GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Global Governance, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hard Power
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Igos: international governmental organizations are creations of national governments to help coordinate behaviour and solve problems eg united nations. Ngos: non-governmental organizations are created by private individuals or interest groups to improve international life. Refers generally to the struggle for power and land amongst the colonial powers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Nationalist sentiments captured in poems pro patria mari dolce est ( it is sweet to die for ones country) First attempt at global governance, led by american president. Characterized by protectionism: development and protection of the national economies. High tariffs (duties) on imported goods were seen as necessary to the development of national industries and businesses. Great depression (1930s) reverberated around the increasingly economically interconnected globe. The biggest war the world has so far seen. 50 million people died most expensive axis powers germany, italy, japan allies china, france, russia, us and uk.
