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PATTERNS OF POWER, IMPERIAL ERA - Coggle Diagram
PATTERNS OF POWER
INDIRECT CONTROL
IMPEREAL ERA - limited attemot to control colonies using anything other then military
in india british cultre was encouraged amoung wealthy indians
india = englishs chools and language and sport and dress
TODAY no super or emerging power have a significant power
russia - controls parts of gorgia ukraine and moldova = mini empires
control of other places and people has rto be indirect
POLITICAL dominance in international decison making withing UN G7 WTO
some counties = disproportiante influnce
MILITARY threate of larege powerful aremed forces with global reach
selectove arms trade that provides weapons to key allies but not enemies
ECONOMIC use of trade deals and trade blocks to create economic alliances that create interdependence between like minded countries
CULTRAL use of global media arts and culture and global TNC brands to spread ideologys and values of a country through consumer culteire
IMPORTANCE
cold war 1945-1990 USA and USSR sought allies among other countries as part of yhe west (usa) or east(USSR) led
millitary alliance - usa = nato, ussr = warsaw pact
foreign aid - buy support from developing an demerging countries
corrupt and undemocratic regions - support regimes in developing world in return for their support
NEO COLONIALISM how westen nations contioue to control theor ex collonies in the developing world indirect mechanism
debt aid relationship - developing countries ows money to dvelopes countries, thoer povery means they are relieant hand out of foreign aid
poor terms of trade - developing countrys export low valuse commudities but have to import expensive manjufactures good from developed countires
migration - developing lose the most productive and brigh people who migrate ro developed countries of possible
CHINA ride pf an energing power since 2000 accused of neo colonialism in africa
challenges hegemony of the USA and former colonies france and britain
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PERIOD 1500- 1950 = impereal era
dominance = eupoeans
euporean powers (spain, portugal, france, britain, germany) conquered land in america africa asia and built empired that diercty controlled teriotrys
IMPERIAL ERA
DEVELOPEMNT OF EMPIRES
powerful navies to transport soildier and equipment to area of potential consquests
protect sea routes and coastlines from enemies
large and advence armed forces to conquer territory and then conreol it
busienss govermtn owned to explout resources in concured teritory
fleet merchannt ships protected by navy to transport goods back to home country
people from home to run country and act as govermeny
civil cirvice to run colinies
EMPIRE MAINTANCE directly by fource concoure rebel people agraist the colinial power
brual suppression
briatan = largest empire controling 24% land in 1920
END OF EMPIRES ended in 1950- 1970 eupoe gave independence to colonies
cost of mainaiting colonies = too expensive after ww2 to rebuild erope
CHINA COLONISE 1950 china acted as colonial ruler of tibet
brutally supress tibetians during1958 and 2008 rebel