POL 2104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Mercantilism, Broad Group, Social Inequality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2104
• Professor: Stephen Brown

Document Summary

Less developed and newly industrialized countries: countries of the global south. The global south is a broad group with extremely different experiences and prospects. Almost all share a history of imperialism or colonialism by western powers. General characteristics of newly industrialized counties (nics): Tendency toward democracy and social stability (there are some obvious exceptions like. Imperialism occurs when a state extends its power to directly control territory, people, and resources beyond its borders. Leads to empires and the creation of colonies. Colonialism refers to the physical occupation of a foreign territory through military force, businesses or settlers. Colonialism is often the goal of imperialism. Incorporating the country legally into the mother-country. Liberia was founded for freed american slaves. Their ag is a spin off from usa. Imperial institutions worked to export the state . Goal was to transport the state from the modern world to countries that were not modern .