POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Realpolitik, Marshall Plan, Neocolonialism
14 Mar 2016
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Third world, under developing, developing: second world, soviet union, china before its market reformed, vietnam, cuba and north korea today. Why names are important: politics and respect. Highly political when we label groups of countries. The interplay of interests: who represents who, who is not represented, who wins and who loses . The history of the world suggests that there are groups that do better than others. Ex: china, india and brazil play very different roles in terms of global climate versus places like bangladesh the history of the world suggests that there are groups that do better than others. Development as a public good: if there is anything that development represents, it has to affect everybody; you can"t opt out or opt in. Ex: if canada becomes less of an industrial country, it will affect all of. Canada and more of the benefits are shared, etc. (the societies are moving forward not backwards)
