POG 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Instar, Resource Curse
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Resource curse - countries with natural resources often the poorest. Highest rates of population growth are in africa, parts of the middle east, indonesia. India"s population is expected to grow and surpass china. It takes time to develop a school system and curriculum. Part cultural and part of denial of allowing women to educate themselves. The developed world has most of the money by large contrast. 4 phases: coloniization, de-colonization, cold war- proxy wars , pos-cold war- shift in development polics- 1921- 84% of earths surface colonized since the 1500"s. Colonizers: belgium, britain, france, germany, italy, netherlands, portugal, spain. Driven by: race for resources and markets, christianity, civilization, conquest. Distribution of family, society, and indigenous forms of rule. Self determination had gained international currency and legitimacy. Human rights written into the un charter. Occurred through wars of independence, civil wars (e. g. algeria), and less violent transitions.