INTS 2370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Neocolonialism, Wildcat Strike Action
4 Feb 2017
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Springboard for influence in the whole region. Can hardly trade with any other core country but france. Tends to be (cid:498)sneaky colonialism(cid:499) to be leaders. When dealing with countries that are nominally/politically ind. They appear: but when you scratch the surface, you see outside economic influences are either very influential or run the show, called neocolonialism (new colonialism) Need to put that fire out quickly before it spreads. Us hegemony 1947: dramatic pay increases, pay increases tied to productivity, no strike clauses, 3-5 year contracts, no wildcat strikes, unions are included in management. Until 1964, illegal for asians to buy property. Tolerance important for hegemony: great democracy, but they are lynching and discriminating, change this. Growth 7. 1 billion: death rate declining. More agricultural production: birth rates high. Industrialization (revolution: new ways to increase food supply, began to spread chemicals into air, exhaust/destroy natural resources, exceeding carrying capacity of nature, need to limit population and industrial growth.
