01:790:311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: International Non-Governmental Organization, Ethnocentrism, Cultural Identity
7 Feb 2017
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Multipolar world: realignment of power, loyalties, coalitions. Is it: china"s state capitalism and deliberative dictatorship, america"s deregulated, hyper drive wall street capitalism. More liberal and private ownership for profit (not necessarily for the greater good): russian petro-dollar authoritarianism, japanese zaibatsu cronyism. In south east asia (the way how the japanese political economic system works): extreme islamic fundamentalism?, european way. Strong institutions and practices capable of enacting a desirable quality of life. Much of the detail and nuance about europe"s long been missing from. Economic uncertainty, unpredictable energy prices, global climate change, immigration. Competition from chindia: china + india. Internal discord: several failed attempts to enact a constitutional treaty that would bind the eu member states even more closely points to one step backward" with two steps forward". Some argue: no such thing as a european way. Europe is composed of numerous individual nations with differences among themselves:
