POLSCI 2J03 Lecture Notes - International Political Economy, One Story, Businessperson
8 Jan 2014
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The danger of a single story chimamanda adichie http://www. ted. com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story. html. One story end up dealing in stereotypes: it"s not that stereotypes are incorrect, but are incomplete. Relationship between stories & power: stories are determined by the power of the speaker, power of the united states to expose its culture (many stories as opposed to one story) Story changes depending upon the starting point: e. g africa. Influences what the story" is and what the story entails". Patterns that were created during this time still have an impact on what is going on today: history of colonialism is still present, relevant. Interpretation of issues and things through their own historical relevance. Locating the field (four main fields that inform it: economics. It does not take into consideration (usually) the political systems. Most economics courses, an abstract world exists where politics does not take a role. Politics gets in the way of free trade , or how the economy" should operate: political science.
