Themes & Terms

Colonization What it is? What drove it? Significance European advantage Fueled IR Sets int’l structure ☼

Global economic divide What is it? What created it? IR, colonization, CW dynamics Significance GN advantages GS disadvantages Cash crops Foreign direct investment (FDI) Development Laws, enforceability ☼

Neoliberal economic model What is it? Capitalist, free market policies What does it rely on? Global trade and investment Raw materials Labor, production Consumer markets ☼

Neoliberal economic model (cont.) How is it promoted? WTO, IMF, WB What do the critics say? Only bottom line matters Advocates respond? ↑ standard of living Gov’ts think? Love-hate view ☼

Globalization What is it? Interconnectedness Under debate Influences global food system MNC dominated ↑ buying power Interaction= demand for variety ☼

Transnational issues & Recap What are these? Source of these? All challenge states All require cooperation Create IGOs, NGOs, protocols, regimes ☼