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What are the consequences of Decolonisation? |
1. Disorder 2. Oppression 3. Military coup d'etat 4. Dictatorship 5. Human rights violated 6. Increase unemployment and poverty 7. Artificial nations // bizarre borders 8. Instability |
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How did the Cold War infuence Decolonisation? |
USSR and USA keen on protecting and enlarging their spheres of influence - US saw the spread of Communism as an immense threat so they went into various nations and attempted to set up capitalist regimes in order to suppress the spread of communism. - Powerful nations had to choose sides - Vietnam, Mao and Stalin supplied arms for DRV against the French - Cold War benefited Indonesia - US made the Dutch recognise the independence of the repubic of indonesia. |
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What about the political leaders? |
First generation political leaders were not up to the new global tasks - not trained or experienced enough in the area, had all worked in other areas before (liberal professions, law, education and journalism) |
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Lack of economic development in newly decolonised states led too.... |
-OPEC oil crisis- result of arab oil embargo (parial or complete prohibition of trade and with a particular country...led to increase in oul prices....1973 - Fall of prices in raw material and agricultural products |
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Rostows stages of economic growth |
ROSTOWS stages of economic growth -> his research model envisioned a deeply symbiotic relationship between academia ad government. 1. Preconditions stage - would last a century or more as a nation developed the institutions and culture that formed the basis for the take off 2. Take off - was a 20-30 year process of industrial revolution that led to the final stage 3. Self-sustaining growth - able to sustain itself ROSTOWS ideas a based on assumption that there is a causal relationship between development aid and economic development and then economic development and political consequences. |
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The highest stage of modernisation |
- modernisation was an inexorable process, but one which could be accelerated by the right kinds of leaders -2 factors: 1. Modernising elites - modern phsycocultural traits --> bend populations to their modernising will 2. Technological diffusion - "Stimulus for take off" |
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How did WWII impact decolonisation? |
-European states were focusing so much on recovering themselves they were unable to keep up with their colonies. -Many colonies fought side by side with their colonisers so saw themselves as equals. -US, UN and USSR put pressures on European states to let go of their colonies as they opposed them.
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What did Gilman say about Lenin and Rostows modernisation theories? |
Lenin: struggle for socialism / revolution of rising expectations / Ideologically and materially appealing
Rostow: Anti-communist manifesto |
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What did Haefele say about Rostows theory? |
Kennedy and foregin aid --Academic semminarists |
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How did Asia and Africa differ? |
Africa: No structure / leaders weren't trained leaders but military or in liberal professions - more likely to become authoritarian states/ no middle class so there would have been no opposition -only seen as cheap labours - African colonies usually just had one crop - Africans forced into states
Asia: taken more seriously by colonisers - offered education, different crops -had mutual basis -already had own system of bureaucracy - would let go of Asia more easily because Africa was bigger source of income |
