ID 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Conditionality, World Bank, Elementary And Secondary Education Act

• School: Clark University
• Department: International Development and Social Change
• Course: ID 125
• Professor: Cynthia Caron

Document Summary

Notions of nation, nationalism, and the nation state. Breaking the power of the church (+ all things associated with the church) led to new forms of government. Decolonization procerss turned ideas back on the colonizer (mcmichael 2) We own ourselves / our bodies (liberal notion of personhood) When capitalism is in crisis, alternative nationalisms emmerge (198 - 201) India: anti muslim / anti western / hindu right. Usa: anti immigration / overstaying visa"s / race politics / nationality. Protecting the status quo, no room for expansion. Conclusion: we make our politics from the ideas of our times. Danger and importance of carbon footprint thinking. The rise of multilateralism : bretton woods system. Remaking of 3rd world agriculture + everything relating. Bilateral plan (aka marshal plan): aid that is given from one country to the people of another country. First world countries able to influence the imf or world bank. Conditionality required (3rd world) states to adopt specific economic policies.