POLI 2F30 Lecture 10: 2F30 lecture 10.5
21 Mar 2018
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Incapacity to engage in globalization illustrates pattern of global inequality (which persists) International inequality: the global historical approach, rejects arguments that some cultures are innately more successful, origin of economic dilemmas have historical roots, ansering questions like: Why is power concentrated in western states (historically?) Answers lie in the origins of the ipe: western success accidental: built on force exploration and geographic luck, western model of liberal democracy is not seeing the success envisioned! Thus: poverty seen as result of historical relationship between the wealthy and poor states. Important policy implication: don"t blame poverty on the poor, focus should be on changing international relations. However a couple caveats: some western values, institutions do provide foundations for development, but western development did come at the expense of peripheral actors in the international community. A couple caveats : some states have natural advantages. Wealthier, more industrialized, stable, generally the global north . Less developed, less stable, low value production cycles, global south.
