User:Heacox204

I am using this page for an advanced sociology class that deals with social change within the United States. We are using this page to practice editing Wikipedia. My name is Andrew Heacox. I am 21 and I'm a junior undergraduate student at the University of Pittsburgh. I am studying to obtain duel degrees in psychology and sociology. I was born and raised in Langhorne, Pennsylvania but am living currently in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I am a diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan. My hobbies include watching movies, ultimate frisbee and traveling. I am not sure what the future entails, I'm just trying to enjoy college while I can.

This is my first edit to the Wikipedia page.

The first two chapters provided very good insight into terms that I had heard before but never understood fully their meaning. Terms like hegemony, neoliberalism and neoconservatism were terms that have been brought up before in other classes or just in passing that I had heard of, but was not totally in understanding of what they exactly meant. Forcing me to actually define these terms gave me a better understanding of things. It also helped understand terms like liberalism and conservatism more in depth now that I understood what the neo- prefix was actually defined as.

Of the four Sklair approaches towards globalization, the one that I find as more appealing to me is the World Systems Approach. This approach deals with how countries change and adapt to capitalism and globalization. This seems to be the approach that I agree with, and makes more sense to me.