SOCI 254 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neocolonialism, Black Market, Social Stratification
10 Sep 2014
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10 (acemoglu et. al. ) the colonial arrangement has a very heavy influence on what happens later on link b/w col. env. and today"s prosperity disease environment. Neocolonialism critique of: actual col. eco. imperialism resource extractions by mncs pol. dominance cultural patterns maintaining dependence capitalism leads to imperialism imperialism leads to neocolonialism. As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neo-colonialism. revolution ag. it. Context: cold war program: castro and guevara in latin am. successful example: frelimo in mozambique. The problem: the legacy of colonialism eco. models cannot be changed w/o great cost. Union still definable on a un human development index map. Imf and world bank land acquisitions culture so neocolonialism is a useful concept, helps use to understand the last couple of years, and shows you a concentration on purely economics is inadequate. Gnp = nationally produced, including things produced by am. companies elsewhere.
