SOCI 265 Chapter Notes - Chapter readings : Reserve Currency, Civilizing Mission, Structural Adjustment
17 Apr 2018
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Week 9 - mann - the first failed empire of the 21st century. To exercise general power requires a combination of four more specific powers >> ideological, economic, military and political. New imperialists relied overwhelmingly on military power alone > insufficient to create an empire. The world moved from an age of empires to an age of nation states complete with nationalist and anti-imperialist ideologies. The bop has shifted in crucial military and ideological respects away from the great powers and the north towards poorer social mvmnts in the south. Niall ferguson urged the us to use its great powers to take on the global imperial burden fromelry shouldered by gb. Some liberals >> empire based on military interventionism an dunilateralims - joseph nye (cid:858)ha(cid:396)d po(cid:449)e(cid:396)s(cid:859) u(cid:374)de(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)es the (cid:373)o(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)sual (cid:858)soft po(cid:449)e(cid:396)s(cid:859: hegemony establishes the rules. Marxian influenced >> denounced us imperialism: anti globalization movement denounces american dmoniation in the world economy.
