Considering the geopolitical realignment of the world powers since World War II that has resulted in a Japan-centered East, a Germany-centered Europe, and a U.S.-centered Western hemisphere, discuss the following: What most accounts for these three nations’ economic dominance?

Discussion, answer 2 questions below, reference book at bottom.

1. Considering the geopolitical realignment of the world powers since World War II that has resulted in a Japan-centered East, a Germany-centered Europe, and a U.S.-centered Western hemisphere, discuss the following: What most accounts for these three nations’ economic dominance? How did Japan and Germany, devastated after World War II, become the dominant players in Asia and Europe? Of all the nations in the world, why do these three countries, along with Canada, France, Great Britain, Italy, and Russia, get to decide the world’s monetary policies? Should there be such an entity as the G8? Why?

Q2. How did the technological invention of television change the way people in the United States organize themselves? How did it transform the nation’s ideologies and values? Finally, how did it reshape the following social relationships in the United States: between family members, between men and women, and between whites and nonwhites? What conclusions can you draw from this?

Text and Chapter for citation;
James M. Henslin. Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach. 9th Edition. Allyn and Bacon. Chapter 15