POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Brundtland Commission, Realpolitik, Greenpeace
14 Mar 2016
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Interplay of interests: who represents who, who is not represented, who wins , who loses . 3 levels of actors: internaional system, domesic civil society, the state. From the perspecive of donor countries resources: the global haves responsibility: moral responsibility vs. realpoliik. Prioriies: protecion of populaion or free low of people and merchandise, building or less conspicuous inputs for development, agriculture vs. urban investments, dependence and neo-colonialism. Neo-colonialism: coercion or informal exercise of control. Governments do not always do what the global south wants because the government/people do not want it. Northern governments always said to be irst responders to their ciizens. Development agencies (world bank, undp, regional organizaions) Accountable to who: inequality of representaions, coordinaing muliple actors with conlicing interests, g8 (largest economies) vs. g20 vs. those inevitably let out, can brazil or mexico represent haii or honduras, eg.
