Monday, April 24, 2017

Chapter 22

Chapter 22: The End of Empire: The Global South on the Global Stage

- 1913-present

- the new forces of nationalism, national self determination, and the nation state

- there were contradictions of the colonial empires when Africa and Asia became independent

- new elites challenged colonial rule

- contradictions of the colonial empire

- India ending British rule

- there was an impact because ow WWI

- Partition in 1947

- South Africa ending Apartheid

- they were independent but there was a white minority rule

- there was an industrial economy that used black labor and didn't pay well

- African National Congress in 1912

- there was a turn towards armed struggle in the 1960

- there was also international pressure

- there was continued violence

- Nelson Mandela

- he was president of south africa

- there was democracy in India

- economic failure in Africa

- armies knew they were powerful so they intimidated poorer people

- transition to democracy in the 1980s

- leftist politics and military coups in Latin America

- overcame poverty

- disagreements in the field of developmental economics

- participated in world markets

- in Turkey and Iran:

- cultures of tradition and culture modernity

- politics of Islam, dress and gender

- cultural revolution in favor of tradition

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