SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Second Congo War, Volstead Act, Egotism
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Or is it disorderly: provision of order is vital to society. E. g. multiculturalism in europe (everyone goes off into their own cultures, separated. France, greece: labour disputes, strikes (short period of time), problem of austerity, student protests: china (important): political unrest on rise, china: environment (cause cancer, can"t live in), loss of land/housing to development, urban-rural gap (huge. Soviets were sending in weapons and shooting afghanistan"s and american"s intervened: afghanistan"s never been fully conquered by anyone, after russia left, the taliban rule occurred. There was extreme totalitarian order, civil war (no physical war), clan loyalties, war lords, under terror from taliban: u-s led invasion 2001 -> which hasn"t ended. Leadership tends to be corrupt, not particularly powerful. War for two generations, every person 40 and under in afghanistan has lived in constant war. It"s one thing if the entire societies at war, but we have to conform as members in.