SOC-3800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Asymmetric Warfare, Class Conflict, Total War

• School: App State
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC-3800
• Professor: Cameron Lippard

Document Summary

Wars are almost always over resources, power, and/or ideals. Key terms: globalization, colonialism, and empire building. Globalization: a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. Colonialism: the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. Empire building: the tendency of countries and nations to acquire resources, land, and economic influence outside of their borders in order to expand their size, power, and wealth: democracy versus communism. Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. Symmetric warfare: battles between two comparable forces usually represented in an interstate war. Treaty: a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.