IAS Week 4 Section 1D by

elaynestecher — 2024-10-23 19:07:22 UTC

Defining development: Whether people can make choices about their own lives. Many components:

Economic wellbeing (can meet basic needs; stable income, ability to make economic decisions)
Education
Social equality (services, clean air)
Health and nutrition (absence of disease, presence of healthy choices / access)

Different ways of measuring it:

UNDP human development index (HDI)
- Long and healthy life
- Level of knowledge
- A decent standard of living
Multidimensional poverty index (MPI)
- Measures the intensity of poverty
- Health
- Education
- Standard of living
- + 10 indicators

elaynestecher — 2024-10-23 19:09:31 UTC

Key concepts it's related to:

Uneven development
Role of Globalization / neoliberalism / free trade in development (or underdevelopment)
Post-colonial global order
Impact of imperialism on future outcomes / legacy of colonialism
Institutions like World Bank, IMF

elaynestecher — 2024-10-23 19:11:17 UTC

Cases it's linked to:

Haiti (podcast)
Discussion of poverty in SSA, South Asia
Development over time (graphs from Class 8 lectures)

elaynestecher — 2024-10-23 19:12:18 UTC

Link to readings / other class topics

"The Rest vs. The West" -- which countries are developed? (Hall reading)
The World is Flat reading (Friedman)
etc...

key concepts it's related to:

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global governance

US hegemony

multilateralism

Bretton Woods Institutions

China Paradox

Global North/South

neoliberalism

Washington Consensus

US institutional power

Defining uneven development: It is when certain parts of the world develop at different speeds and abilities. For example, the difference between industrialized nations such as the United States and countries such as Haiti.

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Defining Doha Round (WTO): A round of the WTO that started in 2001 to discuss issues relating to agricultural subsidies, but it was declared an impasse in 2011 because of disagreements between developing and developed countries.

Key concepts:

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Colonization.

The impact of imperialism.

Inequalities in institutions for example with IMF.

Hegemony of countries such as United States.

Bretton Woods Institutions.

The destruction of neoliberal policies on developing countries.

Washington Consensus.

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Cases it's linked to:

Readings:

Wade

Hall

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Chaitanya Lana Evan Caroline

Cases linked to:

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Haiti podcast

Discussion of debt cycle

Multilateral Trade Negotiations i the WTO.

Max Short

Key Concepts its related to

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Colonialism, West and the Rest, interdependency, exploitation of Global South states ---Group 1 Kelly and Meah

Name

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Angel Palos Delgado

Post WWII International Order

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After WWII there was a development of institutions that had goals to rebuild infrastructure and prevent a war like this from happening again. The key idea of hegemony also became very prevalent, because the United States became the head of previously stated institutions, and gained political and economic power over countries not included in post-WWII institutions. One case that this idea is linked to is the case of multilaterism. More specifically, the UN and the Bretton Woods institutions highlight this idea of multilateralism being pushed during this period of re-order. One reading that illustrates this process is Wade's Hegemony and the World Bank, which explains how this institution was created after WWII and its effects to this day.

Chloe

Jared

Nancy

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Discourse is a system of representations with repeated narratives and power dynamics. It is never neutral and can change over time, it is very flexible (affects our lives and shapes our world). This is linked to colonization in the way that colonizers thought that what they were doing was saving the colonized and helping them out. However, looking back we understand how this idea has changed and has shifted from what was the narrative of the time. (Ksenya, Chris, Sofia Gilmore, Olivia F.)

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Daniela Serrano

Cases of Colonization/Decolonization

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1st Age of Empires:

France setting up colonies in Haiti
South America colonized by Spain and Portugal

Informal Colonization:

Britain-China trade colonization

Second Age of Empire:

Africa split up by Europe
Europe takes over Southeast Asian

Decolonization:

African nations gain their freedom
Middle East statehood

Name

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Emma Luo

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Three ages of empire: one with the colonization of the Americas, form of settler-colonialism; second (informal) form of empire was the independence of south American countries, namely Haiti; third and classic age of empire = formal colonization of Asian and Africa

The Age of Empire is characterized by widespread colonization by Western superpowers and is then following by an intense era of DEcolonization following WWII.

Michaela Esposito, Group 1

concepts it is linked to:

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colonialism and imperialism
rise of capitalist ideals that expand and integrate parts of the world into a single economy
social discourse: emergence of the idea that some countries are inherently superior/backwards
direct/indirect/absolutist rule
Scramble for Africa

(Claire Chen)

Key Concepts

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Colonialism, The West and The Rest, exploitation, 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism

Kelly and Meah

Readings Reference

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"The Rest vs The West"

The East India Company The original corporate raiders

The Cobalt Pipeline

Haiti's Double Debt

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Haiti's double debt is defined by the moment in history after the Haitian Revolution when the French banks declared that they would go to war with Haiti unless the Haitians paid back money. The first part of the debt was paying them back and the second was the cycle of debt they were stuck. Key concepts and ideas that this links to in class are colonialism, the ideas of "The West and the Rest" and formal institutions. I would reference the Hall reading because it discusses how the West often takes advantage of "developing countries." I would also reference the Hopewell reading because it emphasizes how wealthier countries take advantage of others through the economy.

Sofia Gilmore

The China Paradox

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Definition: China's is the leading exporter in the world. However, they are still listed as a developing country so they are able to receive the special and different treatment. The US is constantly fighting their status as a developing country, because they do not believe that they should be receiving the benefits of the treatment while still bringing in so much money from exports. Their per capita income has been rising for years and it puts their status into question.

Linked Key Terms: "free" trade, trade protectionism, uneven development, hegemon's dilemma, and US hegemony

Related Cases: US hegemony and the World Bank

Top Countries by Exports Graph (Lecture 8)

China as a Developing Country (Lecture 8)

Resources: "US Hegemony and the World Bank: The Fight Over People and
Ideas"

"China and the WTO: A Twenty-Year Assessment"

Readings for Discourse

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Stuart Hall: "West and the Rest"
Michael Focal

Multilateralism

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Definition: multiple countries working together to acheive a shared goal. For example: WTO, World Bank, and IMF.

Key ideas: US Hegemony, Hegemon's dilemma, unequal development, Bretton woods institutions, China Paradox

Cases: China paradox, Haiti podcast, Congo

Readings: The rest vs the west - hall, Chang's reading about poverty

(Ksenya Gotlieb)