HIS 317L Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Walter Rodney, Dependency Theory, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
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Contemporary relations: between sovereign states: usa and nigeria, inter-governmental organizations: educations agencies, non-governmental organizations(ngos): too many, mutli-national companies: shell and walmart. Weak and powerful/ core-periphery: influence that can be asserted, military resources, economy and capabilities. Polarity and unipolarity: cold war: east and west socialism vs capitalism, post cold war: fall of the soviet union w/ the us emerging as a sole power, return to polarity in africa: the rise of china. Tools of power: diplomacy: negotiations and treaties, sanctions: to enforce treaties and contracts to change behavior, war. Arguments: relations re driven by class interest with interest in wealth accumulation, expansion of capitalist interests, dependency theory: developed countries grow rich at the expense of africa, latin america and other developing systems. Global financial systems exploit; labor is exploited: dependency theory is widespread in africa (walter rodney, how europe underdeveloped.
