.
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- Japanese perceptions of elders diverge markedly from public perceptions of old age in the United States.
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- Japanese perceptions of elders diverge markedly from public perceptions of old age in the United States.
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- Social sciences diverge from the humanities in that many in the social sciences emphasize the scientific method or other rigorous standards of evidence in the study of humanity.
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- Structural location and ideological divergence: Jewish Marxist intellectuals in turn-of-the-century Russia. pp. 332-358 in Wellman and Berkowitz (eds.)