POLC73H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Clientelism, New International Economic Order, Indirect Rule
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The modern state as a relatively new phenomenon in global affairs . States also vary quite significantly throughout the world they all have distinct histories. Emerged in modern europe as a result of long-drawn-out, violently competitive process. Many countries in the developing world have flat age pyramids under the age of 25, very young populations, putting a strain on the economy to produce enough jobs. Pola90 case study failed state index rankings: somalia #1, democratic republic of the congo #4, haiti #5, afghanistan #7. Software" of the state : governments indicates how power is used. Features of weak states in global south: states as central to questions of power. How central is the state to our lives in canada. State as fiction": sovereignty all states as being legally equally within the un system. Yet : wide disparities between legal sovereignty and reality.