Political economy

The mining industry in Latin America is one of the many extractive industries that constitute the export-driven economies of the global South, and to entertain the notion of abandoning these industries is both fiscally and socially irresponsible. Furthermore, the rise in leftist government regimes in Latin America has opened up a path for a more progressive approach to extractivism to rise to prominence, albeit, not completely abandoning extractivism in the traditional sense, this…

Globalisation is the process of increased integration between different countries and economies resulting in the establishment of a single global market and greater influence internationally on economic activity. This influence has had a major impacts both positive and negative, especially on what are known as the BRICS economies, the world's 5 major emerging economies which includes China. Over the past 4 decades China has benefited greatly from globalisation and its current size would not have…

the attempt is to identify whether as said by Jonathan Fox, the state does two contradictory tasks, to facilitate capital accumulation with least amount of political legitimacy. With these changes in land ownership by accumulation there has been sharp rise in changes in land uses, directly affecting the socio-economic relationships and political interests in the area. Emerging from the changes are questions on the strategic framework on policy, land regulation, agrarian economic changes,…

Introduction Armed conflict is till date one of the major concerns in the world, as it can bring about tremendous economic, political and social impacts to a country. Political scientists thus have been trying to understand the relationship between economic interdependence and armed conflict, as it will have the potential for a great impact on the successful promotion of worldwide peace. Review of Literature The relationship between economic interdependence and armed…

The Athabascan Tar Sands: Why Tree Hugging is Good Business We are divided between the unethical and the irresponsible. We contribute to global emissions that are rapidly snowballing out of our control while trying to balance a precarious economy. Yet some feel that to benefit one would inherently be to the detriment to the other. Canada can not afford to view the world through the lens of this false dichotomy and reconciliation between these two sides is the only option. The exportation of…

huge impact in the past, but, along with their debate, will continue to shape the future. Their ideas contributed to the vicissitudes of the world economy by influencing generations of policy-makers. During the Great Depression, US President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal popularized Keynesianism, and Keynesian economics was embraced by many economies thereafter till the 1970s. When the world was engulfed by Stagflation due to the oil crisis, a trend of neo-liberalism based on the Washington…

these two schools of thoughts in developed and developing countries have changed over the period. I felt that the details of the population conferences can be shortened and use that space to provide more case study examples. Family size in different economies are appropriately discussed. While the economic and social security concerns leads to large sized families in developing countries, the religious believes also leads to large sized families even in developed countries like the US. This…

Economic growth is increase in the goods and services produced by an economy, typically a nation, over a long period of time (Economic Growth, 2018). Economic growth has different theories which are classical theory, neoclassical theory and new growth theory. The classical theory is a combination of economic work done by Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Thomas Robert Malthus in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The theory stated that economic growth will end up due to the population growth…

After 1945, many Americans moved and shifted due to the changes in the economy. An average of 30 million people change residence every year, which but strains and distance between family and friends. Changing residence and moving caused many psychological problems like isolation and loneliness. However, many Americans migrated in search of jobs, better climate and lower taxes. Some Americans moved to different states, while others moved to the suburbs. After World War II, the new frontier…

development in many rural areas and growth in number and scale of cities. The motto in Chinese “city makes life better” in the World Expo 2010 Shanghai exemplified a common correlation of modernization with the steps towards an ideal way of life. As the political, religious, cultural and .economic center of Tibet, Lhasa played significant role in the development of Tibetan civilization. Like many others, this sacred place, after centuries of rather steady and slow-pace growth, did not escape…