SOCI 254 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bretton Woods System, Marshall Plan, Fordism
9 Feb 2018
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Lecture 4 - decolonization and the emergence of the. The world at the end of the thirty years" crisis: europe destroyed, capitalism doubted, rising in uence of socialist regimes, rise of keynesian policies, decolonization movements. The hegemony of the u. s. a: the rise of the u. s. a. to the status of world power, mobilization for war, fordist production model, government initiatives, bretton woods system. Wednesday, january 17, 2018: guaranteed u. s. a. controls key positions in imf and world bank, international free-trade regime. Decolonization and colonial liberation: paradox of colonial rule is exposed, resistance to colonialism evolved over the 19th and 20th centuries, franz fanon"s manifesto of liberation, forms of resistance, nationalism, military force, economic boycotts. Truman"s four points: support the united nations, marshall plan, nato. Fourth, we must embark on a bold new program for making the bene ts of our scienti c advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas .
