POLB91H3 Lecture : Lecture 1 Notes

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Ii: state power y types of state power. January 10, 2012: desperate power: the power to control and suppress. Typical of the global south: infrastructural power: the power to administer and transform. Characterizes the global north y roots of despotic power. State borders and institutions were artificially imposed by colonial rulers which tends to lead to despotic power. Strong despotic or coercive power but weak infrastructural or transformative power which characterizes the global south. Purpose and point of colonial rule was extractive (pulling things out) rather than developmental. The power structure of the colonial state was entrenched by ruling elites after independence to protect their interests. Iii: the end of poverty? y sachs thesis: extreme poverty can be completely eliminated by 2025 through a global compact/contract between the north and the south. The north must live up to its commitment of donating 0. 7% of its gnp to foreign aid.

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