SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Joseph Schumpeter, Ethnic Nationalism, Neocolonialism
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Colonialism and the wealth of nation (lecture 7) Empire: collection of regions and nation (religion and culture) Nationalism: an emphasis on the nation-state above all else. Superiority of nation-state over other forms of rule. Ethnic nationalism: idea of a birthplace as motherland or fatherland . But imperialism includes non-military non-economic mechanisms of control (religion, residential school) Theories about the causes of imperialism: ambition of military causes. Joseph schumpeter is the actions of a pre-industrial, pre-capitalist social stratum within the imperial countries. Eg. fascist germany, italy, japan: marxist theory. Imperialism as a necessary outcome of capitalism: strategic or political theory. Maintaining military bases in countries that have no economic value. Neo-colonialism: economic situation of many former colonies after political independence has been secured. Exploit local resources, dominate international trade, influence national governments to their advantage. Dependency theory: the failure of third world states to develop results from dependence on the advanced capitalist world.
