1.3 Flashcards

1
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Who’s model of development do we use?

A

Rostow’s Model of Development

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2
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What area was hostile to Russia after WW2?

A

Europe

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3
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What did Russia compete against the west for?

A

Space Race and Nuclear Power

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4
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Where was communism promoted??

A

Angola and South Africa

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5
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Who took over Russia after Stalin

A

Gorbachev

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6
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What did Gorbachev encourage?

A

High productivity and there were targets set for skills.

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7
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What went wrong in Gorbachev’s control?

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Economic stagnation and discontent

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8
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What was Gorbachev’s main policy themes?

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Perestroika – privatisation of companies, and people allowed to keep their personal wealth
Glasnost – greater freedom of speech, creation of 2 political parties with calls for nationalism

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9
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Boris Yeltsin jumped on the ‘_____ _____’ bandwagon that got rid of Gorbachev

A

‘political opportunism’

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10
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What did political opportunism do?

A

Accelerated privatisation, but also auctioned off the oil industry to KGB friends

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11
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What did state subsidies do to investment and production?

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State subsidies meant that overall 80% decline in investment and 50% decline in production

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12
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What did Boris Yeltsin overall create?

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Mass unemployment

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13
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What is the Modernisation Theory?

A

Modernisation theory is a theory used to explain the process of modernisation that a nation goes through as it transitions from a traditional society to a modern one.

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14
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Which countries did America invest in that were on the edge of communism?

A

America invested in South Korea / Vietnam / Malaysia

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15
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How did Modernisation work for the IMF?

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Stabilises currencies, fund to help
Top rich 21 countries provide money, and control 70% of votes for where it goes
American and EU policy reflected in which countries were helped

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16
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How did Modernisation work for the World Bank?

A

World Bank
Ex-colonies helped, but this created debt
Now they control the MDGoals, but USA still has 16% of votes and plays a big role in determining where money goes

17
Q

Who reached the moon first?

A

NASA

18
Q

Is American investment / involvement / modernisation theory is a good reason to explain the collapse of Soviet Communism:
Does that mean there’s a basis for working in countries now to ‘contain’ Islamic Fundamentalism?

A

Yes / No / Something to think about