Anthro 2: Colonialism And Globalization

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Colonialism

Back 1

The political conquest of a society by another followed bysocial domination and forced political change

Front 2

Neocolonialism

Back 2

New nation-states continue to be economically dependent on and controlled by former colonial powers

Front 3

Modernization theory

Back 3

New independent nation-states should follow example of developed countries to create Prosperous economies based on industrial production capitalism, No short cuts to prosperity

Front 4

Dependency theory

Back 4

Poverty of former colonies is attributable to the colonial capitalist system. Rich countries became rich because they exploited poorer countries.

Front 5

Neoliberalism:

Back 5

Each country responsible for finding its niche in the global capitalist market Govs. subsidize economic activities and cut social programs for poor to do so.

Front 6

World Systems Theory (Immanuel Wallerstein)

Back 6

Expanded Marxist critique of colonial capitalism claiming that capitalism itself was a “world system”
World is united under a single economic system.
Core=high profit consumption goods to periphery/semi Semiperiphery=constantly changing economic system(colonies)
Periphery=produce cheap labor/raw materials

Front 7

Commodity chains:

Back 7

All the way from the raw material, every thing that happens to it in-between and then the finished product.