Geography 1400F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 10 : Millennium Development Goals, World Development Report, Asylum Seeker
5 Apr 2017
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Think why certain areas of the world experienced cultural development + the technology of agricultural domestication and why the practice of agriculture diffused way from some core areas of domestication. Civilization: developed in some areas, not all, consequence of slow transition from hunting to agriculture society. Considers relations between different parts of the world from the onset of european overseas expansion to the present: rooted in marxist logic of dominance and subordination. History of colonialism + ongoing relationships with more developed countries = factor in explaining plight of countries in less developed world. Colonialism led to dependence: former colonies depend on more developed countries, aid to promote development serves to encourage dependence, less developed countries lack power esp. in controlling and directing their own affairs. Globalization processes driven by more developed countries: globalization benefits those areas and further disadvantages less developed countries. Hard to define development it is ethnocentric: 4 categories: low income, lower-middle income, upper-middle income, high income (by.
