POG 100 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 Notes

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 100
• Professor: Patrice Dutil

Document Summary

Developing countries characteristics: productivity i. e. dependence on trade, dependence on agriculture and primary product (i. e. oil, precious metals, wood. Resource course countries with natural resources often then protest: uneven wealth distribution fragmented political culture, population growth, caloric intake as a percent of daily requirements literacy rate of women life expectancy, climate change. Colonization racism; infantilism imposition of european state: extraction of resources, disruption of family, state, and indigenous forms of rule imposition of taxation introduction of capitalism imposition of arbitrary borders. Independence/colonization: colonial powers weakened following wwii, strengthening nationalist movements in colonized states, self-determination has gained international currency and legitimacy, human rights written into the un charter, occurred through wars of independence, civil wars, and less violent transitions. Cold war (1947-2990: usa and ussr funded opposing sides of inter- and intra-state wars worldwide ( proxy wars , us supports dictatorships, ussr supports dictatorships.