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18 Cards in this Set
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features of superpower status |
large global reach, connectivity, power over areas, large population, large GDP, Allies, political power, Nuclear weapons |
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Military power |
military action (Iraq war) global reach size of army nuclear weapons |
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Economic power |
maintain military power TNCS contribution to IMF, WB (voting rights) investment in education and skills |
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cultural power |
spread ideology (film and music) food spread of media (Comcast/disney) americanisation |
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political power |
ability to influence other countries IGOs |
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Resource Power |
physical- oil gas e.g Russia human- number of people (number of educated/ ageing population) |
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change in power : BE |
Rise and fall british empire (military/land/cultural power) control 1/4 of world 1921 bankruptcy post WWII |
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neo- colonialism |
use of economic, political and cultural power to indirectly control or influence other countries |
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IMF and WB |
offer strings attached loans open up to tncs privatise state businesses |
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Cold War era |
USSR (Russia, latvia, ukraine, lithuania) occupied eastern european countries (warsaw pact) communist gov alliance with cuba influence in africa |
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Economic power and technology |
Arms race- nuclear weapons Space race- 1st to space/ moon |
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proxy wars |
korean war- US back South Russia back North vietnam war- us fought directly- china ussr indirectly cuban missile crisis |
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collapse of USSR |
bankrupt by arms and space race political change - glasnost (openness) economic reform- perestroika (priv ownership of business) |
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Emergence of China |
open door policy farmers earn profit/growth of low wage factories establishment of TNCs due to SEZs, no unionisation etc growing population increased military spending |
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BRICs |
Russia/China on P5 UN security council and can veto decisions china limited voting rights in IMF 6% |
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How is Bric important to Economic systems |
all members or the WTO members of G20(maintain financial stability) china exports manufactured goods brazil exports raw materials low IMF voting rights Not Members of OCED |
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How is Bric important to Economic systems |
all members or the WTO members of G20(maintain financial stability) china exports manufactured goods brazil exports raw materials However low IMF voting rights Not Members of OCED |
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Strengths and weaknesses of BRIC |
china has economic strength- high GDP and GDP growth rate however - low GDP per capita India is weaker to china economically however has a younger population Brazil has slow economic growth and high deforestation |
